450D in Malaysia

An investigation to Canon's new Canon EOS Pro Centre at 9th floor, Berjaya Time Square reveals that they've gotten the much anticipated EOS 450D DSLR for sell. Announced earlier this year, the EOS 450D is the successor to Canon's previous entry level DSLR - the EOS 400D.
Amount the numerous improvement most notable are live view, a larger 3" LCD sreen and improved autofocus. The EOS 450D is the 1st among the Canon DSLR family to adopt the more economic SD standard of flash base storage.Preliminary reports from various websites testing the production model found the 450D producing slightly better noise level than the 400D is succeeds.
As the world awaits the EOS 450D's release on March 2008 as stated by Canon, Canon quietly delayed it's release into April and until now Canon has yet to make an official announcement of the EOS's 450D. The official at Canon EOS Pro Centre mentioned that Canon has started shipping EOS 450Ds out to dealers. A demo unit however is unavailable at this moment.
The official I spoke with mentioned that there will be an official launching event at the EOS Pro Centre soon and attendee are invited by invitation through
Canon Malaysia's official website. Be on the lookout at
http://www.canon.com.my/ for the invitation form which is going to be updated soon according Canon. When asked whether there will be demo units of 450D available to be tested by attendees at this weekend's Pikom PC Fair at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, the official was not informed.
The Canon EOS 450D kit is selling at RM2999 with the EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS kit lens and the EOS 450D body is selling at RM2699. Canon will be offering EOS 450D with attactive packages during the launch event.