There has been rumors circulating that the Canon 20D replacement, the Canon 30D will have the following specifications:
Sensor size: 8 megapixel
Type: CMOS
Autofocus: 9 points
Speed: 4 frames per second
Processor: DIGIC II
Announcement date: 21st February 2006.
There is further rumors it will have better noise reduction than the current Canon 20D at ISO 800 and above. Interestingly, the [...]

Rumors have been circulating about the Canon 20D replacement; the Canon 30D and one of the speculations is whether it will have a crop factor of 1.3X or remain with the current crop factor of 1.6X. You see by going to a lower crop factor, it maintains the noise when the mega pixels density increases [...]

Since the release of the Nikon D200 in November 2005, there has been shift in the supremancy war between Canon and Nikon in the semi-professional Digital SLR camera world. Canon had the upper hand with their superb 8 megapixel, silky smooth image sensor and fast 5 frames per second capture rate camera, the Canon 20D. [...]