12.2 Mp Canon
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/0...450dhandson.asp
It looks interesting, though I think the change in memory card and battery type will annoy many existing 350D/400D users.
Yes Canon do seem to be working a bit back to front at the moment, I can see their logic in appealing to the mass market, hence the change to SD cards so that compact owners who already have SD memory will make the jump to DSLR (although I have SD memory as my bodies take both); However it seems odd to me that the prosumer models such as the 40D are always lagging a couple of Mp behind, although those 2 Mp really will not make much difference in IQ terms as I suspect the 450D will have a noiser/cheaper sensor.
What does appeal to me though is that it is cheap enough with high enough IQ and live view to be able to get a couple of bodies that can be used in high-risk remote set-ups.