Firstly and most unimportantly you will see that the “Art Filters” feature has disappeared, don’t worry though as it hasn’t been removed it has just been renamed to “Creative Filters”, this change only applies to Japanese versions of the camera.

Another of the fixes rectifies a pretty uncommon problem which occurs when “set to Quick Mode AF during Live View shooting immediately after capturing an image with the C.Fn II-1 Long exposure noise reduction setting set to [2: On] and a shutter speed setting of 5 seconds or more”, sometimes the camera would act abnormally, however now this shouldn’t be a problem.

Finally another minor problem should no longer exist, sometimes after Live View shooting and switching on the EOS Utility screen the camera would act abnormally, this has now been fixed.

You can download this new firmware update here, the full changelog and installation instructions can also be found via the same link.

Have you installed firmware version 1.0.9 on your Canon EOS 60D? If so have you noticed any other improvements?

Ross Miller of Engadget is reporting that – Chad Mumm – Engadget’s Show producer managed to get his hands on an EOS 60D at the Canon 2010 Expo. In a video he mentions how well built the camera feels when handling it. The new flip out LCD screen is shown, and likes the fact it can be moved into a variety of positions.

He goes on to point out the camera now has a dedicated movie mode, and the wheel that is used to chose all the different modes locks into position. When the movie mode is selected it changes the menu settings, so it is more specific for that mode. The different menus for the movie mode are then run through.

A great feature in the still picture mode is demonstrated, which has the option for the user to change the aspect ratio of the image. To check out the video of this great looking camera use the link above.

Techtree are reporting in an article that the new camera now comes with a massive 18 megapixel image sensor like the EOS 550D. A 3-inch swivel LCD display and the option of processing images within the camera itself are also available. The image sensor allows for higher levels of detail and 1.6 times magnification of the lens focal length.

There is also a DIGIC 4 image processor which can process four channel output for high speed 5 frames per second shooting. Images shot in low levels of light are improved by the ISO sensitivity range which is expandable to 12800. The new model will be able to use SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards for storing those images.

The Canon EOS 60D body only will be $1099 and there will be a range of lens kits, and available by the end of next month.