Oh yaaa.
Saw that in
dpreview and
More specific data here.
This is a more reason to be disappointed with the 5D as since 20D was out, this is the 3rd generation added with features but 5D is not updated even once...
What I like about 50D is the very very fast ISO and then HDMI out put that will come very handy to show good quality images on home big creen LCD now that they are so common.
Should see how the newer sensor/processor handles the noise as Canon has been second to none in creating best sensors all the time. The surprise for me is that why now that Nikon started to follow Canon's old tradition in using CCD sensors instead of noise creating CMOS, why Canon is going in Nikon's path for more expensive but less efficient sensors?