Canon Europe has announced a new entry-level DSLR that they’re calling the Canon EOS 1000D. In the United States it’ll be known as the Canon EOS XS. I assume it’ll probably have get a “Kiss Digital” name for the Asian version at some point.

The 1000D will have a 10.1 megapixel sensor, 7-point AF system, and 3 fps burst mode with no limit, at least in JPEG mode. There’s a sensor cleaning system, and a 2.5″ LCD with live view. It weighs 450 grams, making it Canon’s lightest DSLR to date.

It uses SD/SDHC cards only, no CompactFlash, which seems to be the trend these days — CF only in the more expensive DSLR cameras, SD in the cheaper DSLRs. I guess that’s to make the upgrade path easier from people using SD-capable point and shoots. For me, personally, my early point and shoot cameras all used CF, which was an intentional choice (well, at first, that was all that was around and reasonable, but eventually because I knew that the “good” cameras only were CF.)

No news on price or availability yet, but presumably pretty cheap, whenever it comes out.