Another feature that's going to appeal to novice users is the new 3-inch, touch-enabled LCD on the camera. Reps couldn't stop talking about how good the touch experience is, and after spending some time with the camera it's hard to disagree — it's incredibly responsive and accurate, so even though Canon's menu is still filled with tiny icons you can still press them and move around accurately.

Canon also announced two new lenses, the first in the STM line. STM stands for Stepping Motor, and mean that the lenses focus quickly, smoothly, and silently. The pitch is no joke, either: even as we held the lenses to our ears, there's no sound coming out whatsoever. The lenses use both phase-detect and contrast-detect autofocus simultaneously to make focusing insanely fast on the T4i, and the combination allows for a Canon first: continuous autofocus during video recording. You won't get the hybrid autofocus on other cameras, though the STM lenses work on other Canon DSLRs. There are two STM lenses coming out along with the T4i — an 18-135mm at f/3.5-5.6, and a tiny 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens that almost feels like it's not even there.

The T4i will be out at the end of June. You'll be able to buy the body alone for $849, the body and the standard 18-55mm kit lens for $949.99, or the body and the new 18-135mm STM lens for $1199. If you're only shopping for lenses, the 18-135mm lens will cost $549.99 and and the 40mm will run you $199.99. The Verge