Canon 7D, 18-85 f3.5-5.6 IS USM, 18-135 f3.5-5.6 IS USM infos
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But the 7D looks to be packed with pretty impressive features and spec, do you think there is something they have missed out on due to including video?
Seems that the dpreview preview is up now....sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread, feeling distinctly under the weather guys and gals...
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos7d/
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos7d/
Canon don't sacrifice core features to work on adding in video, I can't believe people still believe this. After live view was implemented, which is certainly an asset to the right photographers, it's not a complicated step moving to recording that feed.
Canon have been making digital video cameras for years so it would be logical to assume that they used their knowledge and expertise from these departments and didn't start from scratch.
Canon have been making digital video cameras for years so it would be logical to assume that they used their knowledge and expertise from these departments and didn't start from scratch.
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I wanna know those that complain about video, what features are Canon sacrificing in this 7D, honestly, where? lol
Read my post again. I didn't say they sacrificed anything for video. I said I wanted them to concentrate on the core features. This doesn't mean add more features it means keep developing the features related to still images.
A pro level DSLR should be optimised to take still images. Any deviation from that seems a waste of resources, not matter how minimal the impact to the overall produce, price point, time take to produce and get accepted.
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Thing is, they have concentrated on the Core Features !
And how do you know how much impact it has on the other features or price, it is all guess work, and personally, rather than look on the negative, look on the positive. We now have a camera with 1 series features for 1/3 of the price !
That is the bottom line.
Negative? Hardly, I've ordered one!
I think you are not looking at my comments in context. ScarySquirrel asked why I didn't want video on a DSLR and gave my respond. My comments weren't posted in respond to the release of the camera.
That's a preview, not a review
So as they said...
so the 7D is a sports slr for the crop body it looks like, its being marketed by canon as 'fast, fast, fast'.
coming in at around £1700 makes it cheaper than the 5D MKII as expected but I imagine the focus has been on speed and less on quality whereas the 5D MKII is the other way around...
I'm looking forward to seeing the 60D now in February!
So as they said...
haha yeah, sorry 3dcandy!
It'll be interesting to see which 7D features make it into the 60D and which make it into the 1D mkIV. They will both get HD video, that's for sure and the 1D will get an improved AF over the mkIII but with a lot of the new functionality of the 7D. I cannot see the 60D getting the 7D AF system so suspect it will stick with the 9 point system.
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Negative? Hardly, I've ordered one!
Seriously? At the pre-order price? Congratulations! Yeah, pretty much what I expect. May all be cross type points though.
Will be interesting to see if it gets the new metering system from the 7D and if they go for CF, SD or both. I was suprised to find the 7D was CF only.
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I still think that still image ISO IQ has been compromised either by reducing the time/money in developing it and/or having to adjust it to allow it to take 30 mins of video without overheating.
Saying that, this will almost certainly be my next SLR.
I would like to see high high HIGH ISO results first tho.
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Oooh, what happened to the 5Dii?Don't want to give up your 17-55 ?
I want one of them too, but the lack of a 24-70 IS is just not acceptable from Canon.
My 17-55 USM IS is tack sharp and the IS has saved me on many occasions.
They really need to kick there ass into gear and get a 24-70 IS out ASAP!
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lol, nikon don't have a 24-70 IS and people have used it without for YEARS, even Wedding Photographers where low light photography is almost a given so i don't see a rush in the Canon R&D department to bring that out.
I won't stop getting a 5Dii because of 1 lens though, its not like the 24-70 L is a bad lens, it is an awesome lens.
Yeah, ordered a body only one after lunch today. £1699 with a free 8GB Extreme III card and two £50 vouchers.
It's £200 overpriced in my opinion and I expect it to fall in price by that much or the 'free' items with it to improve in the run up to xmas but I've always said my ideal camera is a 1.6x crop with a 1D AF system. This pretty much is the 7D.
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