Canon 760D, Yea or Nay

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I currently have a 300D which I have had for 10 1/2years, have a canon 10-22 and canon 70-200 f4 non-is lenses. Never got around to buying a walk around(use the 18-55 that came with the 300D, have been tempted by the canon 24-105 over the years) or macro lenses.

While a 70D or 7D mki(mkii is too much) would be nice I don't think over the last 10 1/2years my photography or knowledge has come along enough to make use of the added features the 70D and 7D offer over the 760D, plus jessops have 12 months interest free on the 760D not the 70D or 7D.
 
Well thanks for the replies, for those saying 70D what are the main advantages of it over the 760D?
I've read there is some issue with the auto focus system or something through the view finder, has that been fixed!
Was looking at the 760D due to as already said the price plus it's meant to have gotten some of the features from the 70D and the 7D2, so thought it'd be a good compromise between a beginner/amateur and more advanced user camera. Now they just need to add the weather sealing to their xxxD line :p
 
Columbo said:
Well if you use a lot of prime lenses with wide apertures then the AF accuracy can be hit and miss (front or back focus) due to the narrow DOF. AF micro adjust allows you to correct this and store different profiles for different lenses. Has to be used correctly though as a lot of people mistake their own mistakes for focus issues. It can also still be useful for other lenses as well but is mostly used on primes.
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Well thanks for the reply, not sure it'll affect me that much in that case due to the lenses I own(10-22, 70-200 f4l non is)/have on my wants list(walk about, macro).
 
Whichever one I end up with I'll need new memory card/s, as I have a 300D am using CF which isn't compatible.
What brand and 'model' would people recommend for nonprofessional use(stills and video)?
 
Phal said:
I've stuck to Sandisk as far as my SD cards but tried a Lexar CF when I got my 7d2. Both are pretty well regarded so you just need to make sure you get legit cards (avoid Ebay and unknown market sellers on that rainforest site).

No point skimping on price here since you don't want cards dying on you or corrupting files etc.
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Yes I get that, I meant in terms of the various ultras, extreme, etc type 'models' these brands have for their different speed ones. Which one/s would be best in terms of speed to cost.
 
Phal said:
I started with a 650d and forgot to order a card at the time so when the camera arrived, I just popped to Tesco and bought the first thing I could find that was the bare minimum (class 10).

The class 10 recommendation is a pretty low bar tbh and I wanted to try something faster and bought a 32GB Sandisk Extreme Pro (95MB/s) and that definitely helped the buffer clear quicker.

It was probably overkill for the 650d but they're not massively expensive and it was fairly futureproof as a result :) I still use it on my 7d2.

I haven't looked for any 760d specific results but here are some speed tests done on a 70d

http://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/canon-70d/fastest-sd-cards/
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Thanks for that, think the sandisk extreme(60mb/s) one 32gb from tesco for £13(was £10 at one point) might be the best bet. The rainforest has it for a few quid more.
 
smr said:
I see there are a few imports on the bay for the 760D, itching to find out what its like and read the reviews when they're out. I'm thinking of upgrading from my 750D for a better AF system primarily. There are quite a few other decent upgrades as well.
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I still haven't decided, have come close a few times to preordering on jessops with their 12months interest free and no deposit.

What is the actual release date? All I know is april, and we're coming to the end of the month.
Look like I left it too late to grab the 32gb extreme 60mb/s from tesco as they've gone up to £20 from £13, I've meaning to grab a couple but never got around to it and kept putting it off.
 
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