Canon EOS 7D?

Jeff Lynne · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:56

Anyone looking at getting one of these?

My 40D is dying on me and I'm looking for a replacement and just noticed this one but not sure if it suits my needs. Also I'm wary of buying brand new because I got a 50D when it was released and have never really liked it.

Raymond Lin · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:05

I guess all those sticking to crop are tbh, the spec looks FANTASTIC.

Jeff Lynne · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:17

Is it more of a portrait camera like the 5D seemed to be rather than an action one?

greedy123 · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:18

There was a lot of discussion about it already here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18048271

olv · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:08

Jeff Lynne said:
Is it more of a portrait camera like the 5D seemed to be rather than an action one?

It is definitely a sports/wildlife cam. The new 19 point autofocus system, 8fps continous shooting and 18mp APS-C sensor all lend themselves to moving subjects at a distance rather than portraits.

southy1978 · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:48

Yep, put down my pre-order today! Should be a small upgrade from my 350d!

Paul11 · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:10

southy1978 said:
Yep, put down my pre-order today! Should be a small upgrade from my 350d!

yeh, just tiny insy weeny one

Jeff Lynne · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:05

Thanks for the link to the other thread, I didn't search because I didn't think you could search with two characters, please merge this thread to the other if it helps.

Is there a release date for it? It looks pretty decent from what I can see and will be a better option for me than a 1D mk111 which looks a bit long in the tooth now.

It's £1440 on one of those HK sites, which seems a good price considering the other thread had them suggesting two grand.

GSXRMovistar · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:17

olv said:
It is definitely a sports/wildlife cam. The new 19 point autofocus system, 8fps continous shooting and 18mp APS-C sensor all lend themselves to moving subjects at a distance rather than portraits.

This, which is a right pain in the backside as I was hoping it would fit my needs (opposite to sports/wildlife) seeing as it's a fair bit cheaper than a 5DmkII. Oh well will have to continue to save for that 5D.

greedy123 · 15 Sep 2009 at 06:49

I need to upgrade my 400d this year and have been debating which to get, the 7D or 5D mkII. TBH I'm not sure of the benefits of the 5D apart from a slightly better performance at higher isos which I don't use anyway. Full frame is the other difference but I don't know any of the benefits of it over a crop body apart from the multiplier difference... more research is needed!

D.P. · 15 Sep 2009 at 08:50

Jeff Lynne said:
Is it more of a portrait camera like the 5D seemed to be rather than an action one?

The opposite really

D.P. · 15 Sep 2009 at 08:59

greedy123 said:
I need to upgrade my 400d this year and have been debating which to get, the 7D or 5D mkII. TBH I'm not sure of the benefits of the 5D apart from a slightly better performance at higher isos which I don't use anyway. Full frame is the other difference but I don't know any of the benefits of it over a crop body apart from the multiplier difference... more research is needed!

The larger sensor also normally gives better image quality for things like dynamic range and microcontrast.

There are several advantage of a Full-frame sensor:
much easier to get low distortion wide-angle lenses, even the 24-70 starts nice and wide, and the Nikon 14-24mm is sublime and reason enough to own a Nikon FX camera.
Shallow DoF, for portrait work you can throw the backgrounds out of focus much easier (this due to larger sensor meaning wider FOV and so to get the same subject magnification you either have to be closer or have a larger focal length.
The low pixel density of the 12MP Nikon's means that the defects in softer lenses become less apparent. Low pixel densities are a lot less demanding on lenses.
The larger sensor means diffraction limitation comes at much smaller apertures (larger f-numbers). While a 12Mp crop sensor might be limited to around F/11 before diffraction robes detail, a 12MP FX sensor will not dt diffraction problems before f/16 etc.

iGiDK · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:08

I think I am going to go 40D -> 5D mkII (and keep the 40D as a general workhorse)

7D spec does look great though, it is tempting

Jeff Lynne · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:41

The online shop in the jungle suggests that this is due for release in January 2010. Thats not right is it?

Dunks · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:53

I thought it was early October.

33L · 15 Sep 2009 at 19:38

the 7d is not for me, my pennies are sitting tight in the bank for a 5DII. hopefully by year end!

fowler002 · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:26

was is the well known retail photography store today, forgot to ask them when its released but asked about the prices(tho according to their website stock is due on the 28th of september). body only is £1700, kit lens 1(18-135) is £2100 and kit lens 2(15-85) is £2400. also with the pre-order you get a 16gb sandisk extreme iii cf card, extra battery and 32x24 canvas print voucher, the extras are apperently worth £233.

I currently have a 300d(had since july 2004) for which I recently(in june) got a battery grip, tempted by this but think I'll wait it out for now(have been tempted by the 40d but never got it).