Access wrote:
On occasion yes, I remember the first time I saw a 300 f/2.8; while shooting a beach volleyball tournament with my Rebel (300D). Pretty beaten up, hood held on by duct tape and so on. But the shooter was an advanced photographer who had been doing it for years. Not a casual.
IMO we know a lot about who Canon targets with its models by the lenses they bundle with them. I believe the original 7D was bundled with the 28-135mm zoom? Whereas the 5D2, 5D3, 6D kit is bundled with a 'L' lens, xxD series are bundled with a wide-range zoom and rebels with a cheap normal-range zoom....Show more →
Actually some of those EFS cheap lenses can resolve more detail than the kit L lenses that come in the FF kits. The FF bodies are more forgiving, and many of the old L lenses are fine for the sensor density of the FF, but don't resolve detail on an 18mpx sensor. This is why Canon has started to come out with MKII lenses, like the 70-200, 24-70, 16-35, and now hopefully the 100-400. I have pitted the 17-55 IS against the 24-105 on an APS-C, and the EFS lens pulls more fine detail than the 24-105, for example.
At the final NBA championship game, we had several photographers there from Getty/Sports Illustrated, plus the normal season photographers. I counted 4 7Ds. I didn't have one at the time for that game, but shot with the 5D3. However, I had shot the entire last season with a 7D, as did the main team photographer. It handled the games with no issues, almost 1D3-like, which is what I had sold to get the 7D back in 2009.
I just want to know what sort of cards it will use
will find out soon enough though
Hopefully will have dual slots CF and SD
I need some more CF but won't get too many if the new model takes SD
LCPete wrote:
I just want to know what sort of cards it will use
will find out soon enough though
Hopefully will have dual slots CF and SD
I need some more CF but won't get too many if the new model takes SD
I have 1472GB of 1000x+ CF cards. I really don't want a new format yet. UHS-II and CF would be fine.
I wish it has 4K video or at least zoom-in option in video…
If Panasonic can make it in camera under $2000, so can Canon. It is time for Canon to step up…
LCPete wrote:
I just want to know what sort of cards it will use
will find out soon enough though
Hopefully will have dual slots CF and SD
I need some more CF but won't get too many if the new model takes SD
EB-1 wrote:
I have 1472GB of 1000x+ CF cards. I really don't want a new format yet. UHS-II and CF would be fine.
EBH
kosin wrote:
I've been told by Lexar rep that camera supporting CFast cards will be introduced in 3rd qt of 2014. I guess, it will be 7D II…
I had that feeling. I guess it is for the 4K video. The CFast cards will cost a couple times that of the body, so no sale here unless it also uses SD.
Meanwhile there is nothing on the D400/D9300 rumor front lately.
EB-1 wrote: I had that feeling. I guess it is for the 4K video. The CFast cards will cost a couple times that of the body, so no sale here unless it also uses SD.
A CFast/SD combo makes sense. Affordable storage now with SD and the performance of CFast for those that can afford it now and for the future when it becomes less expensive.
I really don't understand people being so concerned about 4k video. Very little supports it at present time. I would prefer Canon concentrating on still pictures in this camera with a capability to shoot video similar to current model and putting their better video capabilities in a body that is built for video. It's not a Swiss army knife. I just want great quality files and accurate, fast focusing. It's about time for dual cards or 64gb built in memory plus a card.
JohnBrose wrote:
I really don't understand people being so concerned about 4k video. Very little supports it at present time. I would prefer Canon concentrating on still pictures in this camera with a capability to shoot video similar to current model and putting their better video capabilities in a body that is built for video. It's not a Swiss army knife. I just want great quality files and accurate, fast focusing. It's about time for dual cards or 64gb built in memory plus a card.
The replacement will be ment to last 5 years, just like the current one. The use of 5k will be much more common in several years. I would expect a major firmware upgrade, just like before, around the 3 year mark.
JohnBrose wrote:
I really don't understand people being so concerned about 4k video. Very little supports it at present time. I would prefer Canon concentrating on still pictures in this camera with a capability to shoot video similar to current model and putting their better video capabilities in a body that is built for video. It's not a Swiss army knife. I just want great quality files and accurate, fast focusing. It's about time for dual cards or 64gb built in memory plus a card.
Many on here want the same still photo priority but it's not going to happen. Canon is looking to appeal to as large a market as they can and video is a huge part of the equation.
JohnBrose wrote:
I really don't understand people being so concerned about 4k video. Very little supports it at present time. I would prefer Canon concentrating on still pictures in this camera with a capability to shoot video similar to current model and putting their better video capabilities in a body that is built for video. It's not a Swiss army knife. I just want great quality files and accurate, fast focusing. It's about time for dual cards or 64gb built in memory plus a card.
Jeff Donald wrote:
The replacement will be ment to last 5 years, just like the current one. The use of 5k will be much more common in several years. I would expect a major firmware upgrade, just like before, around the 3 year mark.
That's the thing. It's not that 4k is so much needed, it's that it literally will be everywhere sooner than we think, and it costs a lot less than consumers have been led to believe.
Further, upgrading to 4k recording has immediate benefits for 1080p, where one can apply anti-shake/smoothing filters, crop, and intelligently down-sample for better output quality.
Last, when upgrading to 4k, along with others I'm hoping that there's also an upgrade to the whole chain, i.e. full-sensor readout for video, full DR preserved in the CODEC, and high-speed data transfer to storage.
or at least zoom-in option in video… 
I had that feeling. I guess it is for the 4K video. The CFast cards will cost a couple times that of the body, so no sale here unless it also uses SD.