Imagemaster wrote:
kzoockof wrote
The 7D2 sounds great and I am seriously considering pre-ordering it, but I would be more than just amazed, I would be both shocked and speechless if Canon made such a huge mistake in replacing their best, most expensive current market professional grade camera with a middle of the price road, middle of the line camera at one third the price.
As for a middle-of-the-line camera replacing a top-of-the-line camera, it happens all the time when there is a long enough time span between a newer middle-of-the-line camera and an older top-of-the-line camera. It is called evolution.
Who said that? The person who was quoted in my post! ggreene (I believe), but you'll have to go back to the post itself to confirm exactly who I was quoting and replying to. Not only did he reference the 1DX as the 7d2 bettering, but he assured us that the 5D4, the 1DXS (both currently imaginary cameras) were probably going to be better than the not yet released, but soon to be best camera Canon has ever made 7D2.
As to your comment that companies all the time are replacing their highest priced, current line, professional product with a middle of the road, lower priced product and making that middle priced, middle of the road product the best, most capable product they manufacture is simply not true. Has it ever happened? Sure. Is it exceptionally rare for anything that is not an early stage technology product (the DSLR has been around a long time now, hardly in its infancy). Of course, this would all be a mute argument if Canon does release a new 1D product in the very near future, for that would likely put the 7D2 squarely where its price point dictates - middle of the road in comparison to the best, worthy of costing 1/3 the price of the "best". But for now, it is all just conjecture as the 7D2 is not released and may or may not prove to be better than the 5D3, 1D4, 1DX, etc. . .
FWIW, I am hoping you are one of the early owners of the 7D2. Based on your samples of the Tamrom 150-600 and your normally rational and objective opinions and reviews, you would be one of only several people whose comments and opinions on the 7D2 I would put some faith in. But that is just my opinion.