Allan Bruce wrote:
There is a lot of detail in these images however the noise levels put me off. The lighthouse was taken at ISO 100 and the top of it (grey part) shows a lot of noise. This would have been my perfect camera if it wasnt for the noise levels; perhaps they should have just cleaned up the 50D's 15MP sensor.
Last I checked, full frame dSLRs were still more expensive than crops. The 7D, in my opinion, is an exciting evolution to a line of cameras that most people can afford.
An excellent camera is an excellent camera, whether crop or not. The 7D has a role as much as a 5D II does for example. Until I just sold my 5D, I had FF, 1.3x and 1.6x and probably will again.
I love it, no it's not full frame, but it's also the last crop camera I'll ever need to buy, I've already pre-ordered mine and can't wait to get my mitts on it, I'll keep using it until it disintegrates.
Contrary to popular wisdom I don't think full frame is always the answer all of the time, I quite enjoy my high FPS crop bodies, and then when they drop an FF sensor into the 7D body, I'll buy one of those too, and have a camera for literally every situation I'll ever come across in my working life, then I can wean myself off this board
Chris Beaumont wrote:
I love it, no it's not full frame, but it's also the last crop camera I'll ever need to buy, I've already pre-ordered mine and can't wait to get my mitts on it, I'll keep using it until it disintegrates.
Contrary to popular wisdom I don't think full frame is always the answer all of the time, I quite enjoy my high FPS crop bodies, and then when they drop an FF sensor into the 7D body, I'll buy one of those too, and have a camera for literally every situation I'll ever come across in my working life, then I can wean myself off this board ...Show more →
Although I haven't ordered one (yet), I agree with Chris here. I have a 1DMkII & a 1DsMkIII but sometimes I need better low light performance than they deliver. I often shoot in theatres with just the stage lighting so as long as the 7D delivers clean images at 1600 ISO that can be printed up to 18x24" then it will have a place in my PELI case until something better comes along. I have not seen any sample shots yet so I'll reserve judgement until I can test drive one but it certainly looks like it will do what I need.
Chris Beaumont wrote:
I love it, no it's not full frame, but it's also the last crop camera I'll ever need to buy, I've already pre-ordered mine and can't wait to get my mitts on it, I'll keep using it until it disintegrates.
Classic forum-fodder for the morning after. She looks good now (on paper!), but how's she gonna compare when the next hot thang rounds the corner with shapelier curves and buttons in all the right places?
Icemanmanf wrote:
Last I checked, full frame dSLRs were still more expensive than crops. The 7D, in my opinion, is an exciting evolution to a line of cameras that most people can afford.
Good, that's your opinion, mine is that it's too many pixels in a small sensor and I like full frame, but it has some interesting features.
Just as well we can all have an opinion and none of us is right or wrong
Daan B wrote:
So, now Nikon should hurry up releasing their D700x, and there will -finally- be some room for pro-like AF in a pro-sumer FF body.
I've seen several speculations in Nikon forums -- and not just at dpreview! -- that there won't be a 24mp D700x ("If you want 24mp, shell out $8K," Nikon says) but instead a D700v that's a refreshed 12mp D700 with video. It's all rumor, of course, but an interesting change in expectations if true.
Jeff wrote: Classic forum-fodder for the morning after. She looks good now (on paper!), but how's she gonna compare when the next hot thang rounds the corner with shapelier curves and buttons in all the right places?
Has enough super-pixies to let me print a double page in my 12"x12" weddings albums at a reasonable DPI, shoots at ISO6400 native, providing the AF works as advertised......what more do I ever NEED? After this it's all incremental upgrades, specs have now got to the point where a camera does everything that I'll ever encounter doing my job under the conditions I work in.
For others the 7D may not do that, for me - it does! This'll likely be the last crop body I buy until it's no longer repairable.
John Power wrote:
Oh wow. A new release. So what. Trade my 5D2 for a 7D? Will it shoot in complete darkness? I am already bored with the topic. Am I alone? A voice crying in the wilderness. A modern day Robison Crusoe. I can't even gather enough energy to open the 7D threads...
I agree. It's a boring camera, one with all of the marketing features but only a few of the most meaningful features. What I want to see is a Canon crop camera with the DR of a Fuji S5 Pro. I want to see a Canon crop camera that will let me shoot at f/13-16. I want to see a Canon crop camera with no AA filter. I want to see a Canon crop camera that's totally weather-sealed. And I want to see a Canon crop camera with the build and handling of a Nikon D300s. (I also want to see a full frame Canon [non 1-Series] with the same build.)
If you're still bored by this evening John, go get yourself a drink or two at the Ocean Grill.
Mike Farren wrote:
Looks really nice and at $1700 I would probably have splashed out and bought one. Alas Canon are charging the equivalent of $2740 here in the UK and that puts it out of my price range.
Screw Canon and their ridiculous European pricing.
Mike,
One of the irish online resellers issued a guide price of €1300 plus vat yesterday!!!
Classic forum-fodder for the morning after. She looks good now (on paper!), but how's she gonna compare when the next hot thang rounds the corner with shapelier curves and buttons in all the right places?