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p.67 #1Canon EOS 7D Master thread
My local reputable brick & mortar (Hunt's Photo, Melrose, MA) just told me this morning that they expect their first batch in early October, so that would be consistent with RG.
Hunt's said they already have 85 pre-orders, which they don't expect to be able to fulfill in their first shipment, and I don't think they know when they will get another.
Mark
Hunt's said they already have 85 pre-orders, which they don't expect to be able to fulfill in their first shipment, and I don't think they know when they will get another.
Mark
Sep 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM
p.67 #2Canon EOS 7D Master thread
I say this with a degree of caution. One large house claims they received a large shipment yesterday and will start shipping today. I guess I am confused since some seem to have received information that the cameras were not shipping from Canon for another few days (albeit other sources said cameras were shipping from Canon yesterday). My bottom line: I'll see if mine ships today as promised
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:33 AM
p.67 #3Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Jeff Kingston wrote:
I say this with a degree of caution. One large house claims they received a large shipment yesterday and will start shipping today. I guess I am confused since some seem to have received information that the cameras were not shipping from Canon for another few days (albeit other sources said cameras were shipping from Canon yesterday). My bottom line: I'll see if mine ships today as promised
Hope you are correct...
I say this with a degree of caution. One large house claims they received a large shipment yesterday and will start shipping today. I guess I am confused since some seem to have received information that the cameras were not shipping from Canon for another few days (albeit other sources said cameras were shipping from Canon yesterday). My bottom line: I'll see if mine ships today as promised
Hope you are correct...
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM
p.67 #4Canon EOS 7D Master thread
My local dealer told me that his shipment should be in this week and that I should have my wonderful new toy by weeks end. I hope he is right
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:44 AM
p.67 #5Canon EOS 7D Master thread
More praise
"The focus tracking was especially powerful. While standing in Times Square we were able to track onto quickly-diving pigeons instantly and have the system lock focus as the subject moved across the frame without any panning needed."
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Thanks for the kind words, Mocca. If the shunning gets bad , I'm sure Peter (PetKal), a true friend of creative spirit, will come to rescue.
According to the claimed pigeon-tracking capabilities, as quoted above, the 7D is definitely a camera for him as well
No news regarding shipment in Norway.
"The focus tracking was especially powerful. While standing in Times Square we were able to track onto quickly-diving pigeons instantly and have the system lock focus as the subject moved across the frame without any panning needed."
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Thanks for the kind words, Mocca. If the shunning gets bad
, I'm sure Peter (PetKal), a true friend of creative spirit, will come to rescue.According to the claimed pigeon-tracking capabilities, as quoted above, the 7D is definitely a camera for him as well
No news regarding shipment in Norway.
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM
p.67 #6Canon EOS 7D Master thread
That post - or one very like it - has come up before, Alundeb: along with much bafflement about the awful quality of his Flickr gallery, which he describes as containing "great images".
Great they ain't...
Great they ain't...
Sep 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
p.67 #7Canon EOS 7D Master thread
alundeb wrote:
More praise
"The focus tracking was especially powerful. While standing in Times Square we were able to track onto quickly-diving pigeons instantly and have the system lock focus as the subject moved across the frame without any panning needed."
just a word of warning, that info has already been entirely discredited earlier in this thread.
click on the samples....
the focus is soooooooo far out of whack as to be beyond laughable.
hopefully the AF IS that good, but this guy has no clue at all about how to use AF. I mean he missed by 10' on many photos. Not sure how he can claim that such performance was worlds better than the 5D2 AF (well, ok, that one misses by 60'.... on snails! kidding, kidding).
The Norwegian wildlife photographer claims seemed more believable (positive too).
More praise
"The focus tracking was especially powerful. While standing in Times Square we were able to track onto quickly-diving pigeons instantly and have the system lock focus as the subject moved across the frame without any panning needed."
just a word of warning, that info has already been entirely discredited earlier in this thread.
click on the samples....
the focus is soooooooo far out of whack as to be beyond laughable.
hopefully the AF IS that good, but this guy has no clue at all about how to use AF. I mean he missed by 10' on many photos. Not sure how he can claim that such performance was worlds better than the 5D2 AF (well, ok, that one misses by 60'.... on snails!
kidding, kidding).The Norwegian wildlife photographer claims seemed more believable (positive too).
Sep 22, 2009 at 12:05 PM
p.67 #9Canon EOS 7D Master thread
alundeb wrote:
More praise
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"..... We shot the 7D with both the company's new lenses and our stable of test pro lenses and all focused quickly and reliably, much more so than the 5D Mark II. If there were a full-frame sensor in this camera it would quickly have become the best selling prosumer camera in Canon's arsenal. Of course, that's likely why it did not have a full-frame—Canon will likely save these upgrades for a 1D replacement and then trickle-down with a 4D or some such.."
More from the same article.
I only wish they had put the 7D's AF in the 5DII. I'll keep praying for the ever elusive 3D for next year.
More praise
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"..... We shot the 7D with both the company's new lenses and our stable of test pro lenses and all focused quickly and reliably, much more so than the 5D Mark II. If there were a full-frame sensor in this camera it would quickly have become the best selling prosumer camera in Canon's arsenal. Of course, that's likely why it did not have a full-frame—Canon will likely save these upgrades for a 1D replacement and then trickle-down with a 4D or some such.."
More from the same article.
I only wish they had put the 7D's AF in the 5DII. I'll keep praying for the ever elusive 3D for next year.
Sep 22, 2009 at 01:21 PM
p.67 #10Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Pixel Perfect wrote:
With LR/ACR for high ISO, set the mask value high and the detail low(er) to reduce accentuating noise. The defaults are useless IMO.
Very true, so make a note of that people!
I took a look at the 3200 ISO raw-file i CS4 from this thread and was impressed:
A couple of high ISO raw-files at dpreview forum
3200 ISO looks very nice and clean in this shot - much more so that most of the jpegs out there, so raw is probably a must at high ISO with 7D. I'm not sure that to say about 6400 ISO - even the slightest sharpening amplifies noise a lot, so I actually prefered to set sharpening amount to 0 in Camera Raw, but we'll have to wait and see with final 7D and 7D-raw support in ACR.
With LR/ACR for high ISO, set the mask value high and the detail low(er) to reduce accentuating noise. The defaults are useless IMO.
Very true, so make a note of that people!
I took a look at the 3200 ISO raw-file i CS4 from this thread and was impressed:
A couple of high ISO raw-files at dpreview forum
3200 ISO looks very nice and clean in this shot - much more so that most of the jpegs out there, so raw is probably a must at high ISO with 7D. I'm not sure that to say about 6400 ISO - even the slightest sharpening amplifies noise a lot, so I actually prefered to set sharpening amount to 0 in Camera Raw, but we'll have to wait and see with final 7D and 7D-raw support in ACR.
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:19 PM
p.67 #11Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Stoffer wrote:
Very true, so make a note of that people!
I took a look at the 3200 ISO raw-file i CS4 from this thread and was impressed:
A couple of high ISO raw-files at dpreview forum
3200 ISO looks very nice and clean in this shot - much more so that most of the jpegs out there, so raw is probably a must at high ISO with 7D. I'm not sure that to say about 6400 ISO - even the slightest sharpening amplifies noise a lot, so I actually prefered to set sharpening amount to 0 in Camera Raw, but we'll have to...Show more →
I processed that shot from RAW in CS4 ACR 5.5, Neat Image Auto Profile and some tweaking in CS4 then the resize. I don't know if the final is my best but it does satisfy my meager needs for 3200 ISO...
http://nevadajack.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p664157308.jpg
Pixel Perfect wrote
With LR/ACR for high ISO, set the mask value high and the detail low(er) to reduce accentuating noise. The defaults are useless IMO.I took a look at the 3200 ISO raw-file i CS4 from this thread and was impressed:
A couple of high ISO raw-files at dpreview forum
3200 ISO looks very nice and clean in this shot - much more so that most of the jpegs out there, so raw is probably a must at high ISO with 7D. I'm not sure that to say about 6400 ISO - even the slightest sharpening amplifies noise a lot, so I actually prefered to set sharpening amount to 0 in Camera Raw, but we'll have to...Show more →
I processed that shot from RAW in CS4 ACR 5.5, Neat Image Auto Profile and some tweaking in CS4 then the resize. I don't know if the final is my best but it does satisfy my meager needs for 3200 ISO...
http://nevadajack.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p664157308.jpg
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:26 PM
p.67 #12Canon EOS 7D Master thread
This is another shot from the same post and this at 6400 ISO. Used the same processing as above.
http://nevadajack.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p792471883.jpg
http://nevadajack.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p792471883.jpg
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:29 PM
p.67 #13Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
Edited on Sep 22, 2009 at 03:46 PM · View previous versions
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
Edited on Sep 22, 2009 at 03:46 PM · View previous versions
Sep 22, 2009 at 02:53 PM
p.67 #14Canon EOS 7D Master thread
cameron12x wrote:
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
Here is the Camera Date for the first image. I canned the other shot and RAW after I worked it.
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
Here is the Camera Date for the first image. I canned the other shot and RAW after I worked it.
Sep 22, 2009 at 03:08 PM
p.67 #15Canon EOS 7D Master thread
cameron12x wrote:
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
Until some of us get the 7D a selection of test shots just are not available. These images were shot by someone who had short time access to the 7D and snapped some shots with it.
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
Until some of us get the 7D a selection of test shots just are not available. These images were shot by someone who had short time access to the 7D and snapped some shots with it.
Sep 22, 2009 at 03:53 PM
p.67 #16Canon EOS 7D Master thread
cameron12x wrote:
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
The exif reader I use "PhotoMe" does show the exif data.
Can you post the exif metadata for these shots? I'm impressed. Thanks!
These are very good, but it would be even more impressive if we could see some RAW low-light samples with exif metadata...
The exif reader I use "PhotoMe" does show the exif data.
Sep 22, 2009 at 04:14 PM
p.67 #17Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Exif for the 6400 ISO shot (Cameron, this is in the above image - most modern browsers let you access Exif data on posted images really easily):
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Image Date: 2009:02:22 03:04:58
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 100.0mm
CCD Width: 4.55mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv: 6400
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
1/200 @ 6400 ISO and f/3.5 isn't exactly floodlit.
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Image Date: 2009:02:22 03:04:58
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 100.0mm
CCD Width: 4.55mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv: 6400
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
1/200 @ 6400 ISO and f/3.5 isn't exactly floodlit.
Sep 22, 2009 at 04:39 PM
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p.67 #18Canon EOS 7D Master thread
here are the raws, in case some1 wants:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rvrijnb/7D/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rvrijnb/7D/
Sep 22, 2009 at 04:57 PM
p.67 #19Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Thanks Keith... I downloaded the image and opened it in Irfanview and review the same data. My IE8 doesn not seem to the exif data in properties.
I agree, these aren't bright lights. Would like to see even lower light examples, though. One of my interests/uses for the camera is astrophotography.
I agree, these aren't bright lights. Would like to see even lower light examples, though. One of my interests/uses for the camera is astrophotography.
Sep 22, 2009 at 04:57 PM
p.67 #20Canon EOS 7D Master thread
Don't forget this is pre-production version, the production version could be worse 
Sep 22, 2009 at 05:20 PM