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Tom_W wrote:
timbop wrote:
OK, why not:
The 7d will NOT, in any possible way, be aps-h. Canon plans to eliminate that form factor, so it will either be FF or APS-C (and thus ef-s compatible). As mentioned by jrscls, if it is slated to sell for the same price as the 5dm2 then it cannot be a full frame with better AF and faster frame rate - even with a 12mp sensor. Most likely case based on what has been leaked, is that it will be an APS-C with popup flash and probably better AF than the 50d but NOT 1d AF. What that means exactly I don\'t know, perhaps a 19 point layout with assist only in the center.
There\'s several possibilities, and here\'s one. The 1-series merges into one full-frame, fast pro camera. The 1D Mk IV or whatever it might be called. 20+ mpx, all the speed and capability of the 1D3 (with an improved focus system) but with a full-frame sensor.
Then, the 7D becomes the new 1.3X, small-footprint sports/action camera with 12-15 mpx, 6-8 fps, and a nice pro AF system.
Probably wishful thinking on my part - I wouldn\'t mind a fast camera to use along side my 5D2, but I don\'t like what the APS-C has to offer. Even when I had a 40D along with my 5D, I almost always reached for the 5D. Such is the lure of a big, clean sensor at least to me.
This is all speculation, of course. If nothing else, it provides entertainment for the Canon marketers that get to read all this. 
either:
new 7D APS-H line starts at 14-15MP, 10fps and stays at APS-H for a long while until it hits nearing 30MP.
5D line stays FF and keeps bumping up MP until it hits 50, stays with slow fps.
Canon avoids small body, fast, FF for a long, long time.
or:
we have a 5D2 now at FF, 21MP, 4fps, old AF
get a new 7D at APS_H,14-15MP,10fps, at least partly new AF
then in two years they dump both the old 5D line and the new 7D and combine into a 3D at 24MP, 8fps, largely new AF  while pushing 1DsIV at 30MP to the 1DsV at 50MP a half year later than the 3D arrival. And the 1D5 goes to FF, 24MP, 12fps, utterly new AF, integrated grip, 100% VF, total weather sealing, etc. I like the 3D.
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