cogitech wrote: M Vers wrote: cogitech wrote:
But ignorance is bliss, so if you want to go on believing that S type screens are unimportant, then by all means...
And so it is, you should know Remember you are the minority, Canon doesn\'t care about you or the other 1% of photographers who shoot MF more often than not, They won\'t loose sleep, let alone sales, because you can\'t use it with a Canon branded focus screen with one specific camera designed for action photography. They didn\'t implement a 19 pt. AF system in the 7D so you can MF better.
Ahhh, so since I am in the minority, my opinion doesn\'t matter?
Balls!
The 40D, 5D, and all the 1-Series have an S type screen option. Many pro photographers consider this an essential option. The 7D, a pro-caliber camera, does not include this option because Canon preferred to add some stupid electronic overlay to show AF points and grid lines.
Now, tell me, if most buyers of this camera will use it for it\'s AF abilities, how many will be switching the AF points off?
If most buyers of this camera are sports and BIF shooters, how many of them need a bloody grid in their VF?
I think it is simply a case of Canon designers getting a big boner for the fancy new, half-baked overlay feature, then realizing \"oops, how do we offer different screen options?\" \"Uhhh, we just won\'t, but we\'ll market it in such a way that people think it\'s really friggin\' cool.\"
i have to say i find a nice MF screen WAYYYYYY more useful than some electronic grid. This and autoiso seem like the two mistakes IMO. But hey, they did do a hekc of a lot of other stuff they haven\'t before and I always have my 5D2 for MF. It is a shame to waste the new giant 100% VF though, sort of bizarre really....
Sep 02, 2009 at 03:44 PM
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Remember you are the minority, Canon doesn\'t care about you or the other 1% of photographers who shoot MF more often than not, They won\'t loose sleep, let alone sales, because you can\'t use it with a Canon branded focus screen with one specific camera designed for action photography. They didn\'t implement a 19 pt. AF system in the 7D so you can MF better.