Canon 7D Leaked?

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Please decide then do me a good deal on your 40D :D
 
Sorry I meant, I'm not 100% convinced :p
I wont be selling and upgrading. Mastercard wont let me hehe
 
Also sounds more like a 60D than a 7D to me. Surely a xD model would be full frame rather than crop.
 
Not sure why an xD model has to be FF. The 1DIII isn't.

There's lots of rumours flying around and an announcement expected tomorrow. Think that makes it deserve the 7D is:

1. Significantly better AF designed to work better on moving targets
2. To try and lift the profile of the camera and make it a more obvious competitor to the D300.

I think it could make a great 2nd body to a 1-series if they can get decent quality out of such a high res sensor - we'll have to wait and see.

Love the idea of 100% viewfinder and with a 1x magnification, it should be pretty big and bright.

Certainly won't be buying one at launch but if the better AF delivers, it could be a great upgrade to the 50D for the sports and nature bods...
 
A lot of the rumours now seem to think it is 1.45 crop, not 1.6. This makes me wonder at first whether it was so good for wildlife. But then, you could crop in PP as well as in camera.
 
I have to say that I'm still not convinced by the crop argument. I can crop my 1DsII to 100% and still get very usable pictures as the pixels are large and as its full frame, they don't put too much demand on the lens.

I can't do the same with the 50D, even with my 500 prime so a lot of that cropping benefit goes away.

For me, the reason the 7D (if the rumours are right) looks like a good wildlife camera is that the AF should be much improved, but then I'm not a small bird specialist.
 
Hmm, you might be right, but I can't afford the £5k on a 500mm lens to test with.
Need to borrow one
 
Mike Jackson said:
Also sounds more like a 60D than a 7D to me. Surely a xD model would be full frame rather than crop.
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I've read in several places that it is meant to be the 60D, but they're dropping that XXD naming convention to avoid consumer confusion with Nikon models.
 
KayJay said:
I've read in several places that it is meant to be the 60D, but they're dropping that XXD naming convention to avoid consumer confusion with Nikon models.
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That makes lots of sense
 
I was sure I read somewhere when the 5dII was a rumor that the name 7D was still registered as a trade/copyright by Minolta (sony) from their days of the Dynax range.

The specs on that camera would appear to eclipse the 5DII in many areas, the focus system and the metering for a start are both almost equivalent to the 1D and dual digic 4's over the 5D :eek:
 
If this is the '50d replacement' I had been hoping for, and if it can be landed for my trip in October, I already have agreement from SWMBO :)
It is almost exactly what I wanted. I was concerned about a lack of flash, anf obviously, I hope (as it is one of my main reasons), that ISO at 1600 is decent (compared to a 400d at 400 hopefully equal?)
 
Hmmm.... looks like it could be a cracking camera.
 
sounds like a nice camera :)

coldpenguin said:
If this is the '50d replacement' I had been hoping for, and if it can be landed for my trip in October, I already have agreement from SWMBO :)
It is almost exactly what I wanted. I was concerned about a lack of flash, anf obviously, I hope (as it is one of my main reasons), that ISO at 1600 is decent (compared to a 400d at 400 hopefully equal?)
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on-board flashes are always crap imo, get a external flash (y)
 
It looks like a significant step to what would be my ideal camera - 1 Series features in a 1.6X crop body. The twin processors can only be good for colour, speed, and probably noise processing too.

I think it could have a hefty price tag though compared to previos XXD models.
 
Some more info here with images of the boxed product so it does look pretty genuine. Hints on price too albeit in US dollars.

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It does look nice Paul. I'll wait and see as I'd probably have to get two. :puke:
 
The box just looks like a piece of paper over a box tbh, If those specs are that of a new model, they've just killed the 5DII
 
digitalfailure said:
The box just looks like a piece of paper over a box tbh, If those specs are that of a new model, they've just killed the 5DII
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I don't see that at all Brian. The 5DII is full frame - different cameras aimed at different users. :shrug:
 
LOL. These new models are coming out at a scarey rate now! It wouldn't be so bad if you could dismiss the new features as window dressing but it doesn't seem that way.
 
Really interested in this Camera! Low light quality and focusing are the main things for me, will be interesting to see what happens with this. Have all the FF claims been discounted now? Seems like Sony have dropped a bomb by their new cheaper FF, interesting to see what Canon show tomorrow. 1.45 crop could be a pain though, as shoot fisheye, and don't know of a full frame fish for a 1.45 crop except the 10-17 zoom, but prefer prime.
 
"IF" canon were to launch a camera with a 1.45 crop, can you really see them going forward with 4 different sensor sizes? Surely not.

So, "IF" they were to ditch one of the current sensors then surely it's the 1.3. So where would the 1d series go, up or down???
 
dazzajl said:
"IF" canon were to launch a camera with a 1.45 crop, can you really see them going forward with 4 different sensor sizes? Surely not.

So, "IF" they were to ditch one of the current sensors then surely it's the 1.3. So where would the 1d series go, up or down???
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I can't see Canon intrducing yet another sensor size. The 1.3 sensor has nothing but disadvantages mostly for me, although perhaps some sports togs would bemoan the loss of the wider FOV if Canon dropped the format.

The logical step does seem to be to introduce the full 1 Series 45 point AF focusing into a 1.6 crop body along with weather sealing and the rest of it.
 
digitalfailure said:
The box just looks like a piece of paper over a box tbh, If those specs are that of a new model, they've just killed the 5DII
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You'd think that, but i don't need the following for what i do (portraits and weddings):-

1 - 8fps
2 - dual Digic IV, the 5Dii processes photos fast enough, even 21mp raw


The only thing i'd like and always have is the better AF (not that i have trouble with it), that's it really. The viewfinder on the 5Dii is very bright already (this won't be brighter as it is cropped still). Anyway, sports and wild life photographers will get the 7D, and people like me will get the 5D where FF is the priority.

Different camera for different work, i might sell my 30D and get the 7D though to cover both lol :p It'll still be cheaper than getting a 1DsMKiii.
 
Wow sounds great!!!

It still doesn't have the feature I want which is AUTO HDR.

Ok.. I'm ready to take the Flame!!!
 
 
buckas said:
on-board flashes are always crap imo, get a external flash (y)
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Yes, but I would like to take the camera away for some nice images on holiday. I have gotten a flash for that.
However in the evenings, it would be nice to get some snaps, and an on-board flash would be less conspicuous than a massive 580!
For an amateur like me, its nice to have a decent camera, which can be used 'simply' (by the wife?) when necassary
 
CT said:
Some more info here with images of the boxed product so it does look pretty genuine. Hints on price too albeit in US dollars.

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I think that is the cropped picture of the korean posters. Best-Buy USA apparently had the UAN on at $1699. There are some more believable pictures of a white coloured box knocking around.
 
Raymond Lin said:
You'd think that, but i don't need the following for what i do (portraits and weddings):-

1 - 8fps
2 - dual Digic IV, the 5Dii processes photos fast enough, even 21mp raw
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Now up until this weekend I'd have said that I too wouldn't have held that as a high priority, but after viewing some rather dynamic wedding shots where the bride and maids were jumping up in the air and the groom and his men were "buzzing" the camera the 100% increase in frames per second would have been sure to capture more images of which just one might have been the killer shot, tis the law of averages really :)

I have a 5d and tbh, i'm not sure if I'd be that bothered about a crop factor if I could still get the image quality, sure my lenses would be a little narrower, but I'm really not sure you'd notice much of a difference on the stuff I shoot, sometimes I dare say it'd be a bonus because of the poor focus point placement on the 5 I tend to get loads of wasted headroom if I shoot portrait and dont have the time to recompose.
 
This all looks very good indeed :) Gonna have to get me one of these (y)

Am I the only one excited by the new lenses? 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS has got to be the perfect walkabout lens. And an 18-135 IS to further bolster Canon's standard-zoom range. Then 100 macro with hybrid IS that works at macro range - that is going to be sharp :eek:
 
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