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Canon 7D, 15-85 and 18-135
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Not sure if this has been posted already?
I posted it up in another thread https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=32384
The camera looks very nice, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it turns out to be a winner.
I’m looking for a camera that has good low-light image quality and autofocus, like the Nikon guys have.M
I knew it must have been posted already, but despite looking through all threads in the last 24hr I still missed it ;) Does sound like this is very much aimed at taking on Nikon, some nice features on there but with my budget I will be waiting for the tech to trickle down to the 50D+ end of the market. Heres hoping :)
I was at a Canon seminar today at Photovision in Croke Park. It was on HD video. The 7D looked really really good. They seem to basically have sorted out all the issues with the 5D MkII with this camera. The impression I get is that it has improved in basically every area, especially in the video mode. Yer man was saying that it’s possible canon may update the firmware for some of the new features for the 5D but he couldn’t say for sure.
Improvements like:
Double the processing power of the 5D
Way more video options like up to 50/60 frames per second
Simple thing like a dedicated button for video, instead of fiddling with the menus
8fps versus 3.5 or something??
Even better LCD screen apparentlyAll for 500 quid less (I think)
Looks like it kicks the ass of the 5D really, just a shame about that feckin APS-C sensor!!!!
Makes you wonder if they made it APS-C so as not to upset those that dropped some cash on a 5D MKII recently…
Makes it a fairly hard choice, I am sure you could find MkII’s for fairly close to the price of a 7D. 7D seems to have specs in its favour whilst the MkII has full frame. That said, I do quite like cropped sensor sizes, I like the 1.6x on focal lengths and have no complaints with them. Havent ever had a chance to play with full frame though so cant really judge but if I was to go out and buy a 7D at least it would work with all my lenses (EF-S and EF). Totally hypothetical though, like I said I’m still hoping a 60D will appear with the key features on the 7D at some stage :)
I’ll probably be tempted by this camera, as I’d like a small camera (have a 1 series) for street photograpy, and would also like to have a 1.6 crop for the extra perceived reach when shooting far away things. This body mated to a 600mm lens gives serious reach!
but, I’ll not be first in the queue this time, I’ll wait to see how it goes.
Merv.
Yeah it’s a balls really. Can’t believe they put 1 processor in the 5D and 2 in the 7D! When they were released so close together. I’m told for things like landscapes and weddings that full frame is essential. Anyone got any thoughts on this? From someone that works with both sensor sizes?
As Merv says above the extra reach of 1.6 sensors is only perceived. More of a sales gimmick. Printed at the same scale and taken at the same focal length the subject in a full frame shot will be the same size as the 1.6, just in a bigger picture.
As for using full frame for weddings it’s a little more advantageous for groups as the taker need not stand so far back to get a large group in when shooting around 85mm.Correctamundo!
The big advantage of a crop body for me is being able to see the thing I’m photographing bigger in the viewfinder, and having the focus points cover most of the image. With a full frame body, even if I plan to crop off loads of pixels from the outsides, the subject is smaller in the viewfinder, and it’s harder to keep a focus point on a specific place, such as the eye of the subject.
And this thing of loads of pixels is a load of ****. Any more than 8 or so is just showing off if the biggest you print is 8*10 or thereabouts. I’d far rather less, and have the camera’s buffer allow me to keep shooting more images before the CF card becomes the limiting factor. That’s more important that straight up FPS.
Merv.
PeteBedell wrote:
As Merv says above the extra reach of 1.6 sensors is only perceived. More of a sales gimmick. Printed at the same scale and taken at the same focal length the subject in a full frame shot will be the same size as the 1.6, just in a bigger picture.
As for using full frame for weddings it’s a little more advantageous for groups as the taker need not stand so far back to get a large group in when shooting around 85mm.
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