Other than it is still missing the attractiveness filter setting for self portraits that I have begged Canon for years.......
What say you 7d owners - useful?
Is a this "nex gen" worthy event?
Other than it is still missing the attractiveness filter setting for self portraits that I have begged Canon for years.......
What say you 7d owners - useful?
Is a this "nex gen" worthy event?
If you see me with a wrench, call 911
I'm excited. The in camera image rating function alone is worthwhile to me. I'm also curious to test out the in camera raw editing and the ability to save as a new JPEG. All that being said, I might wait until other users give it a whirl and comment that everything is okay before installing.
Looks like a worthy upgrade to me for a few reasons:Originally Posted by Busted Knuckles
1. The increased burst rate certainly helps. When shooting sports, nothing is more irritating than running out of buffer space at that critical moment. So even just a few frames improvement would be worth the upgrade.
2. Having the custom picture settings applied to the RAW file is something that us non-DPP users might appreciate and find worthy of the upgrade. Since we have never had this option before. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but it is certainly worth exploring.
3. Being able to Limit the Auto ISO is another big advantage. I like useing auto ISO, especially when specific aperature and shutter speeds are critical, but I never liked being unable to limit how far auto-iso will go. If I can set it to stay between 100-800, then I would be a happy camper.
4. The one thing I am dissapointed in is that they did not increase the number of frames that can be used when bracketing shots, such as in HDR. I would love to have more than three fames available for this, but I think they intentionally reserve this option for the pro bodies.
All in all, I am excited about this firmware release and will be downloading it as soon as it is available.
Good topic Knuckles, I am curious what others have to say.
Bob
Bob
I think it's brilliant. I don't use my 7D as much now that I picked up a 5D Mark II, but having some of these features may mean I reach for it more often. But here's my question:
Why, Canon, why did you announce a firmware upgrade only to delay its actual release for over than a month? That seams so silly to me.
That one didn't make any sense to me either---
Bob
Didn't realize that. Canon's PR stinks, and their ability to deliver on time stinks. I guess they know that their DSLR community falls into 2 camps: the casual shooter who pays little to no attention to forums, announcements, etc, and for whom this kind of announcement/delay is meaningless, and who might not ever upgrade their firmware anyway; and the power user, who's in deep enough with Canon equipment that all but the Daniel Brownings of us have little appetite to sell everything and start over with another brand if we are dissatisfied with the customer experience. Oh well. I'll wait patiently!
A bit of control on the auto-ISO looks like a nice improvement. So far, I always avoided using auto-ISO because I wasn't able to limit the max and honestly ISO 6400 on the 7D is quite grainy. It seems it's going to be pretty basic though; not as nice as on the 5D III.
S.
This is the big one, for me. My S95 and S100 can do it, why not the 7D...
FWIW, Auto ISO on the 7D (current firmware) runs from 100-3200, you only get ISO 6400 if you set it there youself. But I'd often prefer to limit it to 1600 or even 800.
Ah, I didn't realised that but after a quick check, indeed, it only goes to 3200 which is as you said still too high to my taste even if I don't print posters. I think the blurred background produced by my 50mm f/1.4 suffers a lot when reaching ISO 1600. At first sight, I would have thought, who cares it's blurred but it doesn't look good.
Cheers,
S.
Last edited by Steph; 06-28-2012 at 07:13 PM.
I’m very keen on the improved write speeds but you should note the fine print.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consum...rmware_compare
‡‡ Figures based on updated firmware, ISO 100, Standard Picture Style and with 8GB CF memory card (normal speed). Figures in parentheses apply to 128GB UDMA 7 CF memory card (high speed). Note: UDMA 7 CF memory card read/write speeds are not fully supported with the EOS 7D Digital SLR camera, if using UDMA 7 memory cards, the read/write speeds will be equivalent to UDMA 6.
Also the GPS is something big for me, once you start Geotagging you won’t want to go back. The only problem I have with the GPS unit is its location, you cannot use an external flash. I’m looking forward to the review from Bryan.
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