Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
My bad. It only says "EOS-1 series", not "EOS-1D series":
My bad. It only says "EOS-1 series", not "EOS-1D series":
Sounds like a great camera at a previously unused price point.
If I were you daniel I'd have my 16-35 on my 5d and my 70-200 on the 7d. Sounds like an excellent combo.
Gonna wait for the reviews, but I think my XSi is on the way out. A bit bummed that it uses CF cards instead of SD though. I love my flip-down USB SD cards.
And wireless flash control? That's pretty nifty. And finally geotagging.
This will be an excellent secondary body beside the 5D, wonderful!
wow, this is something that wannabe 5D owners will defo go for! Decent price for it as well! Gotta love the 1.0x framing!
Are we going to see the demise of the 40D and 50D? I'll have to keep an eye on the 50D price and snap one up if it falls a few 100 euros.
Would be a shame if they did!
IMO, they fit nicely inbetween the xxx(x)D models and the xD models. MAYBE a 60D will be round the corner thats all hush hush and got lost in translation of the 7D? :P
Well I don't really care for most of the new features, but weather sealing?!!? errr I'm so mad! it's a shame that not all SLRs are weather sealed - they all should be if you ask me, but it's even more shame that the XXD bodies aren't! [8o|]
cian, I don't think that's going to happen, there's still a $600 difference between the 50D and the new 7D - that's $600 which you could buy a 70-200 f/4 L with for instance.
The 7D is a great camera in terms of what we can do now with technology. It's something that makes people say "wow". I respect the technology that Canon has put into the camera.
But practically speaking though, the 7D is pretty much like a 50D made faster and added video. On paper the 7D is in every way a little bit better than the 50D in order to become a Nikon D300s killer; however, I doubt if any of these improvements over the 50D can actually make a photo look a lot nicer. In other words, I can hardly imagine that the 7D is going to make a huge leap forward from the 50D on some of the key performance measures such as AF speed & accuracy, IQ, frame rate...
Would people think about the 7D like this though? - "Wow nice! Great job Canon! But I think I can do 95% of the things with my 50D." Or, it's like this - "Wow, great technology! But what if i can find a good 1D III used for just a few hundred dollars more? Or I can get a great condition 1D IIN right away, could I be more satisfied with these 1-series toys?"
Back to your question, I think the 40D and 50D will remain to be popular since they are not far away from the 7D and they're sold at very reasonable prices. (PS: I think at $1699 the 7D is a lot more of a deal than the D300s at $100 higher!) If I'm the buyer with a budget, I'll get the 50D instead and save the money for some better optics. My 50D combined with all my big L lenses will for sure outrun a 7D with that 15-85 []
Just my thoughts, + & - comments all welcome.
Well put Benjamin, you pretty much said everything that I thought of [Y]
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