Comments on: Predictions for 2010 Part 1 – DSLR

By: Maryam

Maryam — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:39:58 +0000

So I’m thinking…..
I’m going to get the 550D this summer, but should I wait a little bit and hope the price will fall for 7D to what the current price is for 550D?

By: Ashishraj

Ashishraj — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:02:06 +0000

There are enough APS-C and Full Frame models from Canon. But only APS-H sensor camera is 1D Mark X.

They should bring new model with APS-H sensor in the name of “9D” or replace the 7D sensor in next 7D mark ii with APS-H.

By: tower 200

tower 200 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:14:02 +0000

Is it a 30 day riskless trial?

By: Pardalle

Pardalle — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:37:53 +0000

I belive next step for body’s is to change the conection system with the lens, there will be in the future more body’s than lenses if they continue to add new models so fast. I can not spend so much money to buy so much technology but if I buy one good lens in two years will steel be a good one.

By: Jake Jones

Jake Jones — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:02:17 +0000

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By: 50/50

50/50 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:25:55 +0000

Well even if we’re talking canon vs nikon, as much as the canon users bitch about the 5d II, it still outsells the d700 by a decent margin, if you look at % of market share, the 5d II usually ranks in the top 20, the d700 isn’t even on the list.

I mean I myself am in the boat who desperately wishes the 5D II was just a little better in the AF department, and maybe the construction, but sales don’t lie, and canon seem to know what they’re doing when it comes to getting their market share.

By: 50/50

50/50 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:18:44 +0000

It’s a nice thought, but there isn’t much they can take out of the 5d II to make it any more basic, like the AF is already lower grade then the 50D, the body construction is nothing special, aside from putting in a smaller view finder (which to me is a bad idea because that makes it less of a joy to use) and maybe knocking down the ergonomics so that they lose the second control wheel… how much can they really take out?

I think the next installment of the 5d will be even more competitively priced and potentially have better features in terms of AF etc, maybe then, they could consider doing a smiler thing they do with the XXXD series where they sell both the 450d and the 500d, but it’s harder to do that in a much smaller % of sales.

By: 50/50

50/50 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:05:20 +0000

well… it get’s fairly “complicated” and subjective, it all comes down to “how sharp is sharp”. Technically speaking if you have perfect 20/20 vision, and look at a 11×14 inch print from 25 cm away, taken on a 1.6 crop it could potentially be diffraction limited at anything smaller then f4, but chances are unless you had it side by side with a shot that wasn’t diffraction limited you wouldn’t be able to tell. In fact it probably wouldn’t be obvious till about f/8.

I think the important thing to remember is the resolution of the sensor isn’t really a big factor, if you down sample an 18 mp file to 15 and take a strait 15 mp file at identical settings, there will be no difference in terms of the effects from diffraction.

IMHO Full frame is the way to go, especially if your looking at landscapes, I mean ideally landscapes should be on large format, where you can shoot wide open or slightly closed down and use movements to maximize DOF. A larger recording area will almost always produce better IQ assuming both have comparable resolving power.

Maybe consider a second hand 5D, a camera that has some of the best per pixel sharpness to date. Or if you want to stay cropped and camera responsiveness isn’t a big issue get a 50D rather then a 7D.

By: Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:29:35 +0000

I guess no matter what there will be some sort of compromise.

My concern is because I shoot mostly landscapes, but I do often make prints larger than 8×10. On my 12mp 450D I’m mostly happy, until I print really large photos, at which point I feel they could look a little sharper sometimes. I don’t usually go past f8 or 10.

I’m not sure what the best compromise would be for resolution on a 1.6x crop body. I was thinking something in the neighborhood of 15mp might be ideal. Or maybe full frame is really the way to go, though I’m not sure I want to spend so much on a camera.

By: Zack Jones

Zack Jones — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:35:14 +0000

@JM – Buy a used 5D. That will get you in the FF world for under 2 grand, easily.

By: Zack Jones

Zack Jones — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:27:26 +0000

Same for me. Give me a full frame version of the 7D, I don’t care what you call it, and I’ll buy it. After migrating from my 40D to a 5D I rarely use the 40D anymore.

By: Carey Photography

Carey Photography — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:48:09 +0000

And I think Canon has the best shot at a mirrorless Micro 4/3 competitor, in terms of the others that have legacy lenses. Canon are already all digital, where as Sony and Nikon both use a mechanical device to control the aperture, at least. Canon would just have to offer an adapter in their kit with the camera, to use the EF/EF-S lenses, and they wouldn’t have to come out with new lenses for their mirrorless system as fast as the other competitors. Samsung is already doing it with their NX10, http://www.dpreview.com/previews/samsungnx10/ and Nikon and Sony will have a harder time developing a system that will allow the use of the existing lenses and more pressure to develop lenses specific for that line.

By: Carey Photography

Carey Photography — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:39:00 +0000

OK, maybe not D7s. But the rest would be sweet for sure. And I like the thumb dial/direction pad combo on the photoshop mock up of the 700D, but I also think it would nice to have the functions displayed on the direction pad change as the customized functions changed, and you could save groups or sets of functions and change them on the fly.

By: Carey Photography

Carey Photography — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:18:30 +0000

How about instead of the 3D, the 7Ds? 6.3 fps sounds right, it tops Nikon’s D700, who only shoots 5 fps, but doesn’t come close to the 1D MkIV. But then again, maybe 7 fps. And it’ll probably use something close to the sensor in the 1D MkIV, but with the 7D’s AF with the 63 dual zone and iFCL metering, the same body style with a larger viewfinder hump, and 100% coverage and LED grid overlay. Don’t forget weather sealing and dual card slots. I’d buy it in a heart beat, especially since I’m going to make out good on my taxes this year, which will hopefully come after this camera is announced, and I mean THIS camera.