Canon EOS 70D Spec List [CR3]

[boateggs]

Only left wondering what the memory is (SD expected) and if is has AFMA (my only question left)

[peederj]

Might be a nice reach companion to the 5D3 at $1000 intro or thereabouts. If it's only a stop better DR than the 60D that's not so great but passable.

With the articulating screen it may be nice for video too. The critical question will be the downsampling: it's not 3x3 binning as the sensor isn't the 22.3MP of the 5D3. So one wonders if it's still 1st-gen line skipping or if they are using that Digic5+ and giving it the downsampling of the 1DX. Also, not clear if it does clean HDMI. I imagine it has all the 700D autofocus features and touch screen doodads.

At 7fps I doubt it's the SD card speed of the 5D3's SD slot. I would imagine it has fast writes, hopefully fast enough for a ML RAW video hack...

[ishdakuteb]

So...20 MP, one more stop of native ISO vs. the 60D/7D, the 7D's phase detect AF system, hybrid AF on the image sensor, 7 fps, WiFi, and still uses the LP-E6.

i thought it said "iso 12,800 maximum" which is not told whether or not this one is a native iso right? or this one is its native iso, and h1, h2 iso will be higher numbers? however, i have been waiting for my 7d mark ii for a while already... where is my 7d mark ii... 

[neuroanatomist]

If only Canon would give you AFMA on the 70D 

Canon wouldn't needlessly take away a feature like that, would they?  No, they won't.  They already did that to the 60D.  This time, they'll do nothing of the sort.





By which I mean, do nothing.  As in, not add it back in.     But maybe they'll surprise us - the did give the 5DIII the AF from the 1-series, after all.  So there's hope.  Faint hope, but hope nonetheless.

[ishdakuteb]

I wonder if it has the same flash control (master) capabilities like the 7D.

i think this is a general standard requirement of a camera with popup flash right?  i saw one of my friend used  his t4i popup flash to control some of other off camera speedlites.  if t4i has it, i do not see why 70d does not have it.

[Chaitanya]

Dual memory card slots please.  Overall specs of the camera are really good.

[tpatana]

Is it just me or does that look like 7D to me?

[neuroanatomist]

Is it just me or does that look like 7D to me?

It's just you.  There's clearly a zero in the name.   

[Lee Jay]

No GPS?  I'd rather have GPS (for geotagging and for making sure the clock is up to date) than WiFi.  My wife's $200 2-year-old pocket compact has GPS!

[x-vision]

New Sensor!

Hooray !!!

[x-vision]

Is it just me or does that look like 7D to me?

No, it's not just you  .

Except for the articulating LCD, this is basically the 7D ... with a new sensor.

[Don Haines]

So the 70D is a good step ahead.... autofocus with 19 cross points and 5Xfaster live view.... a bump up in ISO and # of pixels... WiFi..... This makes the 7D a very lame duck... perhaps even a dead duck...

This can only mean only one of two things.... that the 7D line is to be discontinued, or that the 7D2 will be a SIGNIFICANT step up over the 7D... I'm hoping for the latter!

[seamonster]

"7D AF system. Put it in everything thats not full frame." - Canon

[Dick]

Very similar specs when compared to the 7D. I would have thought that this needs to be better than 7D in all aspects including fps.

[nicku]

So the 70D is a good step ahead.... autofocus with 19 cross points and 5Xfaster live view.... a bump up in ISO and # of pixels... WiFi..... This makes the 7D a very lame duck... perhaps even a dead duck...

This can only mean only one of two things.... that the 7D line is to be discontinued, or that the 7D2 will be a SIGNIFICANT step up over the 7D... I'm hoping for the latter!

BIG +1

You have spared me to write exact the words quoted above.