Sella174 said:

Pleasantly surprised to see FUJIFILM in third place with 11.4% - especially since they are exclusively in the mirrorless segment.

Anyway, this situation (of falling camera sales) is quite obvious and inevitable, as camera-type cameras are pushed out by camera-enabled devices. The reason is quite simple and two-fold: for most people a camera-enabled devices produces sufficient image quality that is mostly on par with nearly all P&S and entry-level DSLR's with kit lens; and the camera-enabled device nearly always offers functionality and ease of use that is not provided by basically all DSLR cameras still on the market.

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Fujifilm also have point and shoot line and they sell a lot of instant Camera.

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Using 1d4 and 5d3 its simple: I prefer the CF cards due to the slow SD interface
In my Sony or Fuji the SD shine with speed.....

7d2 supports finally the UHS protocol- wow. Canon, the late adopter.

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The 6D supported UHS-I (2009), too. Too bad Canon still hasn't adopted UHS-II (mid-2011). :/

I doubt anyone owns one as they're only available for pre order at the moment.

There are some sample images out there: http://sigma-rumors.com/2014/10/wide-open-samples-sigma-150-600mm-sports/

Came across this site, has some interesting 7D Mark ll articles.

http://www.canon-asia.com/snapshot/

I've suspected that there were multiple configurations being tested as well. The "1DX top plate, 24MP and 12FPS" rumours were quite consistent for a very long time, and CR seemed to be getting those stats from sources they considered quite reliable. Moreover, for a long time the rumours stated that the camera would NOT be called 7D Mark II, which would fit if the product diverged so significantly in form from the original 7D. I suspect that two (or more) vastly different groups of prototypes were in the field, testing different types of technology and format.

As to the reason the existing form was chosen for production, there could be a host of reasons. It might be technical. It's possible the noise performance of the modified 20.2 MP sensor was better than the tested 24 MP. It's possible that a 12 FPS body didn't give the desired 200,000 shutter life, or it may have failed on other technical grounds. It's also possible that the 1 series design ethic didn't fit the expectations of the target market--enough people on here complained about the concept that similar complaints from focus groups may have resulted in Canon deciding to go with a more "5D" look and feel prototype.

It's also possible that the decision to go with the model chosen had something to do with target pricing. Many of the rumours associated with a "1DX" design ethic, 12 fps and a 24MP design also speculated on a $2000-$2500 retail price. That had a lot of people balking here in the forums, and also possibly in Canon's focus groups and market analysis. As a result, the winning design in the competition was one that could meet the requirements of the target market, yet still achieve a desirable sub two thousand dollar MRSP.

Pure speculation of course, but I think it makes a certain degree of sense. Not a conspiracy at all--just a pragmatic decision on what can be delivered for a given price point to the intended target market, without making that market too narrow to ensure success.

I don't concur though that the 7D II we are getting is in any way "obsolete" at all! I think it's going to be a phenomenal and well thought out wildlife/action/sports camera for the shooter who cannot afford a 1DX!


I also think the notion that they didn't go with a 24MP sensor to protect the 5D III is demonstrably fallacious. At the time the 7D introduced the 18MP crop frame sensor, the top of the line 1D III only had a 10MP sensor. And the 1DIV that followed in 2010 only had a 16MP sensor!

I finally watched this video last night. I don't get the hate or the criticism, honestly. This was not a review. If you think it was you are probably the type to have bought the next iPhone because Steve Jobs proclaimed it to be "magical, innovative, Apple". It was an informative hands-on account that turns out to be decent marketing material. We won't see full reviews until after the camera has been released. For those who want/need the upgrades in the 7D2 a review probably won't change things, most have already pre-ordered. If you expected huge differences in DR and usable .jpgs at 16k ISO, then by all means continue to lament the lack of technical details, or just wait for a review. Then your complaints have merit.

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switters said:

thestructured said:

Again, as I've stated previously, along with the others having this problem, it cannot be user calibrated because it's only off center points having the issue and any calibration gets applied to all focus points, throwing the center point(s) out. Neither in camera AFMA nor the sigma dock can fix this issue, and sigma service has stated that they cannot fix it either until the sigma corporation finishes writing the software necessary to do it with (note: they said it's software to be used at the service centers, so it will still not be a user serviceable issue). At least it sounds like they are working towards making it fixable, god knows how long that will take.

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Interesting. I just came to the forum to post exactly the same issue with the 35A I have. My first two copies were so far off that I had to return them; I used both FoCal and the dock to calibrate them, but they couldn't even focus properly with center point and a focus target with camera mounted on a tripod.

My third copy is much better. I was able to use the dock along with FoCal to get it consistent using center-point focus, though it did need large adjustments (something like +9, +5, +4, +3 IIRC).

However, when using outer focus points, it's ridiculously off. It will focus on an object a foot in front of what I'm actually focusing on—it's not even close. For example, I took some shots of my daughter sitting on the couch holding a friend's newborn on her lap. Even though I was focusing on my daughter's eyes (with a cross-focus point a little left and above center), the lens decided to focus on the baby's face... which was a good 8-10" in front of my daughter's eyes, and at least 12-16" below.

Like everyone else, I am blown away by the sharpness and clarity of the 35A when it hits. But being forced to use the center focus point in order to get those results is a dealbreaker. 90% of the pictures I take are of people that are moving. Focus and recompose is not an option.

So I am selling my 35A and buying a 35 IS. And as excited as I was about the 50A, I'm going to pass on that as well. Still hoping Canon will come out with a 50 IS or revamped 50/1.4. In the meantime, may just skip up to the 85/1.8 and have a 35/85 combo with two small, compact lenses. This appeals to me because my main workhorses are the 24-70 II and the 70–200 IS.

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My 35 A actually perfect
Even guys at Sigma service were surprised

Anyone have a success with latest batch of 50A ?

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I can't speak of the latest batch of the 50A but I bought mine on April 7 this year. It is my first copy. It is working outstanding on both my 6D and 5D MKIII. Straight from the box - although I checked it with AFMA. It is sharp and doesn't miss focus.
I used to own the regular sigma 50 f/1.4 and used it on my 7D. Also worked great without AF problems. Didn't like it on my FF cameras so I sold it.

This could be an option.

http://www.sandisk.com/products/wireless/media-drive/

EchoLocation said:

Neuro, is this really you on the sonyalpharumors comments section?
"Neuraoanatomist • 12 hours ago
canon video has nothing to do with the panic attack video you idiots.. you retarded bloggers have no clue at all.
nowhere canon says it has anything to do with the panik attack video."

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Lol, no. Some pathetic individual who was banned from CR, I suspect.

jrista said:

LetTheRightLensIn said:

StudentOfLight said:

My guesses:
An expensive "EOS 1D-C Mark-II"
Stills: 46MP, 8fps
6.4K Video (in 1.3x crop mode)

A premium priced "EOS 4"
Stills: 44.7MP, 6fps
4K Video: (full frame capture)

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That would ultra sweet, especially if they fix the DR. That plus the DR, those would be a heck of a pair of cams there. I'd be all over that latter one myself.

I have a feeling they won't be so exciting as what you list.

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Maybe not as exciting. A while back, maybe a year ago now, there was a rumor of a 75mp Canon "big mp" camera. I'm beginning to think now, with all the layered sensor rumors of late, that Canon is working on a 25mp RGB sensor (or maybe the 5-layer, however the UV and IR layers probably won't be included in the RAW). I think that would be interesting, assuming it resolves Canon's read noise issues, as I'd love a layered sensor with high DR.

I'm afraid that Canon isn't going to change their readout system. I suspect were still looking at 16, maybe 32 readout channels, off-die ADC units, and the external DIGIC processors. In that case, I figure the low ISO read noise issue will be unchanged. They should realize an improvement in color fidelity and overall image sharpness...but the dynamic range issue would persist. I really, REALLY hope I'm wrong...but I'm so skeptical of Canon now on the sensor technology front, I just have to see it first before I can believe it.

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On another tangent, can the (W-R, W+R) approach somehow be mated with DPAF?

Re: Sigma to Release Firmware for 120-300 f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports & New Teleconverter Compatibility

Nope, the new tc's will only work with the 120-300 Sport (after a firmware update) and the as-yet-unreleased 150-600 Sport and Contemporary. They won't work with any other make or model of lens that currently exists in the world. Its insane.

how about MANUAL?

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Don't expect images to be noticeably better. You are buying additional mechanical features, such as top LCD, joystick, long life shutter, more fps, etc. In addition, there are the dual processors which allow the fast data flow and image processing. Dual Cards.

The new sensor will have a little better high ISO, maybe 1/4-1/2 stop.

If you obsess over defects at the pixel level, there should be less, but a large print is not going to be any different.

Have fun with it, its a nice camera, but realize that its about sports features more than any big jump in IQ. All DSLR's produce excellent images when a user exposes properly.

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For sure.

What I am expecting is that the mechanics may help realise more keepers.

When I started bird photography, I was happy to snap them perched. I'm at the stage now where I want to take crisp, sharp BIF images. The AF system on my 500D is unfortunately just not capable enough to realise this.

DIGIC 6, improved noise performance and other technologies never had me expecting image quality vastly superior to what I'm currently getting.

But it should be better though

Re: B&H Photo Hands-On With the EOS 7D Mark II

I want to wait for other reviewers to take a decision. I am aware that IQ will not be like 5D3 but it could be close, but the extra reach, AF and burst rate of 10 fps are super attractive for sports and birding.

A white box 24-70 f/4 is probably worth $650 - $700 on the used market, so you can flip it and make $150-$200 quick profit. This is a way of discounting a new camera.

Canon does not want to offer a deal with a 17-55 front line lens.

Thank you Friend Mr. Surapon. I will get a chance to give the lens a good test drive this weekend! ;D

Much like Craig, I've received several mentions of updates to the two remaining old T/S lenses.

All of these were far enough away from the time of the rumour that they automatically get my personal 'heap of salt' rating (I've never had a 'CRx' style rating for a number of reasons).

The most interesting was that we would see quite a development in the T/S mechanism that would return settings data to the camera. Given the non trivial matter of reliably implementing this, I'd still put it into the 'wishful thinking' category.

As to the 90mm, I use it regularly. If you need it, get a used one? Looking at the used prices of the old TS-E24, these are lenses that will hold good residual value, even if new ones appear.

I changed the T/S axis of my own 90mm for macro work, and rarely wish it were any different - these are some notes I made when I first got it that might be of interest?

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/ts-e90_tilt-shift.html

The limited tilt on the 90 makes it of less use for macro work than you might think, but here it is recently with a few extension tubes on my 100D

Note - photo taken (hand-held) with TS-E24 tilted to run the plane of focus down along the camera, from the angle-finder

My best raptors in flight were shot with my 6D and 400mm f/5.6 using the center point. For static bird shots my 60D, 70-200 f/2.8 IS II and 2X TC III were fine, but once a bird took off the focus was way too slow. I would never give up having multiple bodies. When on a trip by car, I keep three bodies setup with different lenses so I can pull off the road and grab the required focal length. A shot may only be there for a very short time. In the long run your biggest investment will likely be in glass, while selling a 60D may only net you $400.

No.

Advice: Hire a pro.

Bowens and profoto are excellent.

For smaller things, buy a lightbox, they are cheap and available in multiple sizes, then just add any old flashes, and it'll be easy to nail it every time.

For larger stuff, you'll need softboxes, boom arms etc., it's a job for a pro if you want it to look professional.

Very nice video Jimmy.

... and welcome to CR

So the dock firmware has been updated to include the 150-600 Sport, but not the Contemporary. More evidence that the Contemporary announcement was a bit premature, and that the lens was probably a reaction to Tamron's lens, rather than something that had been planned before Tamron announced theirs. It will be a while, perhaps quite a while, before we see any of the Contemporary models.

digitalversus put up some sample comparisons of a pre-production NX-1, the Sony A77II, and the Nikon D750 as a guessing game. The answers are on the french language version of the site:

http://www.lesnumeriques.com/samsung-nx1-sony-a77ii-nikon-d750-votre-prefere-est-coreen-n36235.html

From the samples given, the BSI sensor looks pretty good. Better than the Sony crop, at least.

RAW files are here, although I couldn't open them in ACR, of course. Maybe someone with one of those weird RAW converters I'm not going to bother to download and install can open them?

A 36mm x 24mm sensor has an area of 864 sq. mm.

A square sensor with the same image circle would have sides that are 30.59 mm and an area of 936 sq. mm.

However, a cross shaped sensor with overlapping 24 x 36 mm rectangles would have an area of 1,152 sq. mm.

Random Orbits said:

Thanks for the review, Dustin! It would be nice to see a comparison versus the EF-M 55-200 if you get the chance. Granted it's not sold natively in the US, but sourcing it from Canada is easy enough. It is interesting how quickly the Tamron gets to f/5.6 (near 50mm) and see how that stacks up against Canon's 55-200. Given how small the EF-M 18-55 is, carrying an extra lens for the M system is not as large a penalty compared to FF.

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I tried to get Henry's in Canada to send me one. I have written an article for them before, but they have had a big turnover and the new contact that "my guy" got me never returned my email. I agree completely that this is the logical comparison, though. If status quo ever changes with Henry's I'll definitely do a comparison.