A Bit of EOS 7D Replacement Info [CR2]

[Straightshooter]

FYI: I was on the phone this morning with Canon's Tokyo HQ to inform about them checking websites full of silly banter about their products (which THEY DON'T!!) and the nice lady on the other side of the line did tell me the following about the new 7d mark II:

Build quality: cfr. 5d mark III (with second joy stick on grip)

Build in WiFi!

24mp sensor, new, but nothing spectacular SciFi as mentioned on some websites full of silly banter...

Build in Flash!

10 f/s drive

New AF system, based on 1dx but 'downgraded a bit'

Also, a brand new 100-400mm will be released with it (non pull-push type)


There you go, what 'being nice to a Japanese lady on the phone' can't get you sometimes

Oh, yes, almost forgot: it WILL HAVE a 'touchy screen' kind of interface!

 

[crashpc]

If you will be as nice on me as on that lady, I´ll also tell you how it will be
Hope she´s right, or that they don´t test her. You never know. It doesn´t exist until it´s "on the paper".

 

[Tugela]

The 5th is two weeks from now, so we shall soon know.

 

[DominoDude]

My own, very subjective, findings from a few searches yesternight:
Quite a few of the big shops that formerly offered the 7D, are now either at "0 in stock", or listing that they only have 1-2 items on the shelf (mostly in Far-away-ville, and they've had them there for years without selling diddly). None of them suggested that they soon would have new 7D's coming in.
Yet again others had totally removed the 7D from showing in searches and listings at all. Accessories could be found, as was expected.

It's nothing solid, but it is a change in behaviour that, at least for me, shows that current rumours are for the correct kind of camera.

Sincerely,
"He-who-kicks-in-open-doors"

 

[Angmar]

The EOS 7D is now totally removed from my photo dealers homepage. ;D

 

[that1guyy]

 

[jeffa4444]

To repeat what Ive stated elsewhere I use the Wi-Fi to remotely fire the 6D in landscape regularly and it always works fine never had any "quirky" issues.