Canon Eos 7D Mark II - first picture in an german Photo-Magazine !!!

[Lisa G.]

Excuse my bad english...

But,
in a german photo magazine "ColorFoto" from 8-2011 they talk about a blackfox battery-grip.
(www.blackfox24.de)
In the compatibily list they named a eos 7D Mark II
First the guy think this is an print error from 5D Mark II , but,
on the next site they show a picture from her !!!
Look exactly, theres a difference between the actual 7D and the picture.
And no other actual canon has this size...

What do you think about that?

Link:
http://abgelichtet42.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/mir-ist-da-was-aufgefallen/

To all the doubters of my post:
the ColorFoto Magazine listed online the Eos 7D Mark II for the
Blackfox Battery Grip!!!!! ColorFoto is a verry serious magazine in germany,
canon germany listed all the color-foto testcharts on their website beside the cameras.

Look here (and look good!!) for the compatibily in the 4. row under "Versionen"
thean open the link under the tab with "Komplette Tabelle öffnen"

Link:
http://www.colorfoto.de/testbericht/blackfox-batteriegriff-hochformat-1158550.html

New:
second german online dealer offers a different Battery Grip for the Eos 7D Mark II
site one:
http://www.efox-shop.com/reviews/pdb616-batteriegeriff-2-akku-lp-e6-lpe6r-canon-eos-7d-markii-p-711
site two:
http://www.efox-shop.com/pdb616-batteriegeriff-2-akku-lp-e6-lpe6r-canon-eos-7d-markii-p-711
This appears 10 Times on different sites, i think thats no typo

 

[Loswr]

What do you think about that?

I think it's completely bogus. The camera pictured is a 5DII.

Below is the image from the blog post you linked, and below that is the same image (taken from elsewhere on the web), but before someone Photoshopped the nameplates (the blogger, presumably, because it wasn't printed that way in the magazine ad...).

Kudos for a nice try, but...I declare shennanigans!

 

[Dr.Jones]

I think it's completely bogus. The camera pictured is a 5DII.

Actually isn't the picture of a 5d Mk I?

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Apparently someone either wants attention, or to advertise the grip by getting links to it posted around the internet.

Perhaps we should remove the links to avoid giving him free publicity?

 

[EYEONE]

I think it's completely bogus. The camera pictured is a 5DII.

Actually isn't the picture of a 5d Mk I?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that is a 5D Mk I

 

[WarStreet]

Look here (and look good!!) for the compatibily in the 4. row under "Versionen"
thean open the link under the tab with "Komplette Tabelle öffnen"

Link:
http://www.colorfoto.de/testbericht/blackfox-batteriegriff-hochformat-1158550.html

As you say, they can't spell the 5DII right. I can't see why they had to leave the 5DII out considering that the D700 is there. writing a 7 instead of 5, it is a possible typo, or typo simulation

 

[unfocused]

Calm down. It's a typo. Go to the Blackfox website link and you can check their product list. They make a battery grip for the 5D II.

Stop and think for a minute. The Blackfox battery grip is an aftermarket product that competes directly with Canon's own grips. Canon isn't going to share specs or anything else with a competitor of this nature in advance of an actual product release. The Blackfox people have to wait until a product is released and then reverse-engineer their grips.

 

[Lisa G.]

Calm down. It's a typo. Go to the Blackfox website link and you can check their product list. They make a battery grip for the 5D II.

Stop and think for a minute. The Blackfox battery grip is an aftermarket product that competes directly with Canon's own grips. Canon isn't going to share specs or anything else with a competitor of this nature in advance of an actual product release. The Blackfox people have to wait until a product is released and then reverse-engineer their grips.

That´s possible, o.k. But a typo in print and online?

 

[Loswr]

That´s possible, o.k. But a typo in print and online?

A typo online, and the ad was photoshopped.

 

[-zero-]

Its either a mistake or marketing hype, think about it

the possibility of a 7D mkII without a popup flash is close to zero

 

[Gothmoth]

a fake to get attention or viral marketing....

some company has a BG ready before the camera is even announced.
please use you brain for a second.....

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Scammers are very successful because the "Marks" want to believe. They just play to their emotions, and common sense goes out the door.

 

[Loswr]

Scammers are very successful because the "Marks" want to believe.

 

[Edwin Herdman]

First the guy think this is an print error from 5D Mark II , but,
on the next site they show a picture from her !!!

What I am not able to understand is this: Was this a conversation, or just somebody changing the picture?

An accessory company's ad which shows a 5D Mark II with the "Mark II" badge removed is not so suspicious for Canon. Sloppy work from the ad makers and I can't begin to guess why they would want to take out the Mark II badge, but I wouldn't say this is the same as having the company telling you that they have a 7D Mark II ready.

It may simply be that they did not find a 7D image quickly and so modified a 5D image...sounds foolish and even incredible, but similar and worse has happened before for just that reason. Unless I am mistaken, there is no proven direct link between their having a (typo) listing for a 7D Mark II, and there being an image of a 5D "turned into" a 7D.