EOS 7D Replacement Mentioned Again [CR1]

[Lawliet]

The surprise might be that there is no surprise, Canon keeps being Canon, juggling features and trickling down tech and they simply cannot find a position for a 7d2 in their lineup between 70d and 5d3 and in comparison to the crop competition.

How about avoiding the "between" by making a step to the side?
I.E. take the dual photodiodes concept to its logical conclusion by pairing it with state of the art readout rates and enough processing power. For the next small frame body two foveon-like sensels. perhaps each cell read at an setting that yields the best data. Lets say half at the set/base ISO, half at the amplfication that based on metered light flux would just avoid clipping. As a bonus one could do painfree compositing off footage recorded with such a sensor.
And while we're at it - how about making the flashfrozen- and moving picture fractions equally happy at the same time? 8)

Its not that there is no room for improvement, more a matter of willingness to try the road not taken. Ask the Roxolani. :-X

 

[Loren E]

if it has the Same AF as the 5Dmk3 I will probably get one to use with the tamron 150-600, hopefully the body and ergonomics will be essentially the same as the 5Dmk3 and also please please use the same battery as the 5Dmk3

sigma 50mm 1.4 on the 5Dmk3 tamron 150-600 on the 7Dmk2 and the 11-22EF-M on the EOS-M and i might never have to change lenses again .... (that was sort of a joke for anyone thinking of giving me a lecture)

I just want the 7DII to be a 5DmkIII with an APS-C sensor that trades high ISO and dynamic range full frame glory for a nice FPS boost. (Of course high ISO and DR would hopefully be significantly improved over the current 7D but obviously won't come close to FF standards.) I doubt Canon is going to give me this 22mp-ish APS-C workhorse though.

 

[TrabimanUK]

I agree.

I'd be more than happy with:

• 18-24MP.
  10fps.
  Better low light IQ up to ISO 6400, not too fussed with "1 million ISO mwahahaha!", to enable shooting in the dark, just something akin to the 5Dc or 1D IV in terms of IQ and low light ISO, .g. egrading arund ISO 1300, as it ain't going to be anywhere near the 5DII or 5DIII as it will (likely) be APS-C.
  APS-C or APS-H.
  Better AF, yes, maybe mixing dual pixel from the 70D with the 61 point setup from the 5DIII would be nice.
  Same or lower price than the 5D III.
  Released (available) before July (2014).
  

At the moment it's looking like I'll be getting a 5DIII to safari with, when I really want the reach of a top-end APS-C

 

[Loren E]

Better AF, yes, maybe mixing dual pixel from the 70D with the 61 point setup from the 5DIII would be nice.
Same or lower price than the 5D III.

Nikon folk are lucky to have a crop camera with F8 autofocus in the D7100 - Canon really needs one!

 

[Marsu42]

Nikon folk are lucky to have a crop camera with F8 autofocus in the D7100 - Canon really needs one!

Canon decided agaist competing with Nikon on a feature/price basis and most likely this strategy will stick for some time concerning camera bodies. Obviously they just revised their pricing strategy with midrange lenses (16-35L/4), but camera models that get revised rather often is a cash source they won't give up unless threatened by their shareholders.