Scott Kelby 7D Mark II Real World
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I can't believe Scott Kelby, and his assistant, had to break out a calculator to figure out a 1.6 crop camera with the 70-200MM lens attached equals 320MM on the long end...did the guy graduate from high school?!?!
I enjoyed the video, but how can Scott give an honest opinion when he is sponsored by Canon???
I enjoyed the video, but how can Scott give an honest opinion when he is sponsored by Canon???
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Gino said:
One, it is an opinion.
Two, he states that he was loaned the cameras to give feedback to Canon.
Three, everyone who has a slightest clue of who he is, knows he is sponsored by Canon and obviously a little biased.
Something tells me Kelby's evaluation is a little more "Honest" than say Tony Northrup's where he only got 60% in focus with the 5D MKIII
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OK, I just suffered through watching this entire video and heard one tidbit that made me rejoice. Unlike the 5D3 (which $%*@& should have this feature!) and like the latest firmware now allows on the 1DX, the 7D2 allows exposure compensation with Auto ISO in Manual mode. Hallelujah! 
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This is amazing to me. The camera is $1,700 and is the best (so far) 1.6 crop sensor camera available. Why is everyone hating so bad on Canon about this? And I am so tired about hearing about low ISO DR. It is a factor in so few scenarios and is sad really that it is the focus of almost every complaint about Canon now.
Forbid there be some noise in the crop sensor. I mean the ISO 16,000 image looked very usable to me. I don't even shoot above 12,800 on my 1DX, and have very rarely ever needed to.
I definitely liked the part where he mocked the DR question and stated that if you were to show up at a pro NFL game with a sony camera you would need to fear for your safety.
There is a reason why a majority of pro sports shooters use Canon and it isn't because they are concerned about low ISO DR and I guarantee they can do a little better than 60% of the shots in focus.
Forbid there be some noise in the crop sensor. I mean the ISO 16,000 image looked very usable to me. I don't even shoot above 12,800 on my 1DX, and have very rarely ever needed to.
I definitely liked the part where he mocked the DR question and stated that if you were to show up at a pro NFL game with a sony camera you would need to fear for your safety.
There is a reason why a majority of pro sports shooters use Canon and it isn't because they are concerned about low ISO DR and I guarantee they can do a little better than 60% of the shots in focus.
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Watching this video now and there's some decent info here but some of the stuff they say is borderline retarded. Its so dumb that it just has to be marketing talking points. Like, how amazed were they that crop sensors have more reach? They were acting like it was a brand new invention designed by Canon specifically for the 7DII. Or saying stuff like "these are all jpgs!!! no noise reduction at all!!! no sharpening!!!" :
e: Sounds like they fixed Auto ISO in manual. *thumbs up*
e: Sounds like they fixed Auto ISO in manual. *thumbs up*
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Joining photography forums for me was abou improving my knowledge and interacting with like minded people.
Seems what I didn't realize is the immense amount of negative sentiment that gets pushed on here. The constant, rabid want for suspicion and failure is becoming super stale.
Time to move on maybe.
Seems what I didn't realize is the immense amount of negative sentiment that gets pushed on here. The constant, rabid want for suspicion and failure is becoming super stale.
Time to move on maybe.
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AcutancePhotography said:
"honest" was poor choice of verbiage on my part, what I meant to convey is that anyone who owns a certain brand of product, Canon in Scott's case, is going to have a bias opinion in favor of the product they own...this is just human nature!
In any case, being that I own both a 1DX & 5DMIII, I like the fact that Scott is using Canon gear, because it appears that he is giving Canon some good input on how they can improve their products!
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Hi Everybody:
Just wanted to clarify a few things from the broadcast that I saw were questions here:
(1) It's is 20.2 megapixels and always has been since I first heard of the camera. That was just a total brain-freeze on my part. I don't have a 24-megapixel version. That was just me misstating one of the specs.
(2) The reason I didn't shoot in Raw was because I don't have any program that is updated to support the unreleased camera. No support yet for Lightroom or Camera Raw, so I had to shoot JPEGs. That being said, I shoot JPEGs for sports either way, but I would have shot some just for example purposes.
(3) I am not sponsored by Canon. I hope to be one day, but at this point, I am not so I bought my Canon gear by selling my Nikon gear -- it was not given to me by Canon. I did get some loaner gear to try out. Nikon let me use loaner gear from time to time, too. So did Sony. Now, if I could just get Hassleblad… ;-)
High five to Forum member Sabaki. I'm with ya.
All my best,
-Scott Kelby
Just wanted to clarify a few things from the broadcast that I saw were questions here:
(1) It's is 20.2 megapixels and always has been since I first heard of the camera. That was just a total brain-freeze on my part. I don't have a 24-megapixel version. That was just me misstating one of the specs.
(2) The reason I didn't shoot in Raw was because I don't have any program that is updated to support the unreleased camera. No support yet for Lightroom or Camera Raw, so I had to shoot JPEGs. That being said, I shoot JPEGs for sports either way, but I would have shot some just for example purposes.
(3) I am not sponsored by Canon. I hope to be one day, but at this point, I am not so I bought my Canon gear by selling my Nikon gear -- it was not given to me by Canon. I did get some loaner gear to try out. Nikon let me use loaner gear from time to time, too. So did Sony. Now, if I could just get Hassleblad… ;-)
High five to Forum member Sabaki. I'm with ya.
All my best,
-Scott Kelby
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ScottKelby said:Hi Everybody:
Just wanted to clarify a few things from the broadcast that I saw were questions here:
(1) It's is 20.2 megapixels and always has been since I first heard of the camera. That was just a total brain-freeze on my part. I don't have a 24-megapixel version. That was just me misstating one of the specs.
(2) The reason I didn't shoot in Raw was because I don't have any program that is updated to support the unreleased camera. No support yet for Lightroom or Camera Raw, so I had to shoot JPEGs. That being said, I shoot JPEGs for sports either way, but I would have shot some just for example purposes.
(3) I am not sponsored by Canon. I hope to be one day, but at this point, I am not so I bought my Canon gear by selling my Nikon gear -- it was not given to me by Canon. I did get some loaner gear to try out. Nikon let me use loaner gear from time to time, too. So did Sony. Now, if I could just get Hassleblad… ;-)
High five to Forum member Sabaki. I'm with ya.
All my best,
-Scott Kelby
Thanks for the clarification. I watched the entire video. For the price, I think this is going to be a great crop DSLR and am going to upgrade my 7D. Your enthusiasm was entertaining ;D
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ScottKelby said:Hi Everybody:
Just wanted to clarify a few things from the broadcast that I saw were questions here:
(1) It's is 20.2 megapixels and always has been since I first heard of the camera. That was just a total brain-freeze on my part. I don't have a 24-megapixel version. That was just me misstating one of the specs.
(2) The reason I didn't shoot in Raw was because I don't have any program that is updated to support the unreleased camera. No support yet for Lightroom or Camera Raw, so I had to shoot JPEGs. That being said, I shoot JPEGs for sports either way, but I would have shot some just for example purposes.
(3) I am not sponsored by Canon. I hope to be one day, but at this point, I am not so I bought my Canon gear by selling my Nikon gear -- it was not given to me by Canon. I did get some loaner gear to try out. Nikon let me use loaner gear from time to time, too. So did Sony. Now, if I could just get Hassleblad… ;-)
High five to Forum member Sabaki. I'm with ya.
All my best,
-Scott Kelby
Scott,
Thanks for taking the time to post on the forum! Hopefully you'll stop by here more often!
Can you share with us anything you're hearing about the development of the 1DX MKII or 5D MKIV, and when they might be available to consumers?
Thanks
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