Your wishlist for your next body...

[Dave]

Not sure if there is something like a wishlist thread here... haven't found one, so I thought I just open it up. Hope that's okay...

What do you want for your next DSLR? What are your dreams, your wishes, guess everything is possible...

I'm waiting for the 7D Mk II (maybe the 5D3). What I like to see...
- ***
- WLan (or an equivilent technology to transfer data to the PC)
- 2x CF card slot - or even better: CF Card AND SD-Card slot
- really cool would be the option to save RAWs on the CF and JPGs at the SD
- flip screen
- a simple configurable file naming system that addtionally allows you to simply add a new folder by one click for the upcomming images
- more video functionality (AF, the video "crop zoom" from the 600D)
- auto ISO where you can set an upper limit (not sure if the 7D already has this)
- an external LCD with blue light instead of this orange thing (I love blue)
- making the 15-85 an L lense with F4
- the same price as the current version

regards, Dave

 

[K-amps]

More than 3 AEB's and from 1/3 to 3EV stops for each bracket. (Like they have in the 1D bodies)

If Canon wants to have this option in their better bodies then just do this:

xxxD = 3AEB
xxD = 5AEB
xD = 7AEB
1D = 9 or custom level AEB

Ability for the Camera to Digital zoom in-camera i.e. be able to set custom crops.

Circumvent the AA and Bayer filters somehow and give us more sharpness... Maybe create a 60mp sensor, with 20MP's dedicated to each primary color, with processed image at 20mp all colors combined digitally... Kind of like Foveon but done right! Maybe this one is for the 1D bodies... this will help them separate them from the other FF bodies in the line up.

 

[LuCoOc]

Not sure if there is something like a wishlist thread here... haven't found one

There's kind of a 5D III wishlist thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,818.0.html#msg10532

However I don't like to post long wishlists as it is highly unlikely that anybody official will ever take care of them. But to be honest: If enough people post a feature all over the internet it could be different. Proof me worng

I like the idea of saving RAWs on a CF and JPEGs on SD

 

[JonJT]

For the 7d mkii:
3 stops increase in dynamic range
Very usable ISO 12800/serious reduction in noise at all lower ISO settings
Limits on auto exposure shutter speed in Av mode and limits on aperture in Tv mode.
At least 5 shot AEB
In-Camera Geotagging
A sensor with microlenses that does not reduce sensor sensitivity at f-stop values of 1.4 or faster
Dual SD-card slots
RAW histograms
RAW picture review
Focal length display during picture review
I don't think I'll need any AF points but, improved low light AF performance is always welcomed
No banding issues like with the current dual DIGIC 4 hardware in the 7d, absolutely none
An appreciable increase in the number of photosites, only IF the aforementioned things can be achieved.

 

[EYEONE]

5D mark III = 5D Mark II + 7D's autofocus system.

Done.

 

[nikkito]

5D mark III = 5D Mark II + 7D's autofocus system.

Done.

i agree, and also the screen of the 60D would be useful.

 

[Dave]

i agree, and also the screen of the 60D would be useful.

Don't worry... If there is one thing for sure than a flip screen in the next Canon releases (may be except the 1D, but I doubt it)

 

[kubelik]

5D mark III = 5D Mark II + 7D's autofocus system.

Done.

my take:

5D mark III =

5D II basic specs + form factor
7D autofocus
11 EV usable dynamic range
16-bit RAW
36 MP
non-banding grain in shadow areas

pretty simple

 

[nikkito]

i agree, and also the screen of the 60D would be useful.

Don't worry... If there is one thing for sure than a flip screen in the next Canon releases (may be except the 1D, but I doubt it)

that would be cool, at first when i saw it i thought it looked not so professional, but the truth is that it's very helpful.

 

[PeterJ]

For the 7d mkii:
RAW histograms
RAW picture review

I'm only an amateur so might be missing something, but I shoot my 7D in RAW only mode and get histograms and picture review fine?

 

[Neeneko]

Personally, I just want whatever bodies come out to be really popular so the used market gets flooded with old 1Ds ones, which I then pick up for cheap.

Though I admit it would be nice if Canon released a camera that had good UV performance. Canon has fallen so far behind there that using a Canon camera for UV photography is treated as kinda a joke. I am kinda hoping that when Canon puts out a mirrorless camera it will be like the NEX-5 and be able to handle real time capture.

 

[MK5GTI]

my whishlist would be a lower mp count for non-professional shooter who never print in poster size.


an APS-C with 12mp with outstanding high ISO and Dynamic range.

Phase detection continuous AF during video (Fuji did that right?)

or

a FF with 16-18mp, 7D AF, Phase detection continuous AF during video recording.


100% sure Canon will keep doing the mp race.

 

[Stu_bert]

For the 7d mkii:
RAW histograms
RAW picture review

I'm only an amateur so might be missing something, but I shoot my 7D in RAW only mode and get histograms and picture review fine?

What you see on preview is based on the embedded jpeg within the raw, not the raw....Same for histograms

 

[Eagle Eye]

I'd like a 5d Mark II with slightly improved noise at high ISO, particularly at 6400 and below. I'd also like improved dynamic range and a 12mp sRAW option. A single SD slot instead of a CF slot would be nice. 25% longer battery life would be useful as well. I'd be okay with an on-board master flash; I'd probably take the camera on vacation more if it could double for snapshots at night. If the PictureStyles button was user-assignable, say to mirror lock-up or something, that would be beneficial. Perhaps I'm the only person in the world, but I actually like the 5d Mark II's autofocus. I appreciate that it's not cluttered with autofocus points. When I use AF, I just use the center point anyway. BUT, I realize that's just me and it's an important move for Canon to improve the AF to the 7D level.

 

[Bokehmon]

Waiting on a 1DV

1. FF sensor that is 1-2 stops better in iso and dynamic range

2. Better ergonomics, maybe a new power switch too?

3. Video, don't really care... just whatever those video fanatics want...

4. 1Ds viewfinder or better

5. 10 or more fps, 9 shot bracketing... yes 7 is not enough for me.

6. More peripheral AF points

7. 3:2 high res BRIGHT AND ACCURATE oled

8. all those niceties: ***, built in wifi?, electronic level

9. radio flash also, radio triggering

10. 1.3, 1.6 crop modes plus 16:9 and 21:9 crop modes, a panorama mode would be nice too

That's pretty much all I can think about for now.... all these can easily be put into the next camera.

 

[Jonny2nite]

This is probably going to happen in the future but I bet the BIG companies will not embrace this for a while but I would like to see it sooner than later.

Apps for the camera.

I have a Android camera and there are some really cool apps that I can install on the camera. Imagine all the cool things you could do if you could run any software on your camera and it can control all the camera features to do what you want! I also hope for wireless device connectivity so as I take a photo the camera sends the file to my phone and my phone can store as a backup and upload to the internet. I know eye-fi has something like this but I think if it was built in with the apps capability it could really be awesome.

 

[Dave]

Agreed... But the classic camera companies will refuse to think that far.
I'm also sure that this is the future. But I guess there will be an other company who will first bring a camera with apps. Maybe google or apple... Unlikely but not impossible.

 

[JimKarczewski]

VOICE TAGS for cameras other than the 1D line????

I can't yet afford a 1D, even though I shoot sports. 7D/5D would have no issues with adding tags, just a matter of adding the software in the firmware, since they already have mics. Just annoys the hell out of me that Nikon does it with lower end bodies and canon doesn't.

 

[jabeling]

My ideal 5D Mark III:

For Photography:
1 Better AF, more cross censors. (Specially for use with wide aperture L lenses)
2 Even better high ISO
3 No more MP
4 Faster shutter (for Hypersync use with Pocketwizard)

For Video:
5 Reliable High Res (flip-) screen
6 Better noise amp
7 Live on screen audio monitoring
8 Headphone out for monitoring sound
9 RAW Video
(10 Video AF)


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[Forceflow]

Well, why not join the fun...

My 7D Mark II wishlist

* keep it APS-C
* moderately higher MP (maybe 21)
* faster (~10fps)
* larger buffer for at least 30 RAW images (or better yet continuous shooting at 10fps)
* changeable focusing screen (split-prism anyone?)
* radio controlled slave flash

Those are the things that I would really like to see in a new 7D. (Besides the obvious of course, less noise, more dynamic range, better overall images)