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As a 7D owner since Dec 2004, I'm on the fence.

On one hand, the added croppability of 10MP plus
$899 body-only MSRP is tempting.

On the other hand, the AF and flash system do not seem
improved and these are my biggest gripes in the 7D.

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Matt Cham

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Judging by the release of many of the more professional lenses early september/pre-Photokina, I'll, with what we currently know, wait for September until making any thoughts about bodies, having a 7D/VC/splitscreen combination I like very much.
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Winston
 
Matt Cham said:
As a 7D owner since Dec 2004, I'm on the fence.

On one hand, the added croppability of 10MP plus
$899 body-only MSRP is tempting.

On the other hand, the AF and flash system do not seem
improved and these are my biggest gripes in the 7D.
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Hoo boy, Matt. You get a 1.5x crop factor, turning your garden variety 300mm lens into a 450mm, and you STILL need digital zoom (aka croppability)? Just say no. Unless you are a private eye or professional voyeur.

A recovering tele addict speaking. ;-)

Of course, I was kicking myself for not bringing my beercan this weekend and missed a cool picture of a hawk who decided to stay too far away for my 28-85mm.

Greg
 
Gregory King said:
You get a 1.5x crop factor, turning your garden
variety 300mm lens into a 450mm, and you STILL need digital zoom
(aka croppability)? Just say no.
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Croppability is not just for zooming purposes.
Ask any pro sports photographer and the only
ones who say they never crop are the ones
lying to you. You cannot always perfectly
compose quickly moving subjects, especially
those moving at > 100 mph! ;-)

Look at my US Open gallery. Every one
of those had to be cropped!

Even Aarif crops, and surely you cannot
attribute that to lack of talent!

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Matt Cham

My Gallery: http://mattcham.fotopic.net/
 
I think you may be able to order one before the reviews come out but I highly suspect the Sony "marketing machine" has already sent samples (posibly pre-production) to the major on line and magazine reviewers and we will see reviews way before any cameras are delivered. Then you'd be able to cancel before it even ships if you don't like what you see.

I would not be surprised if Phil has his review up before the end of the week.

Brgds
Matt Cham said:
As a 7D owner since Dec 2004, I'm on the fence.

On one hand, the added croppability of 10MP plus
$899 body-only MSRP is tempting.

On the other hand, the AF and flash system do not seem
improved and these are my biggest gripes in the 7D.

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Matt Cham

My Gallery: http://mattcham.fotopic.net/
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Dumont
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I would have to see verry good user reports from places like this forum befor
even thinking of buying
Dumont said:
I think you may be able to order one before the reviews come out
but I highly suspect the Sony "marketing machine" has already sent
samples (posibly pre-production) to the major on line and magazine
reviewers and we will see reviews way before any cameras are
delivered. Then you'd be able to cancel before it even ships if you
don't like what you see.

I would not be surprised if Phil has his review up before the end
of the week.
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Hope your right

Any one remember how long the Oly 330 review took?
Dumont said:
Brgds
Matt Cham said:
As a 7D owner since Dec 2004, I'm on the fence.

On one hand, the added croppability of 10MP plus
$899 body-only MSRP is tempting.

On the other hand, the AF and flash system do not seem
improved and these are my biggest gripes in the 7D.

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Matt Cham

My Gallery: http://mattcham.fotopic.net/
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Dumont
http://www.pbase.com/dumont
For equipment see profile.
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I won't buy any Sony photo product until they demonstrate that they have their repair act together.
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Winston
 
Well said! :)

Almost the very first thing I do with any shot is look at cropping, even if just a few pixels. I often frame with a view to cropping. This isn't being lazy, it is being practical. Cropping enables you completely to change the impact and framing of a picture in a way you can't always do when shooting and you have the luxury of being able to do this in PP and try out many variations at your leisure.

Shoot wide and crop.[ b]

This is almost the main reason why I want high MP and a FF sensor.

It boggles my mind how people ignore the power of cropping.

Ed
 
Well at $899 it is tempting! I must admit

The 10 Mp, improved metering, maybe improved A/S in a compact body suggest a nice future backup body/travel camera. The Zeiss 16-70 is a compelling GP lens.

I dunno I might just do it!
Tim
 
Matt Cham said:
Gregory King said:
You get a 1.5x crop factor, turning your garden
variety 300mm lens into a 450mm, and you STILL need digital zoom
(aka croppability)? Just say no.
Click to expand...
Croppability is not just for zooming purposes.
Ask any pro sports photographer and the only
ones who say they never crop are the ones
lying to you. You cannot always perfectly
compose quickly moving subjects, especially
those moving at > 100 mph! ;-)

Look at my US Open gallery. Every one
of those had to be cropped!

Even Aarif crops, and surely you cannot
attribute that to lack of talent!

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Matt Cham

My Gallery: http://mattcham.fotopic.net/
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I rarely crop....Bresson didnt either! lol
 
Hehe. Well for those of us who aren't the next generation Bresson, cropping is invaluable. Why deny yourself such a powerful creative option?

Ed
 
I wish to see the lenses first before I put dust on my 7D and 5D
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Mark K
 
level camera and Sony will do well with it. But as I said early, it is no 7D, from a physical architecture. When the 5D came out there were things we wanted via firmware for our 7D. When this came out, there are again things we would like in a 7D replacement.

Hopefully, Sony will put all of these together and make the 7D replacement for us, and soon. As the original KM beta testers, we have waited too long.

Sony is not concerned about loosing us because thfor everyone of use that leaves, there is probably 3 new Sony loyalist that will jump on this new product.

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Digitalshooter!

Member of the 7D and Beercan Cult!

The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming clearer and its calling me to the darkside!
 
ed209 said:
Hehe. Well for those of us who aren't the next generation Bresson,
cropping is invaluable. Why deny yourself such a powerful creative
option?

Ed
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I said rarely! I avoid it at all costs..however..if I have a slightly wonky horizon or something similar..yes I will crop...I do find its better to try and get it right in camera ist....ups your skill level and dont forget I still use 35mm also...keeps you sharp!
 
Timothy S Broadley said:
Well at $899 it is tempting! I must admit
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But they said months ago it would be a $600 body. Now it's $900, already a 50% increase. (Hmmm, must be fuel charge.) Or will they drop after sales peak?
Timothy S Broadley said:
The 10 Mp, improved metering, maybe improved A/S in a compact body
suggest a nice future backup body/travel camera. The Zeiss 16-70 is
a compelling GP lens.

I dunno I might just do it!
Tim
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Shercando
 
Shercando said:
But they said months ago it would be a $600 body. Now it's $900,
already a 50% increase.
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MSRP and street price are different.
The Canon Digital Rebel XT had MSRP of $999 body only
while the street price was $550 from Dell at one point.

Too bad we don't have a time machine!
I could really use one to score an SSM lens or two!

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Matt Cham

My Gallery: http://mattcham.fotopic.net/
 
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I want some features that are not in the A100, such as:
  • metal alloy body base
  • PC sync terminal
  • 1/8000s max shutter
  • 6 RAW buffer
  • vertical/battery grip
  • faster and more accurate AF ( compared to KM 7D - A100 is yet unknown )
I'll wait till Photokina, if nothing comes up, I may buy an A100 as back up for my 7D when I need cropping!

... Lucas

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Always having fun with photography ...

 
I think this camera is a tweener. I think its in beetween the 5 & 7. I had a 5 and sold it. It was a nice entry level cam but I think the 7D is better. I will wait and see if they put out a Semi-Pro style camera.
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Minolta_70-210_f4--(BEERCANS RULE) KM_50-1.7* Sigma_24_1.8
5600-flash
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