19 cross-type AF points. 8fps. 24p video. Now this is the EOS 5D Mark II that never was*. I will definitely be testing this one out.
Oh, and taking a page from Nikon’s playbook, Canon finally decided to get rid of all that focusing screen nonsense and incorporated an electronic grid overlay into the viewfinder, as well as level & tilt indicators.
Update 4:34 PM
And another page from Nikon’s playbook, something Canon should have done long ago: the built-in flash of the 7D can command up to three flash heads wirelessly, eliminating the need for the it’s-really-infrared-but-we-insist-it-isn’t P.O.S. that is the ST-E2. This is great!
Update 3:58 PM
* Doh! I was under the impression the 7D is a full-frame body! But its sensor is, in fact, APS-C, meaning there’s a 1.6x field-of-view crop, so it’s not a full-frame sensor like what the 5D Mark II has. The upside of this, though, is that it’ll take EF-S lenses.
MSRP US$1,699 body only, or US$1,899 (estimated) with the EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (28mm?! Why???). Available end September in the US, which means possibly only November in Singapore.
Read Canon USA’s press release here, visit its product page here or visit Canon Japan’s EOS 7D Microsite here.
The more I learn about the 7D, the more I am convinced Canon intends for the 7D and the 5D Mark x bodies to be the semi-professional equivalents of the 1D and the 1Ds Mark x in the professional class, in that the 7D is meant more for sports and action photography, with the 5D Mark x for studio and landscape photography.
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The 7D is 1.6x and the 5D is full frame… both will need good quality lenses to get the best out of the sensor. I’ve not seen much comment on the quality of images using different lenses/