40D to New 7D

Fireman

I have two 40D's at the moment and I am considerings to upgrade one of them to the new 7D, has anyone on the forum purchased one yet, if you have what are you're thoughts of the camera, or is it early days yet as some suppliers are still only taking backorders

Borderfox

What do you shoot Fireman?

Rael

Fireman wrote: »

I have two 40D's at the moment and I am considerings to upgrade one of them to the new 7D, has anyone on the forum purchased one yet, if you have what are you're thoughts of the camera, or is it early days yet as some suppliers are still only taking backorders

I have one on order with Kathy in Gunn's. It should hopefully be in within the next two weeks. Will let you know then what I think about it, but until then, have a look at this review

kumate_champ07

its a step up from the 40d but the image quality wont be an improvement.
Id prefer to get a 5d mk1 myself as it has much better image quality than 40/50d and 7d tho autofocus isnt as good as them, what are you shooting?

Borderfox

From what I have seen its hard to beat a large pixel pitch such as the 5dmk1 and the 1dmk3.

kumate_champ07

Borderfox wrote: »

From what I have seen its hard to beat a large pixel pitch such as the 5dmk1 and the 1dmk3.

I think if canon kept the 50d at 10mp they could have improved high iso performance by a genuine 1stop

the 1d mk3 squeezes 25% more pixels onto the sensor compared with the mk2 but they improved high iso by at least 1 stop, they havent done that with the xxd's since 10d>20d, all theyve done is worked on in camera noise reduction software to hide the extra noise from smaller pixels

Borderfox

Nikon have the right idea with the D3 series in keeping the same 12mp sensor and building around that.

kumate_champ07

Borderfox wrote: »

Nikon have the right idea with the D3 series in keeping the same 12mp sensor and building around that.

definitely, I cant understand people complaining that its not a huge upgrade. there was not much wrong with the d3, its almost perfection(except you cant mount canon lenses on it)
they made it even better in low light and gave it a bigger buffer. If I had the spare money lying around I'd buy one just of music photography with the new 24-70mm f2.8, prob wouldnt even need f1.4 or f2!

AnimalRights

That's a fantastic view for the 7D, long and very very detailed.
As crop Camera's go its the new numero uno.

Blazer

I was thinking of upgrading to the 7D from my 40D as well.
The high fps gets it for me over the 5D plus it's price.
Works out at €1100 (body) in B&H in New York...
Considering it's approx €1800 (body) here I definitely consider it worth my while to head over
Even with flights/accomdation at least I'll get some nice pics over there

Rael

Just to let you know, Gunn's have quoted me €1498 for the body. Flights, accomodation and the cost of the camera will come to more than that

Valentia

That's a really really good price from Gunns! It's £1700 in Warehouse Express!!!

Blazer

Not a bad price at all...althought €400 in the difference is scandalous.
Do Gunns have a website by the way?

Valentia

Berkut wrote: »

Not a bad price at all...althought €400 in the difference is scandalous.
Do Gunns have a website by the way?

Conns are charging €1700 which makes me think the Warehouse Express price can't be right.

Gunns don't have a web site.

Fireman

Sorry everyone I have been on the forum since yesterday to answer, I shoot just about everything motor sport football plays etc, but for profit I do a lot of portraits communions christenings etc and a few weddings

Regards

5uspect

Fireman wrote: »

Sorry everyone I have been on the forum since yesterday to answer, I shoot just about everything motor sport football plays etc, but for profit I do a lot of portraits communions christenings etc and a few weddings

Regards

Bold bits would be great with a 5D.