A poster showing the rumored Canon 7D, along with some specs, has entered the rumor arena, and it looks totally legit to me. I would guess, from the name and specs (18MP, 8FPS, 100% VF coverage), that this is a direct competitor with Nikon’s D300s, priced well above a 50D but far below a 5D mk II. Say $1899 MSRP, just off the top of my head?
The specs on the box are in Chinese, but helpful commenter maxxevv gives a translation:
i) 18Mp
ii) 100% viewfinder
iii) 8 frames / second
iv) Digic IV
v) 19 pt AF
vi) 3 inch LCD
vii) ISO 6400
viii)Video
ix) “Real Time Display” which probably is LiveView
x) What looks like “artificial horizon tilt”And another 2 items which I cannot make out. One of them looks like “zone metering” … ?
Sounds like dynamite, assuming the movie mode isn’t the same shabby one that’s on the T1i.
In addition to the poster, there were leaked the following two lenses:
Are you kidding me? Those look fantastic. 15-85 and 18-135, f/3.5-5.6 IS? Damn, son, sign me up! That puts Canon in a much better position when comparing against Nikon’s excellent kit lenses, which have always been a selling point for their cheaper DSLRs. We’ll see what the pricing and performance are, but the numbers are looking hot like magma.
I’m guessing that the lenses will not be “cheap”. Probably in line with Nikons offerings ie. 16-85 VR and 18-105VR.
no, certainly not – but the lens that comes with the Rebel XSi or T1i definitely IS cheap compared to the kit lens on a D90 or something. What do you think, like around 400 for the 15-85 and 500 for the 18-135?
Probably the other way around because the 15-85 has USM.
Good call, didn’t notice that.
The 8fps is a definite selling point. I just wish Canon would take the friggin leap and build a pro series camera with pro video applications before Red beats them to the punch. I DON’T want to buy a Red Scarlet, but I probably will. In fact, I’ll probably sell my 5Dii and all my lenses except my 24-105, then buy a used 40d and the Scarlet. That’s a powerful still/cinema package for my needs.
This is not true. I refuse to believe this.
Canon is not marketing this in North America as the “7D” because Americans are too brand-conscious and the single-digit models will all be APS-H (e.g., 1D MkIII) or full-frame (e.g., 1Ds MkIII and 5D MkII). No Canon APSC-C/crop-sensor models slated for U.S. distribution will bear a single-digit name. Canon already distinguishes nomeclature between markets (witness the “Rebel” and “Kiss” models).
“nougat” on DPReview (who successfully leaked the 5D MkII specs 3 months before its announcement) says that it will be a “60D” with the 50D continuing in production as a little brother, and the 40D discontinuing production. There will be enough price and design/feature differences that the 60D will not step on the 50D’s sales.
Seems you were wrong