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“Perya” - a Canon 7D Short (via Vimeo)
Canon’s 5D MkII was certainly drool-worthy enough, what with its full-frame sensor and 1080p video…but at least I knew that it was comfortably out of my price range at around $3k. The recently-announced 7D, however, will be coming in around $1700 (body only) and is shooting 1080p at 24p on an image sensor bigger than comparable video cameras. Oh yeah, and there’s no “DOF-adapter” necessary, since I could use my existing Canon EF lenses. This is an incredible leap forward.
Only downside, and this is more from the still photo side, is that the 7D utilizes an APS-C sized sensor, same as my 40D and prior 350D. Thus, all of my Canon EF lenses have a crop factor of 1.6 that effectively zooms them in…which would set me back a bit more in my quest to expand on the wide-angle end. The financial tradeoff is worth it, though (most of the difference between the $1700 and $3000 price points is in sensor construction).
WANT.
