Canon EOS 7D imminent?
Chatter has intensified recently and the rumor mill is chugging along that Canon will soon be introducing a follow up to the EOS 5D called the EOS 7D. The unofficial keeper of UPC barcode data, upcdatabase.com, even has an entry for the Canon EOS 7D that looks very convincing. On the other hand, Canon has said that it won't release any new dSLRs for the rest of this year and stuck to its guns when I asked about this. So, do I think that we'll see an EOS 7D from Canon anytime soon? No. I don't. I wouldn't expect anything like that until the lead up to PMA next February at the earliest.
Not only that, I'm not totally convinced that the successor to the EOS 5D will be the EOS 7D. Sure, Canon has a tendency to use odd instead of even numbers when naming its higher-end SLRs, so we might not get to see an EOS 6D or an EOS 4D, for that matter. But, it also tends to name better-featured cameras with lower numbers, which is why the 1D line is at the top of their SLRs. Remembering back to the film days, Canon had an EOS 3, which lends some credence to the idea that we might one day see an EOS 3D, but then that'd be a problematic model name (would the camera come with cardboard red-and-blue-filtered glasses?). That brings us back to the EOS 7D name, which could actually happen, but might not.
I could go into all the things that I'd like to see in an EOS 7D, but I'll leave that up to you. Post a comment and let us, and presumably Canon, know what you'd like to see in a follow up to the EOS 5D.
be a higher end camera (more than just incremental improvements), they'd call
it the 3D. If it were a lower end camera (or significantly lower in price), they'd
call it the 7D.
Personally, I think that later case is fairly likely. The 5D still retails for over
$3,000, though you can have it for less, leaving a big price gap between it and
the 40D. Full frame for around $2,000? I think it's possible.
going retail price at reputable shops and it was down to $2100 last November
with Canon rebates.
I think the love-to-have list is pretty clear for Canon (and the 40D is a good
preview) - better sealing, a self-cleaning sensor, upgraded LCD with color
cast issues eliminated before production, DigicIII, the 1 series AF
improvements (again, corrected before production). I hope the sensor size
does not increase - seems like it'd be a shame - and an initial MSRP price tag
under $3,000.
Perhaps the new 5D would be a 5Ds?
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by Helen-Highwater
July 5, 2008 3:35 PM PDT
- How about...........(and this could be a little rad for some of you guys)........Obtaining consistant close-up focus results on 2.8 zooms. Oddly I kind of miss the built in flash of my film 5. If they put more silicon in the body mabee they should call it the 5 DD. On a more serious note what is the critical mass by way of pixel count on a full size sensor?
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