Darren Addy
EF5
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After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.
I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.
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Sincerely, Jeff D.
Canon EOS 7D Hands-On Preview: dpreview.com
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Chris Kennedy
EF1
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hmmmmm I wonder how the video stacks up to the 5d
Jeff Snyder
EF5
I'm rather impressed by the 7D, though I'm surprised they didn't handicap it a bit and call it a 60D. If I had a real job with real income, I'd jump on it quickly. I like my 20D, but that camera (with an APS-C sensor that will work just fine with EF-S mount lens) is looking pretty sweet to me right now.
Allan Jeffers
EF3
This has almost everything I want, but I can get by with out full frame 
I think this would make a very nice upgrade to my 30D
I think this would make a very nice upgrade to my 30DAaron Kennedy
EF5
Same situation as Jeff - how to scrounge up some $$$ hmm....
Allan Jeffers
EF3
The weather sealing and HD video + UWA lens and severe weather = 
Although we don't know just how weather sealed this body is and the widest sealed lens would be the canon 17-40mm f/4L
Although we don't know just how weather sealed this body is and the widest sealed lens would be the canon 17-40mm f/4L
Mike Hollingshead
18mp on an aps-c crop sensor? Surely noise will be an issue, at least for us low contrast sky shooters. Just doesn't seem their "micro lenses" on the pixel spots are doing all that much for noise. If one needs those extra pixels I think I'd be saving that $1700 towards a full frame.
And short of shooting under water, for chasing the sealing on all the other EOS cams seems more than enough. I mean really if it's THAT wet I'd think keeping the lense decently dry will be a bigger issue anyway.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2485.jpg
For 100 ISO the sky looks pretty grainy to me. Seems like the days(what there were) of nice noise free original images are gone.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2508.jpg
I guess that 400 ISO one seems good.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2570.jpg
Hmmm, 3200. Looks good for 3200 with that many pixels on a crop sensor.
Good grief those pictures are huge. Ok, I've changed my mind lol. Not that I have $1700.
And short of shooting under water, for chasing the sealing on all the other EOS cams seems more than enough. I mean really if it's THAT wet I'd think keeping the lense decently dry will be a bigger issue anyway.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2485.jpg
For 100 ISO the sky looks pretty grainy to me. Seems like the days(what there were) of nice noise free original images are gone.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2508.jpg
I guess that 400 ISO one seems good.
http://a.img-dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos7d_preview/originals/img_2570.jpg
Hmmm, 3200. Looks good for 3200 with that many pixels on a crop sensor.
Good grief those pictures are huge. Ok, I've changed my mind lol. Not that I have $1700.
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Greg Campbell
EF5
IMO, this is nothing more than latest product of the never ending 'feature churn' marketing program that all camera makers are so fond of.
The larger, more accurate viewfinder is most welcome, but is also the only significant improvement I see.
IMO, none of the other new wizbang features will do anything to actually improve my photography.
Dual axis electronic level? C'mon! That's what the viewfinder is for!
5 gajillion AF points - none of which will work on a low contrast twilight sky.
More pixels, more noise.
The supposedly improved weatherproofing sounds useful, but if Mike seem to think it's no biggie, I'm not about to disagree.
Guess I'm just a jaded cynic.
The larger, more accurate viewfinder is most welcome, but is also the only significant improvement I see.
IMO, none of the other new wizbang features will do anything to actually improve my photography.
Dual axis electronic level? C'mon! That's what the viewfinder is for!
5 gajillion AF points - none of which will work on a low contrast twilight sky.
More pixels, more noise.
The supposedly improved weatherproofing sounds useful, but if Mike seem to think it's no biggie, I'm not about to disagree.
Guess I'm just a jaded cynic.
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Bryan Stokes
EF3
I'm cautiously waiting to see how well the noise is handled at higher ISOs, but outside of that, there is a lot to love about this camera.
I welcome the 100% viewfinder. (this is huge!)
The auto-focus looks to be really good.
The new metering system is nice.
The weather sealing looks pretty good...
Dual Digic 4 processors and a separate independent processor for the auto-focus...
I'm not a video guy, but you can easily toggle back and forth between stills and video. I think this may be huge. Now you can take some pictures and then start recording hi-def video. If you suddenly want to take another picture, all you have to do is press the shutter button half-way down and it instantly kicks back into photography mode. This will come in handy!
And of course, there's much, much more.
All this for $1,700? It's a heck of a deal!
Bryan
I welcome the 100% viewfinder. (this is huge!)
The auto-focus looks to be really good.
The new metering system is nice.
The weather sealing looks pretty good...
Dual Digic 4 processors and a separate independent processor for the auto-focus...
I'm not a video guy, but you can easily toggle back and forth between stills and video. I think this may be huge. Now you can take some pictures and then start recording hi-def video. If you suddenly want to take another picture, all you have to do is press the shutter button half-way down and it instantly kicks back into photography mode. This will come in handy!
And of course, there's much, much more.
All this for $1,700? It's a heck of a deal!
Bryan
Brett Roberts
EF5
Count me one too, then. I've always thought that these annual incremental upgrades (more like refreshing the lineup, really) are only useful after several iterations. I bought the original Digital Rebel in 2005, it was only earlier this year that the latest model (XSi) seemed worth the cash -- and even that was questionable, based purely on image quality!IMO, this is nothing more than latest product of the never ending 'feature churn' marketing program that all camera makers are so fond of.
The larger, more accurate viewfinder is most welcome, but is also the only significant improvement I see.
IMO, none of the other new wizbang features will do anything to actually improve my photography.
Dual axis electronic level? C'mon! That's what the viewfinder is for!
5 gajillion AF points - none of which will work on a low contrast twilight sky.
More pixels, more noise.
The supposedly improved weatherproofing sounds useful, but if Mike seem to think it's no biggie, I'm not about to disagree.
Guess I'm just a jaded cynic.
It's disheartening to see the megapixel war spilling over into the SLR market. It's going to be very hard to convince me I "need" anything more than the 12MP my XSi delivers on a camera with an APS-C sensor. What would really benefit consumers is a strong push towards cheaper, mass-produced full-frame cameras, but that's likely not to the manufacturers' advantage in a market where more MP and "HD video" sells just as well or better.
