Well, again, contacts have springs, and all springs eventually wear out. With CF cards, the springs are in the card. When you replace the card, you're replacing the spring contacts. In the case of SD cards however, the springs are in your camera. So the penalty for those wearing is quite high: a broken camera.
I had that problem with my F707 and Sony's Memory Stick (remember those?).
As for breaking CF socket pins in your camera, the only time I've heard of this is when somebody inserted a card the wrong way into the camera -- probably sideways, as cards can't be inserted backwards. I can't see how this would happen otherwise, unless perhaps the card was damaged and had a clogged hole or something. That's not wear, it's damage.
I bent a pin in my card reader when the card didn't go in straight.
Back on topic, I've been contemplating getting a 7d1 now that the 7d2 has been released. The price of a new camera down here is getting close to half the price it was 3 months back. However, the comments here have set me thinking that maybe it's not such a good idea. I do want a crop camera with better ISO capabilities than my 40d though, but as someone mentioned earlier, the form factor of the 40d and 7d are something I do like a lot.
Back on topic, I've been contemplating getting a 7d1 now that the 7d2 has been released. The price of a new camera down here is getting close to half the price it was 3 months back. However, the comments here have set me thinking that maybe it's not such a good idea.
Why not, Al? The 7D is a great camera. I use mine all the time.
DPReview has their Studio Scene Comparison tool working for the Canon 7D Mark II:
(From DPReview: "We've loaded JPEGs only for ISO 25600 and 51200 for now, once we have Raw support for those settings we will update with Raw files.")
DPReview has their Studio Scene Comparison tool working for the Canon 7D Mark II:
(From DPReview: "We've loaded JPEGs only for ISO 25600 and 51200 for now, once we have Raw support for those settings we will update with Raw files.")
Looks to me like noise holds back pretty well up to 6400, but detail loss gets pretty bad by 3200. Pretty impressive!
I definitely think we're bumping up against the wall of what is physically possible with photons in buckets, at least with current sensor design. A friend who is literally getting a PHD in "photons and buckets" (astronomy and astro-physics) agrees with me. In other words, I didn't expect any better than this, and I don't in the foreseeable future.
I'm just going to read the reviews and drool as I think about what would happen to me if I bought another camera body this year. Looks awesome, though.
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Well if anybody ditches their 5d3 at a good price for one of these, let me know.... I'll enable your gearlust by taking it off your hands
So far my plan is to keep the 5D3 for portraits, events, landscapes, real estate, and generally to use with all my EF lenses - 17-40L, 24-70L (I), 70-200/2.8II, 50/1.4, 100/2. If I sold the 5D3 and only had the 7D2, I'd probably end up selling everything but the 70-200, and buying different lenses to replace them.
But we'll see what happens.
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About as useful /enlightening as being forced to watch daytime TV imo
Also noticed this in the Romy Ocon piece ...
<< In addition to the pre-production 7D Mark II, I also borrowed a 600 f/4 IS II from Canon Philippines. I'm hesitant to use my dated workhorse lenses (500 f4 IS and 400 2.8 IS) on the new camera, as the older gear might restrain the new body from performing to its potential.>>
A serious piece of kit being used with the body (altho' he was slummin' it with only a mk2 TC ) .. lets hope the body's performance isn't tooooo degraded for those of us still using mk1 big teles...
I agree that was one of Kai's thinner pieces, but I love him so he gets a pass for this one. Besides, it wasn't a review, just a preview.
My comments were based on the fact that I was watching a preview - as stated at the actual destination.
A load of waffle ... with a few crumbs ... for anyone (like me) with a serious interest in finding out useful info.
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Indeed I must have missed where this was listed as a still photography feature, not video. Pretty ingenious, indeed! Ten points for Canon...
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I had that problem with my F707 and Sony's Memory Stick (remember those?).
I bent a pin in my card reader when the card didn't go in straight.
Back on topic, I've been contemplating getting a 7d1 now that the 7d2 has been released. The price of a new camera down here is getting close to half the price it was 3 months back. However, the comments here have set me thinking that maybe it's not such a good idea. I do want a crop camera with better ISO capabilities than my 40d though, but as someone mentioned earlier, the form factor of the 40d and 7d are something I do like a lot.
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The AF, ISO, and IQ performance seal the deal for me.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
(From DPReview: "We've loaded JPEGs only for ISO 25600 and 51200 for now, once we have Raw support for those settings we will update with Raw files.")
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-7d-mark-ii/8
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Looks to me like noise holds back pretty well up to 6400, but detail loss gets pretty bad by 3200. Pretty impressive!
I definitely think we're bumping up against the wall of what is physically possible with photons in buckets, at least with current sensor design. A friend who is literally getting a PHD in "photons and buckets" (astronomy and astro-physics) agrees with me. In other words, I didn't expect any better than this, and I don't in the foreseeable future.
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That is a screaming example!!! Placed a deposit on one about 4 weeks ago. Can't wait for it to hit the US.
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And just in time for ski season!
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So far my plan is to keep the 5D3 for portraits, events, landscapes, real estate, and generally to use with all my EF lenses - 17-40L, 24-70L (I), 70-200/2.8II, 50/1.4, 100/2. If I sold the 5D3 and only had the 7D2, I'd probably end up selling everything but the 70-200, and buying different lenses to replace them.
But we'll see what happens.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
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http://youtu.be/nLrmMnBhiP4?list=UUuw8B6Uv0cMWtV5vbNpeH_A
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About as useful /enlightening as being forced to watch daytime TV imo
Also noticed this in the Romy Ocon piece ...
<< In addition to the pre-production 7D Mark II, I also borrowed a 600 f/4 IS II from Canon Philippines. I'm hesitant to use my dated workhorse lenses (500 f4 IS and 400 2.8 IS) on the new camera, as the older gear might restrain the new body from performing to its potential.>>
A serious piece of kit being used with the body (altho' he was slummin' it with only a mk2 TC
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An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
My comments were based on the fact that I was watching a preview - as stated at the actual destination.
A load of waffle ... with a few crumbs ... for anyone (like me) with a serious interest in finding out useful info.
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Anyway, here's some useful info:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54660361
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54659395
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Congratulations, Dan!
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Thanks, Ziggy. My 7D is for sale in the flea market if you know anyone who might be interested.
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ISO 800 F/9 at 420mm huge crop:
IS 400 180mm sootc
Bobcat Encounter: ISO 1000 420mm
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Very nice! You win for posting the first samples here! Hopefully my local shop gets theirs tomorrow, grrr...
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