My Canon 7D Thread

[shoey]

Originally Posted by faisal

So if I buy a 7D, I'll need either LR3 or CS4....plus a new computer....dammit!!

Good shots Shoey...those bird shots are really nice!!!

Thanks! Those were edited in lightroom 2.5 Faisal.

[shoey]

Here's a sequence at 8fps!

With my new CF card i can do 15 Raw at 8fps then it does 2frame bursts at 4fps. Not bad!

Jpegs just keep going

First frame of the sequence is a little OOF as they took me by surprise, but the rest are pretty much bang on.

[GoneTomorrow]

Originally Posted by faisal

So if I buy a 7D, I'll need either LR3 or CS4....plus a new computer....dammit!!

Good shots Shoey...those bird shots are really nice!!!

I'm using Elements 7 + ACR 5.5 and I can open RAW files no problem.

[GoneTomorrow]

Originally Posted by Elisha82

According to DPRs review of the 7D, they used ACR beta 5.6 for RAW conversion. Not sure how they got a hold of it since the latest beta is still 5.5 which does not work with 7D RAW files.

ACR 5.5 is no longer in beta, and has been released for a while actually (Sept. 14). It works just fine with my 7D RAW files in Elements 7.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloa...jsp?ftpID=4580

I don't know where they got 5.6 beta, since I can't find it even at Adobe Labs.

[Gintaras]

from what i read 7D sounds like best non-FF camera out there! class leading noise performance and resolution, plus it is very very fast and is priced attractively.

[Gopher]

Just don't go saying that on the Nikon forum, LOL.

I'm super happy with it as a still camera and a serious upgrade from the 30D. Attractive price? Just give it 6 months.

On the negative: I'm not finding much use for the non-AF video. Others seem to but without a focusing screen narrow DOF in less than full lighting seems unrealistic for the unskilled. Isn't the Nikon AF during video?

[GoneTomorrow]

Originally Posted by Gopher

Just don't go saying that on the Nikon forum, LOL.

I'm super happy with it as a still camera and a serious upgrade from the 30D. Attractive price? Just give it 6 months.

On the negative: I'm not finding much use for the non-AF video. Others seem to but without a focusing screen narrow DOF in less than full lighting seems unrealistic for the unskilled. Isn't the Nikon AF during video?

The 7D does AF during video recording, using the AF-ON button or a partial push of the shutter release.

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It does do AF, but it's a bit pants. To all intense purposes, it's a MF video function. The AF on all DSLR video modes, just isn't smooth enough to use.

Like Rooz has said many a time, it's still 1st generation AF video tech in the slr's so the best results come from MF.

I'm happy with that, as I want to be in control of what I am focussing on at all times. That's why a bought into Video in slr's now.

[shoey]

Must be a running theme at the moment with derelict buildings

7D, 17-55mm f/2.8 IS (@2.8), Lightroom 2.5