Timeline for Should I go 5D Mark II or 7D?
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| Feb 17, 2016 at 4:45 | comment | added | jrista | The 5D IV should be announced sometime this year, hopefully. I suspect it will get a pretty decent upgrade over the 5D III. I haven't been excited about a Canon camera in quite some time...their IQ just doesn't hold up in an increasing number of cases against the competition (it's still good, just not excellent across the board relatively speaking anymore). I'm hoping the 5D IV gets me excited about Canon again... | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 2:19 | comment | added | Michael C | Again, using hindsight: There are only two advantages where the 7DII outweighs the 5DIII for me (and I shoot with both cameras regularly). Reach and anti-flicker. The reach can be especially helpful in good light when that extra reach is desired. The anti-flicker is amazing under oscillating stadium/gym lights. In pretty much any other situation, though, I'll put my long glass on the 5DIII because the wider baseline of the AF makes it that much better than the AF of the 7DII (which is considerably better than the old 7D, but not as consistent as the 5D3). | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 21:01 | comment | added | jrista | The frame rate difference, and the larger sensor, can still be considered detractors to the 5D III vs. the 7D for those who choose the 7D for its reach and speed benefits. If the 7D II arrives this year with the 61pt AF system (or something similarly improved over the 19pt one) and a 10fps frame rate, along with a process shrink to 180nm Cu w/ LightPipe tech, then the 7D II will maintain the same advantages over the 5D III (+ better IQ). It'll probably roll in at around $800 or so more than the 7D introductory price, but that is the price of commodity and currency inflation for ya. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 15:59 | comment | added | Michael C | Hindsight is 20/20, LOL. the 5DIII finally arrived in 2012 at 22.3MP, the same focus system as the 1D X that is far superior to even the 7D's, and 6fps compared to the 8fps of the 7D. I don't think anyone was quite expecting though, in 2010, for the price to jump $1,000USD from the 5DII! | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 21:07 | comment | added | Alfred Myers | @Nick. Yup... 25MB and sensor/mirror size | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 8:03 | comment | added | Nick Bedford | One of the main reasons for the slow shutter speed is the size of the sensor/mirror assembly and also the size of the files, at something like 25mb per RAW file. As far as I have read elsewhere. | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 3:10 | comment | added | jrista | @drfrigsplat: Aye, the 5D3 will pick up some of the 7D's features. It will get a similar (but not identical) AF system, and probably the LCD viewfinder. It won't, however, get the considerable speed of the 7D, keeping the 7D as an ideal camera for sports and wildlife. | |
| Nov 25, 2010 at 1:29 | comment | added | drfrogsplat | There are various rumours going around that the 5Dmk3 or equivalent will come out in 2011, and will pick up some of the newer features from the 7D, so it would really just come down to sensor size in that case (if you can wait a few months...) | |
| Oct 10, 2010 at 2:56 | history | answered | jrista | CC BY-SA 2.5 |