Everyone just loves a good rumor! Especially when it involves the predecessor to one of Canon’s newest and most raved about digital slr camera bodies, the 5D. There was a post over at Engaget with possible evidence that the next gen 5D could be announced sooner rather than later. It could be a month from now or even a year from now before this camera gets announced, who knows really (besides the suits at Canon!) This, currently fictional camera, may be worth waiting for if you are looking for a pro Canon slr with features and pricing somewhere between the 40D and the EOS 1D Mark III.
What kinds of new or upgraded features do you hope they build into the new Canon 5D Mark II? Leave your thoughts in a comment.
Dz
DZ Photography
DP review has done an extensive review of the Canon 40D, along with a side by side comparison against the 30D.
From where we sit it’s looking like another win for Canon, and for Advanced shooters/ pro’s who want great gear that doesn’t break the bank.
Along with a 10 mega pixel digic 3 sensor the 40D sports integrated sensor cleaning, faster shooting and lots of other neato stuff.
There’s a feature on Canon’s latest high end linup, even including the new 40D called highlight tome priority.
This is not yet the in camera HDR that we’ve supposed would come in the future, but it is a step in the right direction and shows that Canon is on top of up an coming technologies. It seems that Highlight Tone Priority uses 14bit technology to help preserve highlights from being blown out.
Here’s an article over at kenrockwell.com where he gives an example and talks about how useful it is, and another article over at digital pro talk gives us more samples of what it can do. We’ve also checked out various comments from camera owners, and it seems like this actually does a good job to help keep those highlights from blowing out of the scene. Looks like yet another Kudos fro Canon, and that maybe in camera HDR could be in the pipes sooner than we thought.
Gavin Seim
Engadget and others are reporting of a UPC that’s surfaced for the EOS 7D. We know virtually nothing at this point, but it seems logical that it’s a replacement of the very popular 5D.
It hasn’t shown up on the CIPA list as did the MK3, and the 40D did when they were on the horizon, but it’s likely to get more interesting from here for those who have been itching for that 5D replacement.
Stay tuned…
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DPReview has a nice gallery of beta shots from the 40D taken with a pre production camera. From what can be seen here it looks like the 40D has a lot of potential, especially in the noise department.
The sample below was taken at iso3200, and sure we can see noise, but that much noise when cranked all the way up to 3200 is our kind of animal. Heres the full DP review gallery.
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Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography, Washington
Dennis Zerwas JR ~ DZ Photography, Minnesota
Show Notes…
We talked about the Microsoft HD Photo format, and the Jpeg committee.
Pixelmator could compete with Photoshop in the future.
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DZ. Armed America, a cool book with guns and families.
Gavin. Small Image2, a great resizing program for the mac.
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