really smooth and sharp!
thanks for sharing.

^^ Thank you sir!

Goin' back to Reifel today. :)

^^ damn it! I got family stuff to do again *sigh*

Dude, you need to get your priorities straight. Family should always come last. :p

^^ I think you're right :p

damn, thanks for sharing the pics!

i'm hating Canon for announcing the 7D 2 months after i bought my 50D :(

it's like comparing chocolate to shit now :cry:

At least they're the same colour. O_O

lol

OOoooooohhhhh.....my new 17" Macbook Pro plays the 7D 1080p video beautifully. I just wish the Mac OS didn't suck shit so much.

Answer your god damn phone!
PS. Bring the laptop tomorrow and show me.

Sorry, left my phone at work. :(

Whaaaaaat? :p

went to Futureshop today to exchange my 7D due to 6 persistant hot pixels. The have a new promo this weekend where you get a $100 GC with purchase of a 7D. So i mentioned I just got mine last week and they gave it to me :)

Total now for the 7D is $1749 plus taxes :) (i think i probably got the best deal in Canada...except probably for you guys who work at a camera store :P)

I also exchanged it with a 7D with less hot sensor pixels. With no in body noise reduction, I get 4 hot pixels (30" ISO 6400), but 0 hot pixels when I turn on noise reduction. My previous one had 1 hot pixels even at 1/40" ISO 1250 and noise reduction on.

But the one I exchanged to already had >1500 shots :( and the battery/charger/manual bags were opened. Likely a return although the sales rep claims it never left the store. Oh well. I'm satisified with this one.

Thats a good deal tallshorty! Hope this one works out for you!

Alright here is my dilemma. I want a good birding camera. What would you do? Spend more money on a 1d mk3 or a bit less and get a 7d. I really like the weather sealing on the 1d, and the auto focus and fps is awesome! Which one would you take? 1d mk3 or 7d for a birding camera? A 500mm F4L would be attached to the camera body. Of which i don't have yet but soon.

I would definately go with the 7D (and that's not just because I have one). It costs less, does 8fps (only 2fps less than 1D MKIII), plus it's 18MP vs 10PM. You can crop the pics even more if needed. And I'd put the $$ difference towards the new lens.

I also agree with 7D

Pros of 7D
-Also have weather sealing
-1.6x crop turns 500mm into a 800mm!
-8fps close enough to 10fps
-100% viewfinder..composing is more satisfying
-18 MP vs 10MP...can crop more, requiring less zoom
-All this for CHEAPER!

The current 1D models are getting a bit long in the tooth. 7D for sure.

Sweet. How is the weather proofing on the 7d when mated with a sealed lens?

Any hint's on the next 1D for us Senna? :)

u'll need a quadcore and decent vid card to play those movies smoothly outta the 7d and 5dmk2. Plays smoothly on macbook pro or even the normal macbook. gdamn pc.... but i still wont convert! hahahaha

Not quite sure how good the weather proofing is on the 7D...the Canon rep didn't pour a bottle of water on it like they do with the pro bodies and lenses.

Let's just say if you want a 1D mkIV, keep saving your pennies until spring. ;)

^ Tomorrow :D!!!!!

http://vimeo.com/7152063

You don't need a quadcore to play 1080p. I have a Lenovo X200 laptop without a dedicated video card and it plays fine.

^^ how do I make mine play it "fine"?

Yes, but the X200 doesn't play 1080p video at full resolution, as the screen is only 1280x800.