Canon move

<p>Mainly looking to move up from a 40d > just for a upgraded screen --- I shoot all manual and never go above 500/640 iso --- we have a 20d in the arsenal ........ should we just move to T2i w/grip >> the 50d does not seem much of jump and the 7d has a peculiar problem with the dark squares in the viewfinder for autofocus .</p>

<p>60D in a few weeks, so don't do anything this week.........</p>

<p>thanks Scott -- saw a note about that -- was not sure what upgrades were coming our way with the 60d</p>

<p>"dark squares in the viewfinder"<br>

Ummm, what?</p>

 

<p>Well if you're not printing there isn't really any good reason to buy a new camera since you don't care about ISO. Ignoring bells and whistles, most of the reason to upgrade would be for those reasons.</p>

<p>wait for 60D</p>

<p><em>"...7d has a peculiar problem with the dark squares in the viewfinder for autofocus ."</em></p>

<p>Say what? Sometimes I think I've heard it all, then something new pops up or is made up. The 7D has superior AF, better than any Rebel or XXD in Canon's line-up.</p>

<p>Just a few reviews :: I guess there must be away to turn off the squares ? </p>

<p>"there are 19 black focus points!. Now imagine having to look through that every time you try to shoot"<br>

"The focus points are scribed right on the focus screen. I didn't count but there must be 10-12 little black squares all around the center of the VF. Then when you hit the focus, the screen blinks red to confirm focus. It's almost like a permanent 'heads up' display. I absolutely hate it. It's like looking through a store window with lettering on it."<br>

"cluttered viewfinder with all those squares and dots etched on the screen"<br>

http://www.usa.canon.com/uploadedimages/FCK/Image/2009/EOS%207D%20AF%20System/Versatile-Viewfinder.gif</p>

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<p>Never really need to use to high ISO -- always have a bounce flash on somewhere in the exposure. Just coming from the many years of film > we did not have the options or the quality suffered. I prefer the edge light of a bounce flash and the color balance it helps maintain. I ratio some flash in every photo........and manual exposure. With tri-focal glasses just would like a better LCD to read the histogram> if I need to check : still use a hand meter.</p>

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<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3913731">Reagan Pufall</a> </strong></p>

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<p><strong>Well if you're not printing there isn't really any good reason to buy a new camera since you don't care about ISO. Ignoring bells and whistles, most of the reason to upgrade would be for those reasons.</strong></p>

<p>Still print and care extensively about the ISO ..that's why even at 800, the results were still unacceptable to me on the upper level Nikon or Canon, I tested. The high ISO are very usable in today's market, so many candid - available light shooters > the image noise maybe not optimum but, the capturing the shot was the objective.</p>

 

<p>Looks as though the T2i only syncs at 200 --- whatever happened to the days of 500th :-) ...love to get back to 500/f8 days ~in bright sun, ISO 100 .</p>

<p>What 35mm style cameras synced at 1/500? I only know of the original 1D.</p>

<p>Sorry > meant the 120 camera days --leaf shutter. :-)</p>

<p><strong>CANON 7d </strong><br>

<strong>Bad</strong><br>

1.) New AF system draws big, black rectangles as each AF sensor goes active. These big, ugly, distracting rectangles don't go away as you're trying to compose — <em>they stay there until after you've taken your picture!</em> This makes it difficult to see your subject's expression, or even your subject!<br>

2.) New 19-sensor AF system is so complex that it doesn't work as well as Canon's classic 9-point system. This is because when you need to change among settings, there are now so many settings that you need to stop what you're doing and click a few buttons to do what you used to be able to do with one finger.</p>

<p>/// think we will wait for the 60d \\\</p>

<p>I think I've figured out what you mean:<br /> http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3049<br /> Read the page, there is a setting for that in your custom functions to set it up however you want. Rectangle free.</p>

<p>Thanks FAYSAL -- hoping Canon had feature to remove the rectangles ~!</p>

<p>Full frame of 5D Mark II has its advantages. If you are used to 40D, then 5D Mark II could be a good choice. The wideangle and cleaner ISO images would be nice.<br>

If you are ok with a cropped sensor, then one of the other suggestions then.<br>

Your lenses will behave quite differently on a full-frame sensor if you're used to the 40D..... could be a bad thing when the lenses you know now feel different. When I had a 17-35mm, 50mm and 105mm lineup on a 1.5x crop sensor, I knew that setup just would not do on a full-frame, I would need a 70-200mm instead of the 105mm -- that made me hesitant to upgrade.</p>

<p>My 95% go-to lens is the 17-55mm 2.8 -- so not moving to full frame ...never use primes. What a jump from the 20d screen to the 40d ....sure the 50/60d would be just as much as LCD increase.</p>

<p>there is no PC sync terminal ? No Quantum or Norman connection here ?</p>