Comments on: Welcome to the Family, 7D!

By: Andy Rapkins

Andy Rapkins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:55:24 +0000

I have full and crop bodies (D700 and D300) and love them both for different things. Full-frame DOF with a fast lens is wonderful and I also love having proper wide-angle again. The 50 1.4 and the 17-35 2.8 are just brilliant on the D700.

For longer lenses I would rather use crop for the extra reach it gets. Also, you could never get a lens like the 18-200mm on full-frame which is amazingly versatile and another reason I’m keeping the D300.

7D has a great spec and high-ISO is supposed to about as good as it gets on crop sensor. You’ll have a lot of fun with it I’m sure!

By: elizabethhalford

elizabethhalford — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:25:02 +0000

@guy: Yes. But I was also thinking that jumping from a little 450d to a 5D was a bit overzealous like a 15 year old driving a Lamborghini. I’ll pay my dues with the 7D and then move on.

By: Guy Collier

Guy Collier — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:46:16 +0000

That’s a real surprise. I thought you’d want the FF for the tonality and smoothness, plus of course the DOF side.

I couldn’t go back to a crop sensor now.

By: elizabethhalford

elizabethhalford — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:09:42 +0000

@SImone – aaaah well then stick around to learn some stuff :) And get hooked up with DPS (www.digital-photography-school.com) if you haven’t already.

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:02:26 +0000

WOW! and I thought the Rebel T1 was BIG, its looks like Mini-Me next to the 7D. Since I just bought my T1 6 months ago and still don’t know a thing about photography, it will be with me for a while. Congrats and enjoy!

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:08:35 +0000

I use a Pentax K-x, so 1.5 crop from “full frame”. I’m blown away by the shallow depth of field I get with my f/2 50mm lens, compared to trying to get a blurred background on my compact camera (something like 6.5 crop factor).
I think that if you’re happy with all the rest of the 7D, then there’s no need to worry about the slightly greater depth of field.

By: elizabethhalford

elizabethhalford — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:33:57 +0000

@Jeremy: Love the D300. It was the first camera that I used professionally when I borrowed it from a friend. If I didn’t already have a ton of lenses, speedlites, etc etc I would’ve gone Nikon in the beginning. But I think this 7D is gonna sway me once and for all.

By: elizabethhalford

elizabethhalford — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:32:02 +0000

@Elli: Oh that’s interesting! Yeah, I loooove it. First shoot with it and the studio lights tomorrow I’ll let you know. Some amazing features I’ve discovered so far are: the raw/jpg button to switch to take one RAW image if you’ve got it set to JPG or vice versa. Another is different drive speeds for continuous shooting going up to 8fps. Like I read in the review which I posted above, it ‘purrs’ at 8fps. And I know this is a completely frivolous, but the shutter feels and sounds gorgeous. Because you know that’s the most important feature on a camera. :) Elli, what are you using at the moment?

By: Elli

Elli — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:14:18 +0000

This is great info – the post and the comments. I’ve been trying to decide between a 5d and a 7d since the 7d came out. I might be able to afford the 7d sooner, so I’d love to hear what you think of all of its bells and whistles.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0000

I’m a Nikon shooter, but I still shoot crop (D300s) because I’m not a huge wide angle fan, and cheaper lenses get me more reach with a crop sensor. I think the depth of field is already shallow enough for my needs (6″ at 6ft with a 50mm lens) so I can’t yet justify the cost of going FX.