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The big question is how much are the cards going to cost us???

Nice to have a cheap Ferrari, but does you no good if you can't afford the oil changes. 

Adorama pricing a bit steep eh?Screen Shot 2014-03-10 at 12.11.02 AM.png

That's probably for the prototype. B)

I wouldn't expect lenses to change much because, as you say, physics.
 

How do you explain the emergence of the Sigma 18-35 1.8 then? Why wasn't this lens around, say 10-20 years ago? You wouldn't call this technological progress? So why can't we have a 24-70 F/1.8 in say, 5 years?

7D Mk II specs will probably be underwhelming considering the track record of Canon in Video for DSLRs.

 

It will probably have much better ISO performance than the 7D and ad a couple of MP to the equation. 

 

My educated guess is that the 7D mk II will be this:

 

-20MP ISO 25600 Better Hi Iso Performance than original 7D.

-Firt ever hybrid Canon Viewfinder, changes to EVF for Video and Silent Shooting mode.- This will be the killer feature!

-Phase detect CMOS like the 70D for improved AF in Video mode.

-AF in stills will be improved in some minor way.

-1080p 60 at long last

-Same 4:2:0 video to card. Same 5D Mk III bit rates.

-Touch screen capacitive- NO Flip Out screen 

-Still some aliasing but reduced video moire just like the 5D Mk III    

-Same softness as 5D Mk III will need post sharpening. Not GH quality 1080p.

-Wifi  plus assisted GPS

-NO 4k  of any kind

-Headphone jack

-USB 3.0 Transfers from Camera

-Center sensor crop EX Tele mode like the GH series for video.

-SDHC and CF slots

-HDR Photo mode like other recent cams.

 

I would be surprised if this extra stuff was included:

720p 120

4:2:2 HDMI out 1080p 8 or 10 bits

Time Code

 

 

NAB rollout?

So who are these changes supposed to satisfy? Videographers? Not even close. Not at $2,000. Canon will have to pull a rabbit out from there sleeve on this one to entice videographers. They've been left in the dust by the Blackmagic's and Panasonics. They need a game changing feature the likes of IBIS or 422. 70D autofocus system isn't going to cut it.  

When has Sony catched up to Canon? Only in the mirrorless market. My Canon 7d (which is so old it's funny) still takes better pictures than the Nex-7 (24mp is a bit too much). I cannot fathom how the Nex-7 gets so huge DXOMark scores compared to Canon 7d. Yeah, in ISO 100 the shadows are missing the Canon pattern noise but it has a huge amount of colour noise when pumped up.

 

Now the A7r is great on the stills side, on par with the D800. But on the video side? A bit crippled with its video just slightly falling behind the D800 because of the AVCHD codec.

Compare Sony's implementation of the AVCHD codec to Panasonic's. Not even close. Sony has underwhelmed greatly on the video side. As snazzy as the A7s look and perform on the stills side, they're a huge letdown on the video side. 

I would put in the list some improvements in focus peaking for video, too. In my GX7, peaking is HUGELY useful, especially with older lenses.

And to Olympus: I've bought the GX7 instead of the E-M1 only because of the lacking video mode in the E-M1. Improve it, and I will buy one ASAP. And a guess that a lot of people too.

I can't believe the em-1 doesn't have peaking in video mode. Come on, Olympus. I also have the GX7 as a camera 'B' because of the many drawbacks of the em-1. The GX7 packs a great number of the feature we come to expect in a small body, at a great price point. 

The future is in technology. Many of my old minded filmmaker friends (I am 61) refuse to believe it but I do. The future of filmmaking will rely on software stabilization and autofoucs technologies. The stabilization will get to a point of replacing rigs, and autofocus will get to the point of perfectly tracking an eye ball at T/1.3. It will happen.

Future will be 24-200mm lenses at F/1.0.

I would buy an em-1 if it had 24p and 60p at 1080. 

Andrew, when is the new firmware update expected to be released?

4K is very disruptive. How many of you are still shooting in 720x480?

 

1080p is yesterday's news I'm afraid, at least as far as the market is concerned.

It's sad to think that we've moved on to 4K without making an earnest effort in optimizing the image of 1080p - a standard so many have told their stories in - especially since it's technically possible to do so.

Canon has no excuses.  

I don't really think Canon has to be very disruptive or give us 4K for the 7D mk II to be a good camera. Just few minor improvements and it will be.
-eliminating aliasing & moire
-the all-I 90mbps code
-1080p 60p
-a headphone output
-the perfectly usable dual-pixel technology
-Canon's always-impressive low-light abilities
-maybe a crop-mode/ peaking...

I believe these specs are all very reasonable and expected (except peaking maybe) And if so, it will be a camera capable of professional-level sports photography and professional-level videography under 2k USD. Couple that with the usual expansion of the the buffer and memory slot speed, you will also be able to record 14bit 444 raw when you need it to.
Pretty good value/investment for idie filmmakers I believe. This is all speculation though and maybe they'll do something stupid like line-skipping or so.

1080 60p, headphone jack, and focus-peaking are deal-breakers, in my opinion. They simply must be there.

From there we can talk about the codec. If they don't want to go 4K so as not to cannibalize the cinema line, they have to give us at least 100mb/s. That's still only half of what the GH4 will be providing. 

As for low-light and moire/aliasing - 7D mark II will need to best the GH4. 

I'm comparing to the GH4 because from all indications, the two cameras will be in the same class and price point. 

Great, a weather-sealed 70D. Where's the closest ATM machine?

No doubt, Canon is neglecting video and have been for a while. It's much more cost effective for them to rely on Magic Lantern to make their devices sexy. What they don't realize though is that if they keep shunning videographers with their more affordable offerings, Magic Lantern will move on to greener pastures.

The only way this camera will get my attention is if they improve the codec. Give us ProRes or perhaps even H265. Now that would be a splash. Not possible though, methinks.