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October 27, 2009

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cartucho r4i

Great comparison between nice cameras of canon. I would go for Canon 7D. And the price makes it affordable to take good pictures.

delmi alvarez

I work with MArk 5D II and a Rode and I am very happy with that. Good camera and sharp video footage. great!

Stephen Alvarez

@ Dr. Dave The noise issue with either the 5D MK II or the 7D seems to be a shockingly bad amp in the camera and automated gain control. For good sound I run a zoom h4n recorder with good mics. But sometimes that is too much to handle particularly by myself, then I need something to scrub out the camera's hiss

Dr Dave

There are better choices than sound soap, or you could use a quieter mic. Thanks for the mini review.

Patrick

Totally agree with Stephen on this. The 5D2 is all about the sensor and the 7D is everything else. If I could only get this 5D2 sensor in the 7D, I'd be so happy.

Stephen Alvarez

@Ralph Doyle I hadn't heard that about canon and new firmware. I hope that it incorporates some of the Majic Lantern improvements, most importantly manual sound levels.

@ Lucas Ridley I like fast glass so 2.8 is the slowest I'm willing to go. I know Ira bought a 10-22(?) zoom and is pretty happy with it on the 7D. I almost took that lens to Africa on this trip but was trying to travel light.

Ralph Doyle

You know that Canon have announced development of a firmware update for the 5D Mk II for 2010 which add 24 and 25 fps capability to the 5D?

Lucas Ridley

Excellent overview Stephen, I've had the 7D for about 5 days and am loving it. I got the new EFS 15-85mm lens for it and that seems to be a good all purpose lens that has a range to handle the cropped sensor.

Safe travels.

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