7D or 70D???

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Hi all,

I need to upgrade my very dated equipment (10yr old US Cannon Digital Rebel with basic kit lens)and have been reading this forum for advise on which camera and lenses to go for. Primarily i enjoy shooting landscapes but I now have two young kids so would like to get some good shots of them. I finally made my decision and was going for:

Cannon 7D
15-85mm
70-300mm IS USM
50mm f1.8

Then I find out about the upcoming release of the 70D. Any advise on whether I should stick with the 7D or go for the new 70D?

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If i'm honest I would wait and see what the reviews say.

In theory they could be pretty much the same camera if you are shooting raw.

The only massive gain so far I think( don't quote me on it) is that JPEG is improved upon compared to 7d and 60d and also video shooting due to the af system.

Raw files are meant to be "as good as the 60D" I believe canon said so make what you will out of that.

But wait for the review, the 7D is excellent and i have no doubt at all the 70D will also be an excellent camera so either will do you fine for sure. :)
 
I often think that waiting for the next best thing can meanm waiting forever, but as the release date is so soon I'd wait on the 70D reviews to see whether it's a better option than the 7D.

Do you have any of those lenses you mention above ? If not then for landscapes and kids the 5d2 could still be an option worth considering. If you've got the 15-85 already though then I'd say stick with the 7D/70D. :)
 
that statement is true, if you wait for the next thing you will wait forever, same with tv's etc, I got the top Samsung model when the B7000 series were released, a tiny while later the B8000 was introduced... thankfully the 7000 looked far superior. haha

But seriously, as we both said, wait for the review, go and test both in your hands and make your decision.
 
The 70D has a tilt and touch LCD screen and a new AF system for live view - if these are of value to you, then it may well be worth looking. The 7D is also possibly due for an upgrade over the next few months, but will then be more expensive.

As has been said, if you wait for the next upgrade, you may well wait for ever...

I'd possibly wait til the 70D is out and go and have a look / feel / play with both bodies and see which you prefer...
 
I have the 7d, and am looking at upgrading to a 5diii. However what is sort of putting me off is waiting to see what the 7dii will throw up. To be honest, they will all be amazing cameras. I was very excited to read up about the 70d, and I can now see how the tilt screen will be a really useful thing to have. If you ever shoot close to the ground and or do video it will help a lot.

However I can say the 7d is a hell of a camera. I can't really fault it in anyway.
 
supersammy said:
...I can now see how the tilt screen will be a really useful thing to have. If you ever shoot close to the ground and or do video it will help a lot.
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It's even more use for shooting over the top of a crowd. Hold it high with the screen tilted down and you can quite often get a shot that would otherwise be a total guess.
 
digital said:
It's even more use for shooting over the top of a crowd. Hold it high with the screen tilted down and you can quite often get a shot that would otherwise be a total guess.
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To be honest I think that this is going to become one of the next "advancements" in photography and video work. With bluetooth and other forms of data transfer, I can't see it being long until you can see the viewfinder from something like google glasses. In 50 years, the idea that you have to put a camera up to your face or look at a little screen will seem archaic.

Something I have done with my 7d is use the cable and some software to use my macbook pro as a screen for the camera. You can virtually control all of the settings from the laptop, and it makes things like live view ridiculously easy. Couples with a tripod, I can't see why people shoot products and none moving objects in any other way.
 
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Its a useful tool, I have used the tilt screen on my 60D many times when shooting buildings like Cathedrals etc.
 
supersammy said:
To be honest I think that this is going to become one of the next "advancements" in photography and video work. With bluetooth and other forms of data transfer, I can't see it being long until you can see the viewfinder from something like google glasses. In 50 years, the idea that you have to put a camera up to your face or look at a little screen will seem archaic.
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You can do this now with the 6D and a wireless enabled device like a smartphone using the EOS Remote app.
 
Wayne Els said:
You can do this now with the 6D and a wireless enabled device like a smartphone using the EOS Remote app.
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If they have it with the 7dii it will make me change my mind about wanting to go full frame. I'd also like to have the option to do things like change the aperture from a mobile, and even autofocus.
 
I currently have a 5DIII and a 60D, or at least I had until my wife took a shine to the 60D...

I'm now looking to find myself a replacement for the 60D and had almost settled on a 7D until I kept reading comments about noise and its poor handling of low light and high ISOs. My thoughts then were to wait for the 7DII and see what that brought but its release seems to be slipping well into next year and I'm going to want the replacement prior to a trip to Antarctica and the Galapagos Islands next January. Now the 70D has come along with what seems to be a pretty good spec (a pity there's no GPS along with the wireless) I may go for that once the price has dropped from the initial high.
 
supersammy said:
In 50 years, the idea that you have to put a camera up to your face or look at a little screen will seem archaic.
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Pressing the camera against your face to look through the viewfinder is probably the best way of stabilising it. Holding the camera at arm's length to try and see a tiny low-res screen is probably the best way to de-stabilise it. And IS/VR can only compensate so far.
 
I've used the G12's articulating screen a lot - it helps when trying to shoot over peoples' heads or from down low - especially when everyone just whips out their iphones and stick their elbows out.
 
hollis_f said:
Pressing the camera against your face to look through the viewfinder is probably the best way of stabilising it. Holding the camera at arm's length to try and see a tiny low-res screen is probably the best way to de-stabilise it. And IS/VR can only compensate so far.
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Here is a pertinent question. If you could get the same or better quality of a 1dx in something the size of compact would you? As lovely as a big camera is (and one of the reasons I went for the 7d is because it was larger than other cameras I was looking at), there is a great thing about being able to put something in your pocket and have it with you.

I see your point about stabilisation, but eventually lenses and cameras will be so great that we won't recognise them.

In fairness that is already happening now. An iPhone 5 is in some ways a better camera than an older high quality camera.
 
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