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• September 4, 2010
  Even the feature guys are working with it

  

  After doing a review awhile back, some feature cinematographers we know have latched onto it.
  Instead of laying out the whole deal here you can visit [...] for the story that Steven Poster gave on using this camera on set.
  cheers
  Damon

• September 3, 2010
  Awesome Camera

  

  I am really happy with this camera. The quality and functionality is amazing. I bought a Canon 100mm IS Macro lens and together, these products take amazing pictures. If you are looking for a middle line professional digital camera, this one excels beyond your expections! In about a month, our new website will be launched so you can see the quality pictures this camera takes. [...]

• September 2, 2010
  Great for EXPERIENCED photographers who can take advantage of extensive features.

  

  Previous to buying the Canon EOS 7D, I had the 10D (since 2003) and did a lot of work with the 40D so I've got about 7 years of experience with Canon DSLRs. I can't say that I was overwhelmed by the quality of the images on the 7D but they are outstanding. If your primary concern is image quality, it seems to me you could buy a 50D or 60D and spend the extra money on quality Canon lenses and your images would rival the 7D. The features that sold me on the 7D however were the wireless flash control (finally!); the weather sealing; shutter durability; large, crystal clear LCD; and 8 fps. Professional grade stuff for a "prosumer" camera. Also great is the RAW/JPG button and the Q button which is great for changing settings FAST without scrolling through tons of menus (which all pro photogs can appreciate). At ISO 1600, images are still acceptable in my opinion. If you shoot mostly still photos like I do, the HD video was not that important but it is very impressive what cinematographers are doing with this DSLR. There's plenty of sample videos to watch and I'm excited to try this camera out on my occasional film projects that I produce for weddings and other special events. I wish they included the NTSC DV resolution (720x480) so the footage would match my miniDV camera, especially because the HD video takes enormous amounts of hard drive space. As most reviewers already noted, the reading the manual is very helpful. There are only 2 automatic settings on the camera (which work quite well) but 3 custom settings so you need to be familiar with how the camera operates. My only problem was with the autofocus. I couldn't seem to get a sharp picture when I left all the AF points on when indoors but it was VERY sharp when using just the center point only (the highest sensitivity when used with an f2.8 or faster lens). So far, I've been using the 7D for 6 months and it is working great, even up to now I'm still finding things it can do that I didn't know before.