Are you guys still waiting on GH1 keeping your eye on the 7D?

GH1 =$1500 Canon 7D=$1650 (bing 15% cashback)

Yeah Game Over GH1. :( I am sure there will be quite a few GH1's for sale for under $1300 used very soon!
 
Nik Manning said:
GH1 =$1500 Canon 7D=$1650 (bing 15% cashback)

Yeah Game Over GH1. :( I am sure there will be quite a few GH1's for sale for under $1300 used very soon!
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What kind of lens do you get for your $1700? Hmmm??? You know... That thing with the glass on the end where light comes in.

Get decent some glass with your 7D that even approaches the range of the GH1's 14-140 lens and you're talking over $3,000. Oh and it has that antique optical view finder and no foldable LCD.

Yep, game over for 7D. Canon loses once more.

Have a nice day.

Dan.

p.s., So you think Canon fans would LOVE the 7D. Right? Check out the Canon SLR forums to feel the 7D love! NOT.

p.p.s., It's a nice cam. But it's still just another DSLR.
 
Dan Clark said:
What kind of lens do you get for your $1700? Hmmm??? You know... That thing with the glass on the end where light comes in.

Get decent some glass with your 7D that even approaches the range of the GH1's 14-140 lens and you're talking over $3,000. Oh and it has that antique optical view finder and no foldable LCD.

Yep, game over for 7D. Canon loses once more.

Have a nice day.

Dan.

p.s., So you think Canon fans would LOVE the 7D. Right? Check out the Canon SLR forums to feel the 7D love! NOT.

p.p.s., It's a nice cam. But it's still just another DSLR.
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uuh...ok??!!
 
stip said:
GH1 kit in europe is about 1500€, 7d is 1700€. That's not 100 miles but probably just because in europe everything is smaller ;)
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The lenses are nothing alike. It's not fair to compare kit to kit, the GH1's lens is way better. The GH1's lens, alone, is valued at around $900. The 7D's lens is valued at around $200.
 
Game over? Who won?

Oh wait, we all did. Because now we have a multitude of choices, and a range of cameras to fit just about any budget and need.

But as I've said, the images from the 5D look just as nice today as they did yesterday, as do the images from both my GH1 and EX1. Technology moves ahead, but I wouldn't say the HPXs, HVXs, EX3s, HMCs, etc. are obsolete.

I'm taking my GH1 and my EX1 to the jungle next week. Then when my 7D comes in, I'll see how that fits my workflow and needs. If it does, I'll keep it, and my clients will end up paying for it in a few days of shooting.

Just pick a camera (or wait for it to ship), then log out and go shoot something. Talking about cameras doesn't make any of us better filmmakers, only making films does that.
 
Barry_Green said:
The lenses are nothing alike. It's not fair to compare kit to kit, the GH1's lens is way better. The GH1's lens, alone, is valued at around $900. The 7D's lens is valued at around $200.
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There comes a lens with the 7D?? I thought it's just the body
 
stephenmick said:
Game over? Who won?

Oh wait, we all did.
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Seriously. You guys are crazy. We're barely a year into this VSLR business and already some amazing cameras have been produced. They get better with each release. I'm sure the GH2 will be way better than the GH1 with a better codec and better chip, and the 7D mk2 will also improve on the original. I am excited at what the next year will bring. Until I purchase something else, I am perfectly happy with my GH1, even though superior equipment will surely be released.
 
stephenmick said:
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Oh wait, we all did. Because now we have a multitude of choices, and a range of cameras to fit just about any budget and need.
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...I'll see how that fits my workflow and needs. If it does, I'll keep it, and my clients will end up paying for it in a few days of shooting.
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Stephen,

Well stated.

Many of the folks hustling around posting about the PERFECTION of a new camera are just marketing people trying to make a buck. For the rest of us, nothing is ever perfect and never will be.

The only thing that is important is whether a camera meets our needs. Competition is good in that respect because it forces the camera manufacturers to build better, more robust, more cost-effective cameras that fill our needs better.

I like seeing the new Sony DSLRs, Canon 7D, and Panny GF1. I don't want any of them, but they test the market and put pressure on the manufacturers. And they take potential GH1 customers off the market, making it easier for me to get one. I just wish the fanboys and marketers would tone down the BS just a bit.

Regards,

Dan.
 
It's great to see all the video DSLRs doing what they do for us video people. I'd say the only people left to argue with are the photographers who want the companies to stop putting in video features because they personally don't need them...and yes there are a few out there.

In any case this thread had been devolving into a flamewar Canon vs Panasonic vs Nikon vs AVCHD vs H.264 vs Barry Green vs Body-Only vs Kit Lens vs The Euro vs The Dollar...and it just generally feels really uncomfortable and angsty, full of remorse, dashed hopes and dreams, etc...all totally uncessarily, so I'll just say this:

The thread asks: are you guys still waiting on GH1 keeping your eye on the 7d?

The answer?

Yes.

I see no need for further posting.
 
As far as I can see, the sole advantage (yet to be conclusively proven) of the 7D is the picture quality under certain conditions where the picture quality of the GH1 can be lacking. In every other department it has drawbacks, surely? And isn't it likely that the 7D is going to have its own set of picture quality problems due to focus issues (no AF and a tiny screen to focus with manually)? Perhaps one could say that the D7 will be great at handling transverse movement (eg panning) but the GH1 will shine when handling front/back movement (eg something coming towards or away from the camera). The Imaging Resource review suggests stopping the camera down all the way to handle the focus problem...
 
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