D90 for Canon 7D?? would you?

[Zim]

Just think of the newspaper market, Nikon owns the law enforcement market, plus wedding, portrait, vacation cameras, etc and compare that to the market of people who want a DSLR for films!! There is getting to be more of a demand for video. Look at this list of new cameras. I think most have HD video with stereo sound. I'm hoping they come out with something this year that competes with the 7D.

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/02/02/coolpixes-announced.aspx

An interesting discussion point. I have often wondered how significant the video community's parcentage is of DSLR sales of those models with video.

It seems that Canon at least has adopted a very pro video marketing aspect at least with their "moving photography" ads that go from still images to moving video. I'm hopeful that the improvements on the 7D from the 5D indicate an active interest on their part to continue improving on future DSLRs with video.

It seems all I've heard about Nikon is that they are not doing the same as far as video is concerned. But again, whether or not that relates to a significant portion of their main customer base is unclear.

 

[jonE5]

care to elaborate on the issues? I have noticed that the focusing and metering issues on the 7D seem to be different from what im used to with the nikon, but i wouldnt call it an issue.

 

[crash41]

care to elaborate on the issues? I have noticed that the focusing and metering issues on the 7D seem to be different from what im used to with the nikon, but i wouldnt call it an issue.

are you asking me?

I noticed many of my images weren't as sharp as my d90. I was using a 50mm 1.8 on the nikon, and a 50mm 1.4 on the canon.

I just did a search on canon AF issues and there are tons of pages with users having problems. I'm finally going to put this thing to the test today (i'm shooting a BTS for a photo shoot).

Hopefully it was just user error with me. But i'm simply using MF-area to focus.

 

[jonE5]

ahh, you know now that you mention that, i did notice more picturees being out of focus with the 7D, than i usually had with the D90.

I mostly attributed it though to the autofocus points (havent figure out how to make it focus on the middle?), the lack of focus light (why doesnt the 7d use a focus assist light?), and the fact that the 7D screen is harder to see.

I think its just something that takes getting used to (unless other people are having other problems)