Canon 8d (1 Viewer)

[imagedude]

I'd like to see something similar to Sony's Sweep Panorama function.

 

[birderk]

Here are some things I would like to see in order of importance:

In-body Image Stabilization. Come on Canon, Pentax, Sony and Olympus have this in their bodies--don't be left behind! I realize IS in the lens is better but for old lenses or those wide to normal L zooms this would be a real plus. If the lens has IS, the body IS would just turn off. Not too hard.

Autofocus on f/8. A lot of us want to use teleconverters on our telephotos. Get the autofocus to work if even slowly.

Better ISO performance. This is obvious.

A row of buttons for custom functions. Scrolling through menus is too slow in the field. For example I wish I could program a button that would switch between spot and evaluative metering instantly.

Specified button for mirror lock-up. So annoying to constantly go to the menu.

More than 19 AF points. I would expect they will save this feature for their pro-bodies unfortunately.

21 megapixels. More is better if there is no downgrade in ISO performance. I still feel my 7D is sensor rather lens limited when using my 400mm DO.

3/8 inch tripod socket in addition to the 1/4 inch socket. A little more secure in my opinion.

 

[Nikon Kid]

Autofocus on f/8. A lot of us want to use teleconverters on our telephotos. Get the autofocus to work if even slowly.

I think nearly everyone on this forum that has a 7d would like to see this on the 8d APS-C even if the price has to go up a bit more, there would be alot of takers that don't have the big lens and the big camera.

 

[birderk]

It's not just the us amateurs who want better autofocus at f/8. Imagine you have the 800mm f/5.6 and Canon ID Mark IV and want to use 1.4x teleconverter. It will only autofocus at the center focus point. I think most people would want all focus points to work.

 

[hollis_f]

I think nearly everyone on this forum that has a 7d would like to see this on the 8d APS-C even if the price has to go up a bit more, there would be alot of takers that don't have the big lens and the big camera.

I'm not totally sure about this, but I thought the reason for the f5.6 limit was because the AF sensor is too small in an APS-C body to work with less light.

 

[tjsimonsen]

I'm not totally sure about this, but I thought the reason for the f5.6 limit was because the AF sensor is too small in an APS-C body to work with less light.

I think that an unofficial reason is that AF with f8 sets the 1D-series apart from the pack. Which is one reason I do not think that we will see that in a hypothetical 8D, after all it's not present in 5D2 which has a full size sensor.

Thomas

 

[andrew_s]

I like the in-built GPS bit..........love gadget bits

GPS would be a significant hit on the battery life.
Also, it takes a couple of minutes to get a position if it's not been used recently, so someone who turned on, took picture, turned off could end up with a lot of missing locations.

 

[Roy C]

I'm not totally sure about this, but I thought the reason for the f5.6 limit was because the AF sensor is too small in an APS-C body to work with less light.

I have never seen this from Canon but I have also thought this to be a reason why you may not get f8 AF on APS-C.

 

[Helios]

I have never seen this from Canon but I have also thought this to be a reason why you may not get f8 AF on APS-C.

I believe it's available on Nikon's range of cameras in that there's no restriction, but how well it autofocuses is another matter (I've never tried by the way).

 

[njlarsen]

I'm not totally sure about this, but I thought the reason for the f5.6 limit was because the AF sensor is too small in an APS-C body to work with less light.

Unless there is completely different principles of function in play (and there may well be) then P&S cameras should not be able to AF at all (their sensor is even smaller)

Niels

 

[hollis_f]

Unless there is completely different principles of function in play (and there may well be) then P&S cameras should not be able to AF at all (their sensor is even smaller)

Niels

There is a different principle. P&S cameras use the recording sensor to do contrast-based AF. Slow, but accurate even with lower light. DSLRs use a separate, phase-difference sensor. Much faster but does need more light.

Which makes me wonder if my camera will do contrast-based AF at f8 in live mode?

 

[Nikon Kid]

I have come to the conclusion that the new camera will be called 9d as there have been no even numbers before. When before Xmas 2010 ?

 

[andrew_s]

Surely it's going to be a 7d mkII?

 

[redeyedvideo]

A genuine Canon spare battery for under £25, one touch focus change for BIF (expanded) to static objects (spot).

 

[James Thomas]

How about a revolutionary step and having a round sensor? The image from the lens is round and a round sensor would remove the need to twist the camera through 90° to get those tall shots. It would help with oval shaped picture etc etc

 

[Roy C]

Surely it's going to be a 7d mkII?

Agreed - all other Canon 1 digit cameras have followed this convention.

 

[Nikon Kid]

Agreed - all other Canon 1 digit cameras have followed this convention.

We will find out soon

 

[hollis_f]

We will find out soon

If, by soon you mean September then you may be correct. That's september 2011.

 

[Nikon Kid]

If, by soon you mean September then you may be correct. That's September 2011.

Basically no one knows, we are all guessing anyway.

But I would take a little side bet that its before September 2011 :h?:

 

[MSullivan]

I would like to see reduced noise from the 7D. The 7D is a great camera, but can be VERY noisy sometimes.