Canon have today announced the Canon EOS 7D – a widely rumored camera that has caused a lot of discussion around the web in the past few weeks as pictures of it began to surface.
The Canon EOS 7D is being presented as a new model line for Canon – not an update of another camera in the range it’s certainly above the Canon EOS 50D in terms of features but seems to be positioned alongside the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
The Canon EOS 7D has an 18 megapixel APS-C CMOS image sensor, has dual DIGIC 4 processors and shoots at up to 8 frames per second (for up to 15 RAW or 126 JPEG images), has an ISO range of 100-6400 (and up to 12800 in custom functions), new 63 zone dual layer color sensitive metering and a new phase detection auto focus sensor with 19 f/5.6 sensors and 1 X-type f.2.8 sensor in the center of the frame.
The EOS 7D comes with a popup flash which can be used to control other wireless flashes, PC sync connector and hot shoe. It has a 3.0 inch LCD display and shoots Full HD videos.
The Canon EOS 7D will be available in September 2009 and will have a recommended retail price of $1700 USD (body only). It is already available for Pre-Order on Amazon.
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