Canon EOS 7D rumors heat up again
By Nilay Patel 
posted Aug 5th 2008 11:31AM
posted Aug 5th 2008 11:31AM
P.S.- We have no way of knowing if this image is real or not, so don't get too excited out there.
[Thanks, David]
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I'm excited already!
Looks like a photo-chop
Damn, they must be really good with Photoshop.
I can't tell
I got really excited, for a second there, if it were true.
I´m 100 percent sure it´s a fake, Canon stopped painting their hotshoes black a couple of years ago.
I was trying to be sarcastic toward Victor, but it didn't come out too well.
Epic Fail for me. Shame there isn't a delete....
That's okay. I got it. The 7 just looks really badly butchered
BTW, I'm not questioning the existence of a 5D replacement (that thing is due for a total replacement), but this doesn't seem like it.
this image is fake fake fake. perhaps *something* is coming...and in short order. the 1ds mk iii and the 40d were all out before fotokina. in august, actually. so there you go.
also, minolta already did a 7D, so look for any future camera to get the "mk" treatment.
Absolutely you should overlook the D700. It's not full frame, the big draw of the D3. All of the features, none of the sensor.
@Tom,
You are flat out wrong about the D700. It has the exact same sensor as the D3, it has the same electronics, the same AF and many other features that are the same as the D3. It doesn't have dual CF Card slots, it doesn't have a 300,000 actuation rating of the shutter (it's 150,000 - 50,000 more than the F2, F3, F4 and F5 got) and it's way less expensive. It doesn't have a 100 percent viewfinder (94 percent I think) but it is full frame. Period.
Nikon considers it a pro camera, not a prosumer camera like the D300.
Awesome, at least no one will complain about iphone coverage on this thread.
But...eh, nevermind
the '7' on the box looks weird. it's definitely photoshopped.
Have you ever seen something with 7 dimension that didn't look strange?
I agree. Not only does the 7 look strange, but it's fuzzier than the rest of the text. Whoever photochopped it didn't select the "crisp" font setting to match the rest of the text sharpness and left it as the "making it so obvious that this is fake" setting.
Well, 5D has been out for a while so isn't it obvious a successor will come out? It happens with most of the popular products =).
Fake! HOT SHOE IS PAINTED BLACK! All the new canons have a bare metal hot shoe...
The flash hot-shoe is also black, Canon have stopped coating them black for a while now as they tended to scratch and look quite tatty quickly.
Haha – whoever photoshopped that sure doesn't have much of a font collection...
That box is far too plain looking. Compare it to the black and red packaging of the current 5D/24-105 Kit. Also apart from the dodgy looking 7, notice that the image of the lens on the top of the box is out of focus. Finally, I have never seen a black Canon logo on any of their camera or lens packaging before sometimes white on red though.
My iPhone coverage is really poor today!
Reminder: The D700 had similarly crappy photos prior to its release as well. But guess what...it's now a real product. I wouldn't call this product fake just yet.
How about the fact it has no AF-ON button like all new EOS DSLRs.
fake.
The photo might be fake, but the product could be real. Wait and see. I stick by what I said.
How about the fact it has no AF-ON button.
fake!
Ummm... this photo is a joke and was posted the last time Engadget brought up the mythical 7D. In October last year....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trancemist/1485277658/
iHope Engadget has some money in the coffers. Infringing on someone else's copyright..... hm
shotophopped!!!!
The READ LINK takes you to a French page with a small image of the camera. Click on that image, and well, there you go: 5D.
Well, I can tell it's 5D by the picture above. First, I don't remember Canon ever used exactly the same body design for any of previous successor cameras they made. Second, the hot shoe design we see in this picture is already obsolete. If it was a new camera, the hot shoe wouldn't be painted and there's a big chance it would incorporate a place for weather seal of the new flash mount. And third, the fact that digit 7 on the box is poorly put is obvious.
I can't believe this was actually posted. Bad Engadget. For the record, I expect a replacement for the 5D soon; advancements in the x0D range have really blunted its appeal.
that photo is NO WHERE CLOSE to being real. its so fake its not even funny and its not even a respectable photoshop job. why?
1: the 7 is the wrong font. it doesn't match at all the font that canon uses for their numbers
2. the box is simply a 5D box with a 7 slapped on it.
3. the photo of the camera on the box is a 5D and its not even close to being anything else. for example, the hot shoe is painted black. since the 5D came out 3 years ago, Canon is no longer painting their hotshoes black anymore, they've gone to unpainted silver (because the paint always flakes off) so there's no chance the 7D will have a black hotshoe. secondly, the command dial will have more settings on it than the 5D does such as at least 3 custom modes and possibly more whereas the photo on the box is an exact copy of the 5D.
seriously engadget.... this is a bad bad fake. you really should at least acknowledge that and not get the rubes all in a tizzy. the 7D is coming soon enough, but this ain't it.
Agreed - I knew it was a fake the moment I saw the left side dial - it's the 5D. The 5D Mk II will at the very least have the same three C modes the 40D is sporting - the 5D had one, just like the box shot above.
How convenient that the image ends right on the side of the lens where one would have to Photo-Chop the actual 5D symbol on the camera.
No need to point out the other indications that were already discussed before my post. Good job Stan...
~ Slim ~
I hope this thing comes out soon! this would be just what i need to spark a price drop so i can afford the 5D!!!
Well, people who are looking at a Canon full-frame most likely have a significant investment in Canon glass (like myself) and those looking at the Nikon D3 will have the same issue. It seems that, unless you're really rich, once you've chosen a system, you're stuck with it. Now, I'm a Canon man, but when the D700 came out I still drooled.
Hey ya'll... don't freak out and blame Engadget for posting this... it clearly says rumor in the title.
I actually enjoy rumors and bad Photoshop jobs like this. Don't shoot the messenger!
Canon is now using non-coated hot shoe mounts seen on the canon XS, XSi, 40D, 1Ds MKIII and 1D MKIII. Chances are that they are going to be using one on the 5D replacement. Also in addition, the hot shoe mount will also be raised for weather proofing provided by the canon 580EX II flash shoe.
Also, it seems a bit unlikely that the box art would be featured so prominently for a camera that hasn't actually even been announced yet. Spy shots, yes. Retail box for a product whose existence has yet to be confirmed, highly unlikely.
I'd deem this image fake allso due to the fact that I doubt Canon dearing to release a semi pro class product, lacking an constant ISO reading on the top LCD. A simple and very useful feature that already is introduced on the 40D.
As others have quoted here, the hotshoe will probably have the metallic finish of the newer models.
The AF-ON button is allso lacking.
(Features that is highly likely to appear on the successor to 5D)
SHITTY PHOTOSHOP JOB. THE FONT DOSE NOT MATCH.........
lool this picture is fucke there is no 7d on canon but canon has 5d mark 2 and we w'ill see it before photokina i think this month but i think that canon have excellent cemra like 1d mark3 good price also 3500€ and the 40D and 30D not bad at all
It's more true than not.
I was just at National Camera Mpls Mn and the agent there said the D7 is about to come. He quoted me price that will make me first in line through every red light when he calls.
I'm sick of all these L glass sitting around without a second body.
Whats most fantastic in all this bull... is that none of you guys, (girls) noticed that Canon will never send the 24-105 lens together with a camera that brings more than 14 mpx.
It is fake.....
/S
The font is off, the camera is off (it is the 5D)
people are really desperate.....
this is the new canonshoped
lol
it`s fake....the camera perspective is wrong...