New Canon 7D rumors include flashy specs
New information is circulating about the specs on the 7D, the supposed replacement to the full-frame 5D, and the wholly unconfirmed word on the street is that it might be a 21-megapixel camera.
Here’s a report Canon Rumors received that details specs that have been reposted at numerous other sites:
“I work in a warehouse for a major American retailer and we were shipped 7D brochures by mistake. They were quickly repossessed before I could take one. There is also a product entry in our receiving system for the 7D. Theres no price attached to it.”
There have been rumors and speculations that the 5D successor will be announced at the upcoming Photokina conference in Germany, so the timing does seem believable. Here are the alleged 7D specs:
- 21.1 MP full frame
- Dual Digic III Processor
- ISO 100-6400 L:50 & H:12800
- 5 frames per second
- 3 inch high resolution LCD screen
- 19 point AF
- Liveview
- Viewfinder: 100% Coverage
- No pop-up flash
- Full weather sealing
- EF Lenses only
If those turn out to be real, we might not want to hear about the price for a while. That megapixel count is of the size you typically only see in medium format digital backs made by folks at places like Hasselblad and Leaf, and their products are anything but cheap (a recent Hasselblad ad touts an $18,000 camera as “affordable).
There have also been rumors floating around about a 9D, but many of those have been fed by 9D listings in the highly dubious, completely user-edited UPC Database, which purports to serve as a catalog of all product UPCs.
While some of those listings say, “CANON EOS-9D Digital Camera SLR Body (Requires Lens),” one says, “CANON EOS-9D Digital Camera SLR Body (Requires Imagination).”
Well, because we care about your imagination, here’s another look at that 7D box image, which in our opinion might as well have come from the UPC Database:
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