Remember that Canon 7d that was announced recently…wait neither do I. The Canon community has been sitting and waiting with baited breath since Nikon jumped the gun and released the D3 and D300. Both of which in my opinion took the cake for technology in recent camera releases. Canon released the 40d last year giving a much needed and well received refreshment to its prosumer line of cameras. But the lonely 5d hasn’t seen an upgrade in 3 years.PMA starts in 2 days and many are waiting to see if the fabled 5d MKII will actually happen or if the Canon faithful will have to wait even longer until Photokina later in the year. If it were an Apple product I could honestly weigh in with some knowledge but when it comes to photo gear the rumors are few and far between and lacking any credibility most of the time.We do know that a Canon 7D has been somewhat confirmed via a UPC (barcode) that was filed last year. So supposedly it could happen soon, but who knows. A recent forum posting (a can’t remember where I saw it) said that there would be no 5d MKII at PMA but something completely unexpected. The Photography Bay seems to confirm such a rumor via posting on DP review saying that the new camera will be above the 40d but below the 5d in terms of ability.If so then I might venture to guess a 1.3x crop sensor, 6400 ISO (or higher), 3 in. screen, 12+ MP, and possibly 6+ frames per second. Do any of those specs sound familiar? Of course they do….it’s a D300 competitor. Nikon’s D300 is a bang up camera with some astounding features and Canon needs to up the ante and make sure that people remember why they chose to invest in Canon.  So we’ll see in 2 days what Canon might have up their sleeve.

Tags: Camera, Canon

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