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Canon is upping the ante on Digital SLRs. The new Canon EOS 7D is an 18 megapixel camera with 8 FPS continuous shooting thanks to dual digic 4 processors. That’s 18 megapixels at 8 FPS . Ya gotta love it.

This camera also has a 19 point all cross-type AF sytem with 63 zone dual-layer metering sensor. This comes in a magnesium body with a 150,000 cycle shutter.

Also, thanks to the dual Digic 4 processors, it will record HD video at full 1080p resolution at 24, 25 and 30 fps.

This camera sits between the EOS 50D and the EOS 5D Mark II.

I want one of these now. This is a very capable looking system with a great price point. Here are some quick shortcuts to keep checking for its availability.

Quick shortcut to Amazon’s lowest price for the Canon EOS 7D:
Canon EOS 7D

Quick shortcut to Ebay for the Canon EOS 7D:
EOS 7D on eBay

If you get one of these, don’t forget to get extra UDMA CF cards. You’ll need them to try out that 18 Megapixels at 8 frames per second:
UDMA CF Card Required for Canon EOS 7D Camera

Yes, I’m mostly a film geek, but believe me I love them all for different reasons and it looks like Canon’s newest digital camera will be very nice indeed.

And here’s the treat for today… Here are 6 VIDEOS of the new CANON EOS 7D These are perfect for showing off all the new features

Video #1 is an introduction to the EOS 7D. This is the weekest of all of them. Kinda Boring. Keep going. They get better.

Video #2 Ahhhh. Much better. Development of the EOS 7D.

Video #3 EOS 7D 18 Megapixel CMOS Sensor. Digic 4 processors. 8 FPS demo. Check out the metering sensor and the 19 point AF sensor.

Video #4. EOS 7D 100% viewfinder and all the information available in the viewfinder. Live view. HD Movie creation.

Video #5 – EOS 7D customization that you can use and auto lighting optimizer

Here is video #6 on the EOS 7D accessories such as the Canon WFT-E5 Wifi transmitter.

Oh, you say you want some sample video from this beast. OK. Enjoy it.

I promised a co-worker that I would post a link to the Canon EOS 50D. Well, here it is: http://www.50dreview.com

The Canon EOS 50D looks like a nice camera, but I haven’t had my hands on one yet. The screen looks wonderful. I’m interested in playing with the face detection.

Canon 50D on eBay

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I’m still a film guy at heart. I have to be. I have hundreds of feet of it in the fridge. That was a joke. Film is just cool.

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It’s just the magic of the chemistry. Don’t get me wrong, digital is cool too, but there’s something about taking some plastic into the dark, bathing it with chemicals and having an image appear that is just absolutely awesome, mystifying and expressive.

So anyway, I was watching the review videos of some high-end consumer cameras, EOS 5D Mark II videos and Nikon D700 videos.

We’re at an incredible moment in photographic history. The amount of capability in these consumer machines is truly amazing even for a neo-Luddite like me. OK so maybe that’s a bit harsh. I am a software guy after all.

And if I ever really did splurge to go all out, my heart gets all fluttery when I look at the EOS 1DS Mark III or the Nikon D3X.

The one thing that still amazes me though is how much the costs of these cameras are above the costs of the professional film cameras that they have replaced. I guess with the cost of processing film it might be worth it. I don’t know. I seem to spend more time with Adobe Photoshop than I should.