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Originally Posted by Jerry Skrocki  Did anyone actually read the Luminous Landscape 7D review? I previously posted the link below.
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Yes, I read it. It seemed to me to be a bit skimpy. That is, I like the construction and focus, but lacked detail on the pictures themselves, the very reason why we capture images.
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Image Quality
Though Canon placed no restrictions on my ability to report on image quality, other than to indicate that any pictures shown are "Beta Sample Images" I am going to punt, and will not be describing in any detail the image quality that I have seen from the Canon 7D.
Frankly, the reason is that I am seeing things which I am not sure are a consequence of the camera's inherent characteristics or are specific to pre-production cameras or even this specific camera. This includes overall image softness and some digital artifacting. Nothing terrible mind you; just enough though that I am aware of it, and therefore don't want to make any undue assumptions.
The major camera technical review sites will have their in-depth analysis of full production cameras soon enough, and once you've been able to read a couple of them you'll be able to draw a pretty good conclusion about this for yourself.
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I would have liked more information about the picture quality itself. And, I am interested in the 18 Megapixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor. For those of us who are used to working with sensors with 2:3 aspect ratio, does this new sized sensor pose any challenges when composing images. I realize that, although many of use 2:3 aspect ratios, many prints are not in the same size. Perhaps, though, we've grown accustomed to working with a ratio? Put differently, is switching sensor aspect ratios similar to switching from right-hand to left-hand when driving a car?
Edit: I was completely wrong in my discussion about the 2:3 aspect ratio, so please disregard those comments.
To sum up the review: solid construction, lots of knobs and dials with a thick manual, great focus, and somewhat soft images. Besides that, I am not sure I got much out of it.
A clever idea, which I think I read about on Kelby's blog, is to find a PDF version of your user manual and bring it with you on your smart phone (iPhone or Blackberry or whatever). I hadn't thought of that, but now that someone has mentioned it, it's a great idea. I can read PDFs on my phone and now I can bring my manual with me.
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