During early March I was lucky enough to be lent a Canon EOS 7D for a trip to Brazil courtesy of the lovely people at Canon Camera Buzz. Having already reviewed the 7D once in January I was keen to see what Canon’s latest semi-pro camera could do in the hands of a semi-amateur!
Canon’s EOS 7D has been around since September so time for a belated hands-on test of its abilities. We got hold of the EOS 7D along with the EFS 18-135mm lens and put it through its paces at Rickmansworth Aquadrome and Oxhey Woods.
Canon’s new Rebel DSLR (EOS 500D in Europe and Asia) is, on the face of it, a versatile machine with a specification that’s enough for most serous amateurs including 15.1 megapixel sensor and a video recording facality but a number of restrictions have been made to squeeze this into a $800 package.
Leica has now launched the S2 which contrary to its 35mm format appearance sports a 37.5MP CCD sensor — 56% larger than a full-frame SLR camera. Despite its extraordinary specification it fits comfortably in the hand.
Panasonic claims to have released the World’s first Micro Four Thirds system camera, the Lumix DMC G1, weighing in at only 385 grams making it only half the weight of typical DSLRs!
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