On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM, P. J. Alling<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I was never able to use the 5 fps on the Pentax LX, so while 8fps is a > selling point, I'm not sure what it's really worth, unless you work for > /Sports/ /Illustrated/, and then I expect the magazine would be supplying a > 1D something or other. It looks more like Canon has repealed the laws of > economics... >
It's a huge selling point, since the 7D is about 40% of the price of a 1DmIII, but delivers 80% of the fps and has a newer, possibly better AF unit, along with a more compact size and much more resolution. Expect the wildlife types to buy 7D's in droves. And there's plenty of amateur and semi-pro users who need that sort of performance but don't have 1D money. Lots more guys shooting local sports than SI shooters. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.