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Today Steve Stanger and Antonio Rosario, bring you part two of the composition discussion. I also talk to Shawn Cranor of Camera West , about building better relationships with our camera dealers.

Show Notes

Camera West

Antonio Rosario

Steve Stanger

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Today Antonio Rosario, Bart Busachots, and Steve Stanger join me for part one of this two part episode.

Show Notes

Antonio Rosari

Bart Busachots,

Steve Stanger

The Photographers Eye (Michael Freeman)

Understanding Exposure

I took the Canon EOS 7D to a nearby stream where I like to test video. I’ll inbed both the video test form the Canon EOS 7D as well as the same location with the Nikon D7000.

Leave some feedback as to what you think.

Nikon D7000 Video Test

Canon EOS 7D Video Test

Backstory

I recently sold all of my Nikon gear so that I could purchase a Leica M9 and lenses.

This had nothing to do with any issues with my Nikon camera or lenses. I have owned the Nikon D90, D700 and D7000 and I enjoyed them very much.

So I bought the Leica M9 and some lenses and I love it. I’ll leave it at that. However even with the M9 there are certain situations that it’s not best suited for.

For example, I can’t take fast moving sports photography with the Leica. I can’t take pictures using ISO 3200 and above, without the pictures being too grainy (Noisy) in my opinion.

Also, I have not found a good solution to taking macro shots using the Leica M9. If there is , please let me know.

Finally, although I love the manual focus on the Leica, there are times when auto focus is needed. Again, I point to moving objects for example.

So all this to say that although I’m in love with the Leica and plan on using it 90% of the time, I feel I still need a DSLR.

Hence, the reason for this post. I sold all my Nikon gear remember. Well the good news is that I had cash left over. I decided to buy a DSLR for that other ten percent of my shooting. I could have easily purchased a Nikon D5100 and probably would be very happy.

i then realized this was an opportunity for me as a photographer and specially as a blogger and podcaster. So I bought a Canon EOS 7D instead. After using it, I want to give you my points as to how they compare. I always believed that the whole “Nikon vs Canon” fanboy discussion was probably not accrete. I believed these cameras to be more than equal.

So after that long back story here are my comparison points.

Why should you buy the Nikon D7000

• Great image quality. Significantly better than the EOS
• very high dynamic range 13.9 EV
• Weather sealed
• Auto focus work in video mode
• 39 focus points
• Long battery life
• Smaller size than the EOS 7D
• Cheaper than the EOS 7D. D7000 is $1,299 body only vs EOS 7D $1,549
• ISO is up to 25,600/ISO

Why should you buy the Canon EOS 7D

• little delay (shutter lag) 131 ms, that’s impressive
• Up to 1/8000 a second shutter speed
• 8 frames per second rapid fire mode
• Higher resolution 17.9 NO
• very thin 2.9:
• 19 focus points
• More cross-type focus. This means it will find focus in harder situations

My conclusions

If I had to give these cameras a score I would say, the Nikon D7000 gets an 8 out of 10, and the Canon EOS 7D gets a 7.5 out of 10. Essentially they are tied. Although on paper the Nikon has better statistics, in my real world experience I call it a tie.

Listener @switchermark asked ”How about the subjective “ease of use” or “intuitive menu” Very good points Mark. I will use the camera for 30 to 45 days and do a follow up post, on those very important categories. I feel i’m to new at the 7D to come to a conclusion on that.

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Today I’m joined by Joseph Linaschke of Aperture Expert Also Antonio Rosario gives us an overview of Light Room 4.

Show Notes

Victor’s new show Rangefinder Moment

Leica Cameras

Antonio Rosario Website

Aperture Expert

Joseph’s Killer Tips

Killer Canon Camera

Aperture Expert Live Training

Buying my new rangefinder camera has inspired me to start a new podcast dedicated to rangefinder, and Leica enthusiasts called, Rangefinder Moment.  Please go subscribe in iTunes, and check out the web page too.

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Today based on a Tweet by  Antonio Rosario, Antonio, Bart Buschots, Steve Stanger, KennyL98, and John F Braum join for a roundtable discussion about photo critiques.

Show Notes

Guest Twitter information and links to their sites. Thanks guys!

Antonio M. Rosario @amrosario

Bart Busschots @bbusschots

Steve Stanger @tmasteve

John F Braun @johnfbraun

KennyL98 @kennyL98

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Today I talk to Photographer Jonathan Marks from JMarksphoto.com about iPhone photography, the class he will be teaching at Macworld | iWorld and more.

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