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WARNING: Nerdy tech content. The Canon EOS 7D is a new 18 megapixel digital SLR camera. Incorporating a new APS-C CMOS sensor, the Canon 7D features dual DIGIC 4 processors, an ISO range expandable to 12,800, and a 19-point cross-type AF sensor. There’s also continuous shooting at 8 frames per second, 3 inch LCD screen with 920k dots, viewfinder with 100% magnification, and Focus Colour Luminance metering system (iFCL) which measures focus, colour and luminance across 63 zones.

The Canon EOS 7D is equipped with an Integrated Speedlite Transmitter.  For the first time in an EOS, photographers can control external Speedlites with no additional accessories – ideal for those looking to experiment with creative lighting set-ups.  The EOS 7D also features an extensively upgraded, built-in flash including manual control, and wider flash coverage to cover focal lengths as wide as 15mm.

The Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR camera is scheduled to be delivered to U.S. dealers at the end of September, and will be sold in a body-only configuration at an estimated retail price of $1,699.00. It will also be offered in a kit version with Canon’s EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom lens at an estimated retail price of $1,899.00.

One of the first hands-on Review

The First Ride - © Daniel Linnet

As new students shuffle through our doors on first night of any workshop, one of the most common reasons for being there is wanting to photograph theirs or someone else’s kids, better. Putting aside the tech stuff, apertures, shutter speeds, white balances and ISO’s there is still much to do in getting them behaving naturally for your camera, and knowing when to capture it.

Here’s a post I came across from my favourite source of inspiration, PDN Online, which covers some of the changing trends in kid photography as well as giving you some invaluable directional tips. Unfortunately to read the full feature you need to subscribe for the service but this little teaser is still very worthy of a read.

‘As families become more kid-centered, children are showing up more often in almost all categories of editorial photography, from cooking to fashion to architecture and interiors.  The esthetics of kids photography is also evolving. The genre is still dominated by an idealized view of childhood, where children look sweet and happy. But clients are starting to test those boundaries by staging images less, and showing the physical and emotional messiness of kids’ lives a little more.’  reprinted from PDN feature story

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