[skimbrel]

Awesome. The digital imaging space keeps moving so fast due to the heated competition between Canon and Nikon. I upgraded to a 7D from my old 40D this year and it feels like there are way more than two years' worth of improvements in there.

[mc32]

I always thought there was tic-toc collusion amongst Canon and Nikon --ie. Nikon ups the FPS, Canon ups the MP; Canon ups the FPS, Nikon ups MP or ISO, or something else. Or one has nice Lens aperture but the other one's lenses have less distortion, etc.

These two companies seem to trade-off on features every other generation (tic-toc). I think they had a common history, some decades back.

"Their friendly rivalry" speaks to this, in a way. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20071226a7.html

[thetastypoptart]

This generation will likely be different. Nikon will probably announce the D4 early next year, and the D800 very soon.

If a 5DmkIII arrives early next year then both the full-frame series for each company will be updated.

1dx seems pretty evolutionary, it is likely that the D4 will also be similar.

[topbanana]

The 7D is a semipro camera

[danso]

As is the 40D. A lot of the photojournalism professionals I knew used it as a backup, or primary camera if they needed a 1.6x crop.