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This is the oddest camera announcement you’ll see for a while: the Canon 7D Studio Version is, more or lass, a standard 7D with parental controls. It’s not to stop the kids messing with your DSLR, but to help busy pro-photographers to manage their workflow. I know: try to stay awake.
The 7D SV lets the master photographer set up the camera just how he likes and then send lackeys out to, say, shoot school-portraits without messing things up. There are, according to the press release, four-levels of locking so you can let the less stupid assistants do some things for themselves.
This has some utility. You could make sure all your images come back with precisely matched white balance, within the correct ISO-range, for example.
Also included, if you opt for a kit, is a version on Canon’s remote wireless transfer unit, the WFT-E5A. Normally this works like a $700 Eye-Fi card, sending GPS-stamped pics to your computer. With custom firmware the WFT-E5A loses the GPS but gains the ability to ready barcodes, adding their info to a picture’s metadata. Again, this is about speeding up large-volume workflows (stop yawning at the back). You can also scan codes direct to the camera.
The price for these patronizing products is $1,830 body-only (the normal 7D is $1,700) and $2,600 for the kit. Availability to be announced.
EOS 7D SV Press release [Canon]
The above photos shows the current 7D
See Also:

Canon EOS 7D
Pictures: Canon 7D All But Official
Canon's New 18 Megapixel Monster, The EOS 7D

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