Is the Canon 7D really the successor to the 50D, or is that the 60D?
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I often see people say the Canon 7D is the “true” successor to the 50D, even though the 60D came next in the numbering. Is that actually accurate? What makes the 7D feel more like a continuation of the 50D than the 60D does?
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There is no official successor anywhere, people deduce it based on model numbers.
For the 50D, the 60D is the numeric successor and it does supersede it in most features. A few were lost which is why some people say that 60D is not the right successor. This does happen from time-to-time.
The 7D is a much higher-end camera and is really for a different-level. The 7D has a 100% coverage viewfinder and weather-sealed body which neither 50D or 60D has.
DPreview has a list of differences between the 60D and 50 but the ones where the 50D is better seem rather minor except for the build-quality.
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Not officially. By Canon’s naming, the 60D is the numeric successor to the 50D, but many photographers felt the 50D line effectively split in two.
The 7D took over more of the enthusiast/pro-oriented traits associated with the 50D, while the 60D moved somewhat downmarket. That’s why people often call the 7D the “true” successor in spirit, even if not in name.
Reasons commonly cited:
- stronger, more weather-sealed body construction on the 7D
- 100% viewfinder on the 7D
- autofocus microadjustment on the 50D and 7D, but not the 60D
- more advanced AF system on the 7D
- faster continuous shooting on the 7D, while the 60D is slower than the 50D
So the simplest answer is: the 60D officially follows the 50D in the lineup, but the 7D inherited more of the higher-end handling and feature set that some 50D users expected. Many people therefore see the 50D as having no single true successor, with the line effectively branching into the 60D below and the 7D above.
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