5dmk ii or 7d with wide angle prime

Contemplating a new body, and not sure. My 40 d has
Been wonderful would like a little better noise handling
But overall a good solid camera.

I'm looking to do more artistic video and time lapses
And I fine that I'm working more with my prime lenses.

So with my budget I can either by a new 5 d mkii or a 7
Sd with a wide angle prime.either 30 1.4 by sia or canon 20.

I'm hearing that 5d mk IOU may be announced in 2 months
Should I wait?

Also forgot to mention I so a lot if street photography so I think the better focus system would be good of the 7d

5dii's AF isn't great but it's not bad to the point where you can't shoot on the street. I shot cars/bikes at the track and the 5dii kept up with it easily as long as the lens focuses well. What other lenses do you have that you could shoot with the 5dii. If you're looking for low noise at high ISO it's hard to beat the 5dii. I often shoot at ISO3200 with no issues. BUT, if you don't have a lens to take the shots with then there's no point ing etting the 5dii ..

I have 24-105 l 70-200 L 50 1.4 100 mm 100-400 l

Get the 5dii. I've seen some fantastic shots with the 24-105 on the wide end (see Martin.D) I 've had wide angle's on the crop and FF (Sigma 10-20, 17-40L, 24L and now 35L) I don't like distortion so I ended up with the 35L but 24mm is very useable on a FF for what you're looking to do. The 7D is no slouch but the 5dii seems up your alley.

5DII
I have both

The last two 5D models were announced one year after their respective 1Ds models... To date Canon has not announced a 1Ds Mark IV (it's about 6 months overdue now, if they were trying to stick with their usual upgrade schedule). So, I'd take the rumor of a new 5D Mark III with a grain of salt... Latest rumors about 1Ds4 is that it might be intro'd in two monthd - August 2011 - along with some lenses. Further clues? 1Ds3 is no longer listed at all on Canon's own web store. And it's "currently unavailabe" or on backorder at a couple of the largest dealers (granted, one of them is out of stock with 1D4 too, but the other has that camera in stock and the 1D4 foed appear in the Canon online store, though it's listed there as out of stock at present). It's been rumored to be everything from 27MP to 37MP to 42MP camera. I ain't placing any bets or holding my breath, but the same and some other rumors put the 5D3 out to around Summer 2012, which would be relatively consistent with previous introducitons if we see a 1Ds4 in August.

Sure, it could happen next week, in two months or anytime Canon is ready to launch a 5D3. It also could just as easily be nothing more than a rumor and you might have a really long wait.

You are probably aware, 30mm isn't really wide at all on a 1.6X crop camera such as your 40D or the 7D. It's more of a "standard" lens. It would be the same as using your 50mm on a full frame camera.

About the widest commonly available prime for crop is Canon 20/2.8, which works out similar to using a 35mm lens on full frame (okay, it's slightly wider... equiv. angle of view to 32mm on FF). The 14/2.8 is just way too expensive to buy as a wide prime for a cropper and I wouldn't normally list the 17mm TS-E or 15mm fisheye as options, because they're pretty specialized lens.

My point is just that for crop sensor cameras, you pretty much have to go with a zoom if you want anything very wide.

For what you shoot, assuming your Flickr is representative, a 5D II would be excellent choice and it will give you the cleanest high ISO shots possible with any current Canon model. I think you would find 5DII images can be made at about two stops higher ISO than your current camera, perhaps even more. Should be fine for time lapse, too. I really haven't used it for video at all, so can't advise about that.