Comments on: EOS 7D Mini Review

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By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:36:18 +0000

Do you know how the ISO and overall image quality compares to the 1d Mark iin (as opposed to the mark iii)? I was thinking of replacing my iin with the 7D.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:30:02 +0000

After seeing several photos Im not sure if this camera is is sharp enough to spend $1600

By: Felipe Salum

Felipe Salum — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:08:41 +0000

BH is also shipping the 7D.

I was in the backorder list and my 7D was delivered today.

By: Habemus_Nigh-Kwon

Habemus_Nigh-Kwon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:40:30 +0000

It already has on-demand gridlines & other onscreen displays, that’s what the new transparent LCD sandwich is for, so there is no need for separate focusing screens. The only loss would be the >f/2.8 super-fine MF screen, but that’s no biggie, that’s why we have Live View now and that gorgeous 3″ screen at the back!

By: Jochystarz

Jochystarz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:44:18 +0000

Comments from Pro Sport Shooter about the 7D !

Picked up 7D yesterday & just barely had time to charge the battery before using it for its first shoot — a night time (American) junior high school football game at one of the poorest lit stadiums I cover (4 poles, 6 old and dim lights per pole, some burned out). I am very very pleased with the results.

(Background, so everyone knows what I’m comparing against. Been shooting with 1D series since 2002, as that’s the only cameras to date that was able to reliably Auto Focus in most of the venues I shoot, those being night and/or indoor school sports)

RE: Auto focus, the 7D did every bit as well as my 1D Mark II. I used both 2.8L and 4.0L glass and AF worked great with both. I really liked the new display that actively shows which AF points locked on in AI mode.

RE: ISO, 6400 on it rocks! For the first time ever I took usable shots in that venue without a flash. 12500 on the other hand is marginal, but that’s to be expected since it’s really not “12500″ but is a pushed 6400 (that’s why it’s called “H” instead of “12500″)

RE: Operation, again very nice. I personally prefer the smaller and lighter profile vs. the 1D series. It’s also quieter and was very responsive to the touch. I’ve never seen a spec on the shutter lag, but it felt very much on par with my 1D’s. Again this isn’t a surprise as it uses the same type of rotary shutter mechanics as the 1D series.

RE: Pop-Up Flash, can’t say — I never popped it up and probably never will

First impression bottom line — an absolutely great camera and a huge value for the money, as you can buy two of these for less than the price of a single 1D. I’m sure there will be some bad copies and some early issues but those will all get worked out. In the mean time, I’ll soon be putting a 1D2 on eBay.

By: jim

jim — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:21:30 +0000

Thanks. Honest, targeted bottom line review. Good work.

By: Jochystarz

Jochystarz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:05:04 +0000

I’ll Be the Judge of That after I get my 7D on my hands and after i have taken at least a few thousand pics, with the understanding that no camera is perfect nor will be to surpass the fstop capability of our eyes own. digital photography is an intricate task as every day and every situation is completely different unless you’re in a controlled enviroment like and studio and have the lightning and metering tools to make every shot to be the same, and that what I like about photography, is a challenge to go take your camera and go out and snap and tweek and snap and adjust and snap and fix and snap and recompose ….. thats whats make photography so interesting.
So stop winning and keep on shooting !

By: Jochystarz

Jochystarz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:56:02 +0000

Definately much much better, i cant stand the noise on my XSI at iso 800, I have shot the 50D (15mp) and images are very good, now with the improvement on the cmos on the 7D (canon has reduce the distance of the gapless microlenses to the photodidoes to make them more efficient gathering light therefore producing less noise levels), fullres 7D test images i have downloaded from imagin resources from a pre-production unit and shows that 7D images are quiet workable, i had taken the iso 6400 samples and processed them with Noiseware Pro in slight setting and the images came pretty good to tell you the truth. So If you’re capable of taking good photos with your rebel i guess you’ll make some outstanding photos with the 7D !

By: Jochystarz

Jochystarz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:45:15 +0000

And Again there’s the misconception that the 7D was intended to surpass the 5DmkII on IQ or Hi-ISO performance, you cant never compare a full frame sensor or even H with a crop, the 7D was intended for those wanting to upgrade from down 40,50 and rebels cameras, it was not intended for you to downgrade, it has been designed as a companion instead for those wanting to capture higher frame rates (sport, wildlife, etc.), so as longest you people keep trying to match the 7D to hihger end canon meat you always going to be disspointed.

I can’t never spect canon to offer you that of a 1D or 5D series level of machinery on a lesser model, never gonna happen, you have to willingly go out and spend some few grands for that, plain and simple, for those having a xxD and xxxD series cameras this will be a great improvement for the intended photography and for those wanting to have a more rugged and capable piece of equipment like I and a whole group of photogs wants to have. I rest my case and hope for this blog to go away already, the EOS 7D is a marvel or a camera if we compared to is predecessors. The End !

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:45:26 +0000

Thanks for the mini-review.

Question: How do the weight and bulk compare with the 5Dm2 and the 5D? In answer to a question from a birder, you mentioned that the 7D is snappier than the 5D. Can you comment on the weight and size as well?

Cheers.

By: Habemus_Nigh-kwon

Habemus_Nigh-kwon — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:47:46 +0000

Craig, I’m curious if you can confirm what the early 7D AF review on that other site, where the European nature photog guy claimed that the 7D AF is better than the 1-series, since that was also what he was using before using the 7D, just like you. Thanks in advance.

By: H

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:32:15 +0000

Hiya Paul,

What is that “10% better image quality” you talk about? It’s nigh impossible to add a percentage to something as subjective as image quality IMHO. Statements about the 1D being much better mean nothing to me. Just like Marc said: At least show us pictures from both cameras. Then you can judge for yourself. Leave the percentages out though. (Or am I reading all of this too literally? ;-) I agree with you (Paul) though that comparing cameras and prices within a brand can be useful. But then again I want to see images to see what I think is better, not what the writer thinks is better, describing his opionion in words.

Cheers,
H