7D & Antarctica
December 6th, 2009 Posted in Canon 7D
Bring it on!
Our friend Ole Jorgen Liodden took his 7D to one of the most extreme areas of the planet and put it against the elements. The 7D appears to have won.
"Cold? This aint cold" photo: Ole Jorgen Liodden
Check out the full field report: http://canonfieldreviews.com/7d-1-weather-sealing/
cr
December 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Nice photo :D
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December 6th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Furst!!11elevenoneone ;P
This pic should shut up the naysayers.
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December 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Drat. Beaten by less than a minute because my post took longer to type :P.
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Paul Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Hah! :p
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December 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
OK, I’m impressed
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December 6th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
@Wuck, no one cares about your “first” or anyone else that wastes their time with useless “first” posts
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Doris Day Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 3:17 am
+1000000000000000
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Wuck Chestfall Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Lighten up kiddo, relax. I can tell you’re a newbie here so you don’t get the long-running gags here… :P
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Justin Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Calling first is a time honored tradition on boards of all types. If you hate it, ignore it. It’s not hurting anybody.
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Blake Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Seems to me the competition these days is for “worst post” not “first post” :-)
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Sohn Jwan Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Then I nominate Christmasday’s post for that award. ;P
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December 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Did anyone else notice the seal in the fourth photo about to chop down on what looks like a tripod?
What’s up with that?
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Paul Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Hungry?
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ossme Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
lol, Exacatly my thoughts.
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theskunk Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 3:22 am
haha sweet
sweet sweet carbon fiber
good to the last fiber
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Justin Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I shudder at the scratching that nom nom will leave behind…
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ywx Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Hi,
He should be worry about the seal below his camera… seem to be aiming at “something” between his leg… :p
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December 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
It’s nice to know the tripod also has been sealed.
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Paul Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Oh my god… Terrible. Yet good in its own sense.
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Gabe Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
nice :DDDDD
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Justin Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:51 am
well played Tabitha
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December 6th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
7D takes cool hi res pix, even though it is not exactly a CoolPix, it is cutching up with them in pixel density, 232 pixel/mm (5184pixel/22.3mm), Canon Pro1 was 370pxl/mm (3264pxl/8.8mm). The pro1 2/3″ sensor size with the same pixel density as 7D, would be 3.1MP. Pro2 (2.5x crop) would be 7.7MP.
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MT Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 6:29 am
Thanks for the numbers!
Whatever they are, the end results are fabulous.
http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/eos_7d
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December 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Yes, this will most certainly shut those whiners up for good. I have bookmarked this page on Ole’s site.
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December 6th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
They should make it even better more weather proof..
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Gusto Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Good enough to scuba dive with it? The last time I checked, you can’t carry the 1D3/1Ds3/D3/D3x/D700 for scuba diving without an external casing.
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Fireice Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Waterproofing is not equal to weather proof. :)
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December 6th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I hope all dslr’s get at least this level of weather proofing from now on,
but I would have to guess that only the xD(1, 3, 5, 7) bodies will get it.
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December 6th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Maybe this is the way to get less noise with the 7D… just bring it in Antartica at -40… noise is in relation with temperature, right ? ;-) Hope the cold help the sharpness as well (I know it won’t, but I’m still hoping anyway) then this will be my winter camera.
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RichardR Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
here`s the 5d at Mt.Everest
http://exposedplanet.com/
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December 6th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
How does this compare to other prosumer DSLR’s? The 1 and 5 series should last, but what about the xxD? (40D, 50D, etc?)
Does anyone have experience with the 40 or 50D in a wet climate without any covers?
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Charles Bronson Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Did you read the review? They guy mentions that his 50D didn’t do so well when it got wet. Not to mention they aren’t weather sealed like the 7D is.
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backshot especiale Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:45 am
My G7 went swimming in the gulf of Thailand for about 15 mins, it still works (2 years later) after a month or so drying out, the autofocus light stays on every now and then but apart from that the camera still works great.
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December 6th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
even point and shoots could reach the summit of mt.Everest..at that high altitude. why not this expinsive cameras?
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Gusto Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Sure. Some point and shoot cameras are even waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof (e.g. Olympus Stylus 6010). You should be using those cameras, so why are still trolling around Canon DSLR sites?
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December 7th, 2009 at 3:16 am
That’s not a Canon that’s a Nikon baby!!!! It’s a Nikon!! It’s a….
Ok right, it is a Canon 7D.
awesome photo
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December 7th, 2009 at 3:31 am
This doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve used my 5DII in the pissing rain and sea spray recently in Cornwall. My camera and lenses got pretty much as wet, if not a little worse. Ive had no real issues other than the top LCD got a bit of condensation in it. One night on a radiator sorted that out, thankfully it was rain water and not sea water. Take a look at my blog for the piccys that i took
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December 7th, 2009 at 3:46 am
Did anyone else see that sea lion taking a bite out of his gitzo tripod leg in the bottom right of the frame on his web site? Its not just the harsh weather this guy needs to be wary of!
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December 7th, 2009 at 4:46 am
So did the carbon fiber tripod also survive the onslaught of the wild, rampaging seal? :)
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December 7th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Remind me never to buy gear from a professional.
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December 7th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Even though the 5d mkII can take a beating, I’d like to see 7D level weatherproofing on future cameras please. Just an extra feature that is extremely handy.
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Gareth Cooper Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
The 5DII and 7D have the same level of weather sealing. The 40D and 50D had less weather sealing than either the 5DII and 7D.
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What? Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
That’s not true. The 5D2 sealing is not the equivalent of the 7D sealing.
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Drew Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Actually, the 5D2 and 7D both claim weather sealing ~equivalent to the EOS 1N. The 5D2 white paper mentions the EOS 1N, and the DP Review in depth review for the 7D (white paper not out??) also mentions the EOS 1N. The renderings showing the weather sealing (both from DP Review) show some small differences, but they are quite similar.
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December 7th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I don’t mind risking a 7D, but the snow on that 300 2.8L gives me the shivers…
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December 7th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Forget the 7D, look at that sweet 300 2.8L IS all covered in snow :)
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