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<p>The Canon EOS 7D Mark II digital SLR camera is designed to meet the demands of photographers and videographers who want a camera that can provide a wide range of artistic opportunities. With a winning combination of cutting-edge operations and a robust, ergonomic design, it is optimized to make even the most challenging photography simple and easy. The EOS 7D Mark II features a refined APS-C sized 20.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor with Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors for gorgeous imagery. It shoots up to 10 frames per second at ISOs ranging from 100–16000 (expandable to H1: 25600, H2: 51200), has a 65-point* all cross-type AF system and features Canon’s amazing Dual Pixel CMOS AF for brilliant Live-View AF. It has dual card slots for both CF and SD cards, USB 3.0 connectivity and even has built-in GPS** for easy location tagging, automatically. Compatible with an ever-expanding collection of EF and EF-S lenses plus a host of EOS accessories, the EOS 7D Mark II is an ideal tool for creative and ambitious photography.</p>
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<p><strong>Canon EOS 7D Mark II Features</strong></p>
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<li>20.2 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and ISO 100–16000 (expandable to H1: 25600, H2: 51200) for reduced noise at high ISOs and high performance Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors for outstanding image quality and processing speed.</li>
<li>High speed continuous shooting up to 10.0 fps allows you to capture fast action.</li>
<li>65-point* all cross-type AF system for high-performance, accurate subject tracking with EV -3 sensitivity (center point) for focusing in extreme low-light conditions.</li>
<li>Canon’s innovative Dual Pixel CMOS AF enables you to shoot video like a camcorder with smooth, fast, and accurate autofocus and lets you enjoy instant and precise autofocus even when shooting stills.</li>
<li>Stunning Full HD video with Custom Movie Servo AF (speed and sensitivity) for continuous focus tracking of moving subjects, multiple frame rates including Full HD recording at 60p in MOV and MP4 formats and uncompressed HDMI out.</li>
<li>Intelligent Viewfinder II provides approximately 100% field of view for shooting ease.</li>
<li>Improved custom controls and built-in intervalometer and bulb timer for expanded creativity.</li>
<li>Magnesium alloy body with shutter durability up to 200,000 cycles and enhanced dust and weather resistance.</li>
<li>EOS Scene Detection System features a new 150,000-pixel/RGB+IR metering sensor for improved precision.</li>
<li>Built-in GPS** Receiver provides a digital compass, records location information (longitude, latitude, elevation and universal coordinated time (UTC)) as EXIF information for geotagging images when shooting.</li>
<li>3.0-inch Clear View II LCD monitor (approximately 1,040,000 dots) for bright and clear viewing.</li>
<li>Additional Features</li>
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<p><strong>20.2 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and ISO 100–16000</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II has a newly designed 20.2 Megapixel sensor that delivers high-resolution image files with stunning detail and impressive clarity. Optimized for low-light shooting, the EOS 7D Mark II’s sensor captures images at up to ISO 16000 (expandable to H1: 25600, H2: 51200) with remarkably low noise, thanks to its improved, higher sensitivity design. Phenomenal for stills, the EOS 7D Mark II’s sensor is equally up to the task for movies, delivering Full HD capture even at rates of up to 60p.</p>
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<p><strong>Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II’s sensor works seamlessly with its Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors for advanced image processing across the board. These image processors help the EOS 7D Mark II capture up to 1090 JPEG, 31 RAW, and 19 RAW + JPEG shots in a single burst for amazing action photography. Further, they enable the camera’s powerful image processing on-the-fly: lens aberration, variances in peripheral illumination and image distortion can all be corrected in real time thanks to the EOS 7D Mark II’s Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors.</p>
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<p><strong>High speed continuous shooting up to 10.0 fps allows you to capture fast action</strong>

With a new, rugged shutter designed for 200,000 cycles, the EOS 7D Mark II can shoot up to 10 frames per second to capture all the action. With super quick AF and exposure systems complementing the shutter’s 55 msec shutter release time lag, the EOS 7D Mark II is tailored to meet and even exceed the speed of the action. Refined mechanics like a newly designed, more efficient shutter-drive motor and a vibration dampened mirror drive mean impressive performance for high caliber image quality, fast.</p>
<p><strong>Sophisticated Mirror Control System</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II camera employs an advanced mirror vibration control technology that enables the camera to support its speedy, continuous shooting capabilities while ensuring great image quality. The system uses a motor to help reduce the vibrations caused by high-speed shooting. By reducing the vibrations, the camera can achieve accurate and precise autofocus to provide steady and clear action shots at up to 10.0 frames per second.</p>
<p><strong>65-point* all cross-type AF system for high-performance, accurate subject tracking with EV -3 sensitivity (center point) for </strong><strong>focusing in extreme low-light conditions</strong>

An EOS first, the EOS 7D Mark II features 65 all cross-type AF points* for high precision AF at remarkable speed. Cross-type AF points ensure stable AF that is not influenced by the subject’s shape or color. On the EOS 7D Mark II, the AF points are spread over a wide area of the frame, enabling faster AF, wherever the subject lies. With a central dual cross-type AF point of f/2.8, AF is enhanced with lenses faster than f/2.8. And thanks to this new system, AF is possible even in dim lighting as low as EV-3.</p>
<p><strong>Canon’s innovative Dual Pixel CMOS AF enables you to shoot video like a camcorder with smooth, fast, and accurate autofocus </strong><strong>and lets you enjoy instant and precise autofocus even when shooting stills </strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II features Canon’s revolutionary Dual Pixel CMOS AF, a milestone in AF speed and accuracy that unlocks the potential of Live View shooting. This advanced technology has truly changed what is possible with a DSLR camera. Dual Pixel CMOS AF involves a sophisticated rethinking of the CMOS sensor. Traditionally, image sensors have one photodiode per pixel for recording, but the CMOS sensor on the EOS 7D Mark II has two photodiodes per pixel, 40 million in total, enabling each pixel on the sensor to both perform phase-difference detection autofocus and capture light. With phase-difference detection AF, autofocus is achieved quickly and easily on the camera. This unique AF system enables autofocus on approximately 80% of the image plane, vertically and horizontally, and helps ensure virtually no loss in image quality.</p>
<p><strong>Stunning Full HD video with custom Movie Servo AF (speed and sensitivity) for continuous focus tracking of moving subjects, </strong>

<strong>multiple frame rates including Full HD recording at 60p in MOV and MP4 formats and uncompressed HDMI out</strong>

While offering performance improvements across the board for still photography, the EOS 7D Mark II is also an incredibly capable HD movie camera. Taking advantage of its Dual Pixel CMOS AF capabilities, the EOS 7D Mark II has customizable Movie Servo AF options: not only can AF location be defined, AF speed and tracking intervals can be specified too, for fluid, smooth focus transitions. The EOS 7D Mark II delivers refined and detailed image quality with Full HD 60P recording at ISO values up to 16000, has an HDMI output and records to both SD and CF cards for versatility and security during important shoots.</p>
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<p><strong>Intelligent Viewfinder II provides approximately 100% field of view for shooting ease</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II’s Intelligent Viewfinder II makes it easy to both shoot, change and confirm camera settings and shooting modes all without looking away from the viewfinder. Displaying approximately 100% of the composition, the viewfinder can show settings like shooting mode, exposure level, white balance, drive mode, AF operation, metering mode, recording format, even an electronic level and more. All of this information can be displayed by or superimposed easily over the image for review while shooting, and multiple views are customizable through the EOS 7D Mark II’s simple user interface.</p>
<p><strong>Improved custom controls and built-in intervalometer and bulb timer for expanded creativity</strong>

An EOS first, the EOS 7D Mark II offers time-lapse fixed-point shooting and long exposures without the need for a remote control. The EOS 7D Mark II’s interval timer takes from 1 to 99 shots at preselected intervals, ideal for shooting flowers as they bloom or clouds drifting through the sky. Its built-in bulb timer keeps the shutter open for a designated amount of time, perfect for night photography, or to capture the flow of traffic on a street corner.</p>
<p><strong>Magnesium alloy body with shutter durability up to 200,000 cycles and enhanced dust and weather resistance</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II is constructed of the highest quality materials, and to exacting standards that ensure unfettered performance at all times. For example, the shutter can shoot at speeds up to 1/8000 sec. for up to 200,000 cycles, the chassis is built of lightweight and rigid magnesium, and the camera’s seals are built to resist water and dust. This combination makes the EOS 7D Mark II ready for almost anything.</p>
<p><strong>EOS Scene Detection System features a new 150,000-pixel RGB+IR Metering Sensor for improved precision</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II has an amazing iSA Intelligent Subject Analysis system that employs an independent RGB light sensor with approximately 150,000-pixel resolution. This sensor enables Canon’s intelligent Tracking and Recognition system (iTR AF) that detects and tracks subjects, automatically switching the AF point to optimize tracking. With new tracking algorithms tailored to recognize faces and colors, this system serves as a brilliant foundation to the EOS 7D Mark II’s AF system.</p>
<p><strong>Anti-flicker shooting</strong>

The EOS 7D Mark II features a new flicker detection system that not only alerts the user in the viewfinder, but with the camera’s Anti-Flicker Shooting function can compensate for flickering light sources, taking shots only at peak light volume. This feature is useful for minimizing disparities in color and exposure, especially during continuous shooting in sub-optimal lighting situations.</p>
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Anti-flicker shooting

The EOS 7D Mark II features a new flicker detection system that not only alerts the user in the viewfinder, but with the camera’s Anti-Flicker Shooting function can compensate for flickering light sources, taking shots only at peak light volume. This feature is useful for minimizing disparities in color and exposure, especially during continuous shooting in sub-optimal lighting situations.</p>

I find this super interesting as this is a huge problem for me when shooting indoor sports in really awful lighting. I hope to see this feature on the next 5D model.

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v The EOS 7D Mark II is compatible with the optional WFT-E7A Version 2 Wireless File Transmitter.
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So maybe Canon will release a new wireless transmitter that doesn't suck so much.
 
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<p>The Canon EOS 7D Mark II digital SLR camera is designed to meet the demands of photographers and videographers who want a camera that can provide a wide range of artistic opportunities. With a winning combination of cutting-edge operations and a robust, ergonomic design, it is optimized to make even the most challenging photography simple and easy. The EOS 7D Mark II features a refined APS-C sized 20.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor with Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors for gorgeous imagery. It shoots up to 10 frames per second at ISOs ranging from 100–16000 (expandable to H1: 25600, H2: 51200), has a 65-point* all cross-type AF system and features Canon’s amazing Dual Pixel CMOS AF for brilliant Live-View AF. It has dual card slots for both CF and SD cards, USB 3.0 connectivity and even has built-in GPS** for easy location tagging, automatically. Compatible with an ever-expanding collection of EF and EF-S lenses plus a host of EOS accessories, the EOS 7D Mark II is an ideal tool for creative and ambitious photography.</p>

I started this page at wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_7D_Mark_II

Feel free to extend and improve it but please don't copy copyrighted material into it!
 
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That camera is exactly what the the 7D was 5 years ago. A solid action camera, standing above all other APS-C DSLR cameras! :D I believe this will truly be a worthy successor to the legendary 7D. And for 1800$ that is absolutely great!!! This will find its way into the bags of many serious amateurs and pros as well! I'm really tempted to buy one for myself, especially because of the AF... :)
 
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Sorry, I missed seeing any adjective like 'new' regarding the sensor. Can anyone point that out to me pls?

The EOS 7D Mark II has a newly designed 20.2 Megapixel sensor that delivers high-resolution image files with stunning detail and impressive clarity. Optimized for low-light shooting, the EOS 7D Mark II’s sensor captures images at up to ISO 16000 (expandable to H1: 25600, H2: 51200) with remarkably low noise, thanks to its improved, higher sensitivity design. Phenomenal for stills, the EOS 7D Mark II’s sensor is equally up to the task for movies, delivering Full HD capture even at rates of up to 60p.

That could mean anything designed earlier. It does not mention that this camera has a new sensor. Would I be correct in my assumption?
 
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ajfotofilmagem said:
Sounds like a great camera. :D Aside from the "new" sensor that can be the same as 70D. ::)

"EOS 7D Mark II features a refined APS-C sized 20.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor with Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors"

Presumably it's the same basic design, with minor revisions. It's likely to be slightly better than the 70D, if at all. There may have been significant re-engineering needed to allow higher-speed readout.

Remember, folks, this is an optimized sports/bird camera. It's not optimized for studio or landscape.
 
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Some of the random snippets I'm seeing is that the sensor is "new" in that it might have tweaked microlenses, probably the AA filter again, etc. I don't think the basic design of the electronics would have changed much though, which is what a lot of us were talking about with read noise and so on. Sounds like it'll improve on the "crispness" of the 70D pics which I find are slightly improved on the older 7D/18MP sensor (I'd say my experience follows Brian's testing at TDP with 7D vs EOS-M vs 70D). That said, I already find my 70D compared quite well in that particular area of image quality.
 
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Wow, image buffer is improved over the already excellent 7D. 1090 JPEG/Large, 31 RAW, 19 RAW+JPEG/L.


20.2 Megapixel CMOS Sensor
Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors
The EOS 7D Mark II’s 20.2 Megapixel sensor works seamlessly with a pair of
DIGIC 6 Image Processors for supercharged processing across the board. These
Dual DIGIC 6 Image Processors help the EOS 7D Mark II capture up to 1090 JPEG/LARGE,
31 RAW, and 19 RAW+JPEG shots* in a single burst for detailed action photography.
They also enable the camera’s powerful image processing on-the-fly:
lens aberration, variances in peripheral illumination, and image distortion
can all be corrected in real time.
*Figures apply to a UDMA mode 7, CF card based on Canon's testing standards.
 
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