Canon 7D Mark II Owners first thoughts

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Craig Burrows MBE

Sep 24, 2014
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This time tomorrow (5pm GMT) I will have the 7D Mark II in my hands, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for 7D Mark II owners (okay I am starting this to distract myself from the wait as well).

What do you like? What do you dislike?
What would you add or subtract?
What will be your primary use for the camera?
Any photographic examples?
Or if you wish a picture of you with your 7D Mark II

;D
 
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Got mine already.....battery on charge.

Craig Burrows said:
This time tomorrow (5pm GMT) I will have the 7D Mark II in my hands, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for 7D Mark II owners (okay I am starting this to distract myself from the wait as well).

What do you like? What do you dislike?
What would you add or subtract?
What will be your primary use for the camera?
Any photographic examples?
Or if you wish a picture of you with your 7D Mark II

;D
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canon1dxman said:
Got mine already.....battery on charge.

Craig Burrows said:
This time tomorrow (5pm GMT) I will have the 7D Mark II in my hands, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for 7D Mark II owners (okay I am starting this to distract myself from the wait as well).

What do you like? What do you dislike?
What would you add or subtract?
What will be your primary use for the camera?
Any photographic examples?
Or if you wish a picture of you with your 7D Mark II

;D
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Congrats, first delivery I've heard of. Interested in hearing about your experience, particularly with high ISO shots.
 
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Northbird said:
canon1dxman said:
Got mine already.....battery on charge.

Craig Burrows said:
This time tomorrow (5pm GMT) I will have the 7D Mark II in my hands, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for 7D Mark II owners (okay I am starting this to distract myself from the wait as well).

What do you like? What do you dislike?
What would you add or subtract?
What will be your primary use for the camera?
Any photographic examples?
Or if you wish a picture of you with your 7D Mark II

;D
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Congrats, first delivery I've heard of. Interested in hearing about your experience, particularly with high ISO shots.

I picked it up from a dealer today but was told that I mustn't post any images etc until 30th but, you never know...
They had a few in stock but all spoken for.

I am really keen to see how the high ISO performs too. Will be in use on Sunday for certain snapping beautiful Red Squirrels but if I pluck up courage to post something before hand, this will be the only place that I will do so.

Have to respect the dealer for future deals of course. Excited? You bet!
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QUOTE: "I picked it up from a dealer today but was told that I mustn't post any images etc until 30th"

What? no posting images - is it a felony if you do? :) :)


Far as charging -- any LP-E6 will work, the new battery is backward compatible, and a standard LP-E6 will work as well if you have one. The new LP-E6n battery is supposed to be 'stronger', but when you read the specs, it's like a few percent longer, not a lot ... and about $20 more expensive at B&H and Adorama -- some other places (Canon) list it higher, as much as $99. Old = 1800 ... New = 1846 (?) or something - didn't look it up again.

I'd expect the older model to last just fine, unless one runs a lot of video -- but for stills, should run you all day unless you 10 fsp all over the place ...
 
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monkey44 said:
QUOTE: "I picked it up from a dealer today but was told that I mustn't post any images etc until 30th"

What? no posting images - is it a felony if you do? :) :)


Far as charging -- any LP-E6 will work, the new battery is backward compatible, and a standard LP-E6 will work as well if you have one. The new LP-E6n battery is supposed to be 'stronger', but when you read the specs, it's like a few percent longer, not a lot ... and about $20 more expensive at B&H and Adorama -- some other places (Canon) list it higher, as much as $99. Old = 1800 ... New = 1846 (?) or something - didn't look it up again.

I'd expect the older model to last just fine, unless one runs a lot of video -- but for stills, should run you all day unless you 10 fsp all over the place ...
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Let's see what happens in the daylight tomorrow ;D
 
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canon1dxman said:
zim said:
canon1dxman said:
Got mine already.....battery on charge.
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Is it charged yet ;D
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Yes but it's pitch black in the UK and there are limits to the high ISO performance ;D
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Don't you have light switches in the UK? Here in the USA we can turn on lights and I would be looking for a fly or spider on the wall or anything to try it out on.
 
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Yeah - if I had it sitting on my table, I'd sure turn on a light, hook up a flash, light a match ... but it would NOT be idle for that first few minutes.

When my 7D arrived (a while ago) the first thing I shot was the ceiling fan -- and a few paintings on the wall because -- like the UK (Unlike Alaska) -- it gets dark at night here in Florida too.
 
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