7DII No Wifi

[AcutancePhotography]

Does Canon still think they can make money selling an external radio transmitter?

There is your answer why the new 7d does not come with one.

Why sell the customer one product when you can sell them two?

 

[Marsu42]

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Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

I admit I find the built-in gps unexpectedly useful because it doesn't add bulk, uses little battery, is always there and you don't need to have a dedicated tracker and add the gps data in postprocessing. Sorting in LR with but map is very nice if all your shots are tagged.

However, I admit I don't quite understand Canon here: 6d with wifi+gps, 70d only with wifi, 7d only with gps?! Sounds like a typical Canon "crippling" product policy to gear up for the 5d4 which will of course feature both. On the other hand it really *could* because of the metal body, you never know with Canon...

You think an EyeFi card is going to perform better than the 6Ds internal WiFi?

EyeFi is a hack in comparison to the built-in wifi, even though Canon's implementation is mediocre at best: You need to set up a virtual access point to connect to the camera from a laptop. But you can remote-control the camera which might be very nice for wildlife shots (read: 7d2).

 

[whothafunk]

too each his own. i never, not once used wi-fi on my 70D, nor would i use gps. if DSLRs would come in different flavours (without GPS & Wi-Fi, only GPS, only Wi-Fi, with GPS & Wi-Fi), i would definitely buy the one without these two and save money.

 

[Old Sarge]

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Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

I admit I find the built-in gps unexpectedly useful because it doesn't add bulk, uses little battery, is always there and you don't need to have a dedicated tracker and add the gps data in postprocessing. Sorting in LR with but map is very nice if all your shots are tagged.

GPS and WiFi were/are not necessarily deal breakers for me. I actually would/will probably use the GPS more than WiFi thought I could see its usefulness. I already use the Canon GP-E2, primarily as a logger since I didn't like having to plug it in to the camera, and like having the data available. But your phrase, "uses little battery", got me to thinking. Could the built in GPS be the reason that the "estimated" number of exposures has dropped on the 7DII even though the battery is more powerful? What do you think?

 

[kdsand]

too each his own. i never, not once used wi-fi on my 70D, nor would i use gps. if DSLRs would come in different flavours (without GPS & Wi-Fi, only GPS, only Wi-Fi, with GPS & Wi-Fi), i would definitely buy the one without these two and save money.

I don't know.... Maybe Canon doesn't plan on this staying relavant for as many years as the 7D. The price dropped from volume of sales. No WiFi will cause some ppl to consider other options.

So far the rest of the hardware stats are sounding real good. It won't need to make me my morning coffee if it performs in every other way. Still want my coffee though. Yo someone bring me a cup of coffee.

 

[kdsand]

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Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

I admit I find the built-in gps unexpectedly useful because it doesn't add bulk, uses little battery, is always there and you don't need to have a dedicated tracker and add the gps data in postprocessing. Sorting in LR with but map is very nice if all your shots are tagged.

GPS and WiFi were/are not necessarily deal breakers for me. I actually would/will probably use the GPS more than WiFi thought I could see its usefulness. I already use the Canon GP-E2, primarily as a logger since I didn't like having to plug it in to the camera, and like having the data available. But your phrase, "uses little battery", got me to thinking. Could the built in GPS be the reason that the "estimated" number of exposures has dropped on the 7DII even though the battery is more powerful? What do you think?

On the power shots GPS is a noticeable drain. Should be expected though a radio/GPS drains any device that uses it. I just turn the GPS off as needed to conserve battery life. Though a power shots battery is a fraction of the 7DII.

 

[Marsu42]

Could the built in GPS be the reason that the "estimated" number of exposures has dropped on the 7DII even though the battery is more powerful? What do you think?

I very much doubt Canon would calculate in gps drain, much more likely the faster digic drains a lot of power - which would also be the reason why they felt a new battery was in order.

On the power shots GPS is a noticeable drain.

On full frame, gps esp. set to a medium interval has little drain in *relative* terms as the ff sensor makes the camera last much shorter than on crop. Probably on the powershots, this effect is even more prominent.

 

[greger]

I really think this and a swivel touch screen should be features of the 7Dll. I'm sticking with my 7D till one of us drops.

 

[kdsand]

PIXMA MG7520, MG6620, and MG5620 printers retail for $199.99, $149.99 and $99.99

The newest Canon printers will have WiFi & NFC so you can select pics on your android or camera & when you touch the printer with them your selected photos will print. Well most anything but your 7DII will print that is.

 

[DominoDude]

PIXMA MG7520, MG6620, and MG5620 printers retail for $199.99, $149.99 and $99.99

The newest Canon printers will have WiFi & NFC so you can select pics on your android or camera & when you touch the printer with them your selected photos will print. Well most anything but your 7DII will print that is.

I guess that if one manages to take 100% perfect shots in camera, and they are fine without any cropping or levelling of horizons and other slight modifications, then it would be ok to print as you suggest. However, I think that my printers would go nuts if I attempted to toss my RAW files at them, no matter how perfect...

 

[kdsand]

8) I'm blessed with bewildering perfection. My jpegs are worshiped near & far by primitives of our species.