EOS 7D II Specs Listed on KDrama Stars

[Steve Todd]

Don't know if this is legit, but here is what is on the Korean site:

http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/31309/20140801/canon-7d-mark-ii-release-date.htm

 

[Dylan777]

interesting... :

 

[2n10]

19 pt AF, 8FPS, 15 RAW, 126 JPEG are the same as the original 7D. Sounds like Canon has still kept some things quiet or made no improvement to these specs. Most likely no one knows on these yet.

 

[NancyP]

Meh. I hope they are wrong. Only 15 RAW buffer size, 8 FPS, so less than 2 seconds worth of buffer. Even my 60D does 16 to 17 RAWs at 5.5 fps. Surely Canon can do better, at least if they keep the MP down to 20 MP or below.

 

[2n10]

Forgot to add the 20MP sensor sounds like the 70D sensor.

 

[raptor3x]

This would be a bit disappointing.

 

[jrista]

19 pt AF, 8FPS, 15 RAW, 126 JPEG are the same as the original 7D. Sounds like Canon has still kept some things quiet or made no improvement to these specs. Most likely no one knows on these yet.

It should be doubly clarified that these are the specs of the ORIGINAL 7D. The 7D had a firmware update that actually improved the buffer depth on faster cards. My 7D gets up to around 30 frames before it drops speed. So I'm extremely skeptical of these specs...it just totally does not make any sense for the new 7D II to only be as good as the original pre-firmware-update 7D...that's just ludicrous.

 

[unfocused]

I'm pretty skeptical. If this article is correct, the newly designed, gripped version of the 7DII would weigh only two ounces more than the un-gripped 7DI.

 

[DominoDude]

I completely agree with jrista, and the rest of you that are sceptic. That buffer depth shows that it just has to be old data dressed up to draw traffic - mine takes at least 23 frames of RAW with the latest FW. BTW the site didn't respond when I tried to check it. (A 500 error - server side failure.)

 

[fragilesi]

I'm not going to read much into this, though interesting that they are also talking about the 7D Mk III already!

 

[Don Haines]

Yes.... after 5 years of intensive R+D, Canon is going to come out a 7D2 that is inferior to the 7D....

It is just a feeble attempt to draw traffic to the site.

move along....
nothing to see here....

 

[weixing]

Hi,

Forgot to add the 20MP sensor sounds like the 70D sensor.

I think 20MP for an APS-C sensor is a nice resolution... as long as the sensor high ISO performance is better than 70D by 1 stop, then I might change my 6D to 7D2.

Have a nice day.

 

[mackguyver]

I'm pretty skeptical. If this article is correct, the newly designed, gripped version of the 7DII would weigh only two ounces more than the un-gripped 7DI.

It sounded good right up until I read that it would have an integrated grip like the 1D X - that's where I called BS.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Don't know if this is legit, but here is what is on the Korean site:

http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/31309/20140801/canon-7d-mark-ii-release-date.htm

Not sure I believe it. Anyway, no mention of improved DR, no anything better about the sensor at all (sounds like the 70D sensor ) or 4k video or 1080p RAW video or anything. 19pt AF sounds more like the old 7D AF and the RAW buffer sounds VERY weak for a supposedly pro-APS-C (or even for a semi-pro).

Unless they are leaking just the boring stuff, I don't see how on earth it would take this long just to come out with this. I fear Nikon or whoever else would quickly blow this out of the water.

 

[Sporgon]

I really hope I'm proved right and the 7DII doesnt have a pop up flash. I just hate that nasty little bit of cheap plastic on a quality camera.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Meh. I hope they are wrong. Only 15 RAW buffer size, 8 FPS, so less than 2 seconds worth of buffer. Even my 60D does 16 to 17 RAWs at 5.5 fps. Surely Canon can do better, at least if they keep the MP down to 20 MP or below.

When you need lots of fps (typically for sports) then you also typically don't have the time to deal with raw processing on your laptop in order to get the image "in print" in the shortest amount of time.

Once upon a time, but many sports guys have been doing RAW for years now, sure not all even now, but many these days.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Yes.... after 5 years of intensive R+D, Canon is going to come out a 7D2 that is inferior to the 7D....

It is just a feeble attempt to draw traffic to the site.

move along....
nothing to see here....

I would think so, except Canon has been in such a mode of marketing doing such absurd crippling in this new Canon era that I could almost imagine them dropping the ball that badly.

But it sure does sound like a desperate grab of random silly rumors and old specs just to get hits. Even the way they start off by talking about how it will feature many new pro features such as WiFi to get things on Facebook instantly.

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

I really hope I'm proved right and the 7DII doesnt have a pop up flash. I just hate that nasty little bit of cheap plastic on a quality camera.

I really hope you are wrong!!
That little flash can be rather nice when you need a little flash out of the blue! DOn't knock.
It's mostly those who want to show their camera off and appear to be such cool 'real pros' who knock stuff like that.

 

[Sporgon]

I really hope I'm proved right and the 7DII doesnt have a pop up flash. I just hate that nasty little bit of cheap plastic on a quality camera.

I really hope you are wrong!!
It's mostly those who want to show their camera off and appear to be such cool 'real pros' who knock stuff like that.

I wish you'd been there when the pop up flash got snapped off my D200, but then you'd probably have been in nappies at that time judging by the above quote.

 

[Don Haines]

I really hope I'm proved right and the 7DII doesnt have a pop up flash. I just hate that nasty little bit of cheap plastic on a quality camera.

I really hope you are wrong!!
That little flash can be rather nice when you need a little flash out of the blue! DOn't knock.
It's mostly those who want to show their camera off and appear to be such cool 'real pros' who knock stuff like that.

When I am hiking or camping, I tend to leave my real flash at home.... The little toy pop-up flash has come in very useful at times....

And yes, they are delicate, but leave it down and you are fine.