DPReview has completed their review of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II and it's extremely positive. They make a special effort to stress this camera is not an incremental update to the original EOS 7D.
From the review
“It would be easy to write off the EOS 7D Mark II as just an incremental upgrade to the original 7D, but that would be a serious mistake. The two cameras may share the number 7 and the letter D on their bodies, but inside they are very different machines.
With the 7D II Canon is putting a stake in the ground that it is committed to the crop sensor market. Although it will likely be seen as an aspirational camera for novices, or an upgrade path to people using more consumer oriented crop sensor bodies from Canon, the 7D II is unquestionably a pro camera. It's built like a tank, has the control layout of a 5D Mark III and an autofocus system to compete with the 1D X.
Canon has added lots of tools to the Mark II, but one deserves special mention. Dual-Pixel autofocus may be one of the most important, and yet under-appreciated, technologies introduced to digital cameras in a long time. It's significant that Canon now includes this technology on their Cinema EOS cameras. Canon still seems to be dialing in the optimal implementation for the technology, but it will be exciting to see how it evolves.”
Read the full review | EOS 7D Mark II in stock $1799: B&H Photo | Amazon
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