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Reviewed by
mkaplan
, Intermediate
Price Paid
$2099.00
at Aden Camera Canada
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Other
Summary
This is the camera that many of us xxD users have been waiting for. It has a more professional feature set at a less than professional price. They have improved virtually everything over the xxD series. I personally owned the 10D, 20D, 40D and 50D... each being better than the last but this is not that equivalent of incremental upgrade. This is a new model which shows an advantage in every areas. It was well thought out and gives the majority of features that everyone wanted.
This is a new advanced model crop camera no matter what number of letters Canon decided to come up with. They probably called it the 7D because it is a more professional camera even than the 5D series except for final image quality which should always go to a FF camera yet the quality of the 7D photos are excellent and any difference cannot be realized unless printing at very large poster sizes which I never do which is why I love this camera. High ISO is excellent, new 100% viewfinder, fast accurate focus especially good for tracking Birds in Flight or cars racing around a track.
This is definitely the best crop camera out there.
This is a really great camera. I am really enjoying it. You think this camera has what you need then run to get it. It is well worth it. Is it perfect? No... There is no such thing as a perfect camera (perfect anything for that matter)... What it does offer you is a very full feature set, great quality all around for a reasonable price.
Strengths
Just some of the new features:
*18MP APS-C CMOS sensor: fine details and gives a lot of room to crop your image if needed.
*8 frames per second continuous shooting: gives you very fast capabilities to help you capture those moments that can pass by too easily, that great hit in a baseball game, or the great save in hockey or even to catch that smile from someone just turning away after saying goodbye...
*1080p HD video recording with manual controls: The best video options in any DSLR so far. It will not replace your camcorder as there are pro features which mean not a point and shoot video camera with auto focus. The quality of the video and the capabilities of using interchangeable lenses with adjustable Depth of Field are great.
*3.0 inch Clear View II LCD screen with 920,000 dots: Crystal clear high quality to review your shots and verify whether 100% focus was achieved as well as the ability to make many camera adjustments if you want to.
*19-point AF system (all cross-type): A new improved focus system, very versatile with many new setting to be able to get the camera to work the way you want. Also new focus zones and spot focus capabilities.
*1.0x magnification and 100% coverage viewfinder with Transmissive LCD screen: To be able to see everything that will be in your final image and not miss that little bit that was just outside the frame. Big easy to see, clear and with the new display for focus points (gotta love it showing you the points that have focus while in AIServo focus mode and following a bird in the sky.
*Wireless flash control: Now you don’t need an external flash controller for wireless flash control.
Environmental sealing: Better sealing for the bad weather shooting you might end up with.
*New metering: which include color and focus point information for more accurate metering
Wider selection of image parameters: like +-5 for exposure compensation that can be shifts +-8 stops
2 Digic4 Processors to give the camera the speed it needs to handle all this and yet push up to 16 18mp RAW file continuous shooting to the buffer/card (126 jpegs).
The list just goes on and on.
Weaknesses
None so far. Excellent
Similar Products Used
Canon 50D, 40D, 20D, 10D
Customer Service
Past experience with Canon customer service has been great.
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