Amateur_Photographer_-_04_October_2019

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henit arrivedin 2009,the7DslottedintoCanon’s

lineupbetweentheEOS50Dandthefull-frameEOS

5DMarkII. Thissemi-proflagshipcameraanswered

whatmanyenthusiastswerecallingforat thetime

andpresenteda fasterperformancethanexistingAPS-Cmodelswitha

robustbuildqualityforlessthanit costto makethejumpto full-frame.

Insideitstoughmagnesiumalloybody,it hasan18MPAPS-CCMOS

sensorthatpairsupwithtwoDIGIC4 imageprocessors.Keyfeatures

include14-bitprocessing,19-pointallcross-typeAFsystem,8fpsburst

shooting,fixed3in,921k-dotscreenand100%viewfindercoverage.

Canon

EOS 7 D

Ataglance

£189-£284

bodyonly(viaMPB.com)*

●18MPAPS-CCMOSsensor

●ISO100-12,800(extended)

●100%viewfindercoverage

●3in,921k-dot fixed LCD screen

●820g

What wesaid

●‘TheCanonEOS7Dis a

significantimprovementover

theEOS50D.’

●‘It’sa goodchoiceforserious

sportsenthusiastsand

professionalswhocannotjustify

thepricetagof theEOS-1D

MarkIV,orthosewhodon’t

needa largersensor.’

●‘Whileat 820g(bodyonly)it is

a fairlyheavycamera,its

contouredshapeandrubberised

gripmaketheEOS7Dfeel

comfortable and safe to hold.’

Whattopay

The7Dcost£1,699whennew

in 2009.HeadtoMPB.comand

you’llcomeacrossexamplesin

‘excellent’usedconditionwitha

shuttercountbelow20,000

framesfor£284.Exampleswith

a highershuttercount(around

75,000)deemedtobein ‘good’

conditioncostslightlylessand

canbepickedupforaround

£229.Thecheapest7Don

MPB.comwasonein ‘WellUsed’

condition,pricedat £189witha

higher 120,000-shutter count.

Howit farestoday

The7Dremainedin Canon’s

lineupforfiveyearsbeforethe

EOS7DMarkII arrivedin 2014.

Althoughit’sa decadeold,the

original7Dremainswidelyused

bymanyphotographers.Its

Achilles’heelcomparedtomore

modernDSLRsis itsnoise

performanceat highISO.

WithoutDualPixelCMOSAF

technology,it’salsonoticeably

sluggishwhenfocusingin both

videoandliveview.

Newalternatives

TheEOS7DMarkII featuresa

20.2MPAPS-CCMOSsensor

witha broaderISOrange

(100-16,000)that’sexpandable

to51,200.Capableof shooting

at upto10fps,it hasa 65-point

autofocussystemwithDualPixel

CMOSAF,offeringa much

improvedvideoandliveview

autofocusperformance.It also

presentssilentshootingmodes

anda 3in,1,040k-dotscreen,

thoughit’snottouch sensitive.

GOLD

SECOND-HAND CLASSIC

Itoriginallycost£1,699.Todayitcan

besnappedupforunder£300in

excellent second-hand condition

USED CAMERAS Testbench

Thebodyis weather-sealedandit acceptsthewidely

used LP-E6 battery, offering a healthy 1,000-shot life

See over to find out what Canon EOS 7D owners have to say

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+Excellentergonomics

+Durableweather-sealedbody

+100%viewfinderframecoverage

• NophasedetectionAFin liveview


• Nobuilt-inWi-Fi/Bluetooth
  connectivity


• SingleSDcardslot


• 150,000shutterlifeexpectancyis
  lower than many of today’s cameras

For and against

FullHDvideorecordingis

available at 24/25/30fps

*ALL PRICES WERE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF WRITING