Canon EOS 7D Review – Main Features, Features Council

by on January 31, 2010

Canon 7D digital SLR is suitable for all types of photography in a wide range of targets, both for full-frame sensor or not.

The competitions of the survey for the EOS 7D comfort and offers a number of controls to avoid using the menus. Some buttons require thinking outside the viewfinder to use them properly, but it takes less time than the main menu.

In terms of performance, the EOS 7D shows some very interesting aspects, including the images of low noise, excellent definition, fast autofocus, shutter speed. The weak point is the thoroughness of the exposure and color JPEG files. See full review for more details.

Competition is reduced because only the Pentax K-7 and the Nikon D300 offers the same features. The Q7 is the fastest among them, while the K-7 is the richest in terms of functionality and internal stabilization, automatic correction of the horizon, the resistance to cold tropicalise, and many other features. The D300 is the middle in terms of speed but not in terms of functions. The EOS 7D + also the only one of these for recording video in high definition 1080p.

Canon EOS 7D presents a new series of machines from Canon. It is the latest top model with a position sensor 1.6 multiplication factor in the cost between the model 50D and 5D Mark II full frame. The Canon 7D adds many features not found so far on machines outside the Canon 1D series: 100% coverage viewfinder and waterproof body. It is also the first Canon to have built a level indicator of the slope.

The 7D is based on a 18-megapixel sensor, capable of values between 100 and ISO 12800, 8 fps in continuous shooting mode and recording 1080p HDTV. The whole body is enclosed in a waterproof resistant pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage.

Main features:

18-megapixel sensor to a factor of 1.6 X

ISO values from 100 to 12,800 in automatic and manual

Shutter speeds from 1 / 8000 sec. to 30 sec. more ways to bulb

Exposure compensation: -5 .. +5 EV, 1 / 2 or increments of 1 / 3

3-mode brackets images of 0.3 or 0.5 to 3 EV, based on increases in exposure

Metering modes: Evaluative, Partial (9%), in situ (2.3%) and Center-weighted average

Manual mode: PASM mode and bulb. Three custom modes can use any form of exposure.

Automatic mode: 6 presets, custom white balance and Kelvin

White balance bracketing 3 images

AF system, 19 points

Focus point selection: Automatic between them automatically in a group, the manual selection of a single point

Focus modes: single shot, continuous, automatic and manual

The imaging parameters: definition, saturation, contrast and tone, each with 8 values

Priority Mode lamps with high value limits of ISO 200 to 6400

8 fps continuous shooting up to 126 images

Timers: 10 sec.and 2 sec., distance

JPEG, RAW (3 dimensions) and RAW + JPEG

1920 x 1080 at 30/25/24 FPS (1080p) HD 16:9

1280 x 720 at 60 or 50 fps (720p) HD 16:9

640 x 480 at 60 or 50 fps (480p) 4:3

Mono sound with internal microphone, external stereo

Live View with face detection, autofocus detection phase contrast or difference

Possibility of correction of the bullet in the lens supported on the machine

The body of the 7D has the following characteristics:

A 100% coverage viewfinder

3 "LCD with 921K pixels and 160 degree side view

Tratime viewable image viewer and LCD

Image preview with magnification and histogram, brightness and RGB

Depth of field preview

Dual switch control for effective control of all parameters

Auto-Exposure-Lock (AEL) and Auto-Focus-Start (AF-ON)

Quick Menu to change settings directly in the display status

Multifunction programmable button

Built-in flash, sliding door and for external flash synchronization

HDMI output connector for stereo microphone

Manual screen on top

Automatic dust cleaning system in the sensor

Council tropicalized

Proprietary lithium-ion

Compact Flash

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