Canon 7D Digital SLR Camera and 28-135MM Lens Bundle

The Canon 7D DSLR is suitable for all types of photography against a wide range of objectives for both full frame sensor or not.

The respondent contests on EOS 7D comfortably and provides a large number of controls to avoid using the menus. Some buttons require you to think outside the viewfinder to use them properly, but it takes less time than using the main menu.

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

The 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 as the internal stabilization, automatic correction of the horizon, resistance to cold, tropicalisation, and several other features. The D300 is half in terms of speed but not in terms of functions. The EOS 7D + also the only one of these to record video in 1080p HD.

Canon EOS 7D introduces a new series of machines from Canon. It is the latest top model with a sensor positioned 1.6 multiplication factor in cost between the model 50D and the full frame 5D Mark II. The Canon 7D adds numerous features not found thus far on machines outside the Canon 1D series: 100% coverage viewfinder and body waterproof. It ‘also the first Canon to have built a level indicating 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 video recording 1080p HDTV. The whole is enclosed in a durable waterproof body pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage.

Main features:

18-megapixel sensor to a factor 1.6 X

ISO values from 100 to 12800 in automatic and manual

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

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

3-bracketing mode images of 0.3 or 0.5 to 3 EV, depending on increases in exposure

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

Manual mode: PASM mode and bulb. Three custom modes may use any means of exposure.

Automatic mode: 6 presets, custom white balance and Kelvin

White balance bracketing 3 images

Auto focus system to 19 points

Focus point selection: automatic between all of them automatically in a group, manual selection of a single point

Focus modes: single shot, continuous, automatic and manual

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

Priority mode on the lights with high-value limits ISO 200 up to 6400

8 FPS continuous shooting at up to 126 images

Timers: 10 sec. and 2 sec., remote

JPEG, RAW (3 dimensions) and JPEG + RAW mode

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, contrast-detect autofocus or phase-difference

Possibility of correction of vignetting on the lens supported directly on the machine

The body of the 7D has the following characteristics:

100% viewfinder coverage

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

Viewable image tratime viewfinder and LCD

Image preview with magnification and histogram, brightness and RGB

Depth of field preview

Double-switch controls to effectively control every parameter

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

Quick Menu to change parameters directly on the display status

Multifunction Button Programmable

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

HDMI output connector for stereo microphone

Manually lighted display higher

Automatic dust-cleaning system on the sensor

Body tropicalized

Proprietary lithium-ion batteries

Compact Flash Memory

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