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Great price, great camera!
on March 8, 2013
Posted by: miguel23
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from Texas
The Canon EOS 7D is Canon's semi-pro / enthusiast digital crop sensor SLR. It's a terrific SLR that shines in photo quality, control placement, speed, and viewfinder size and coverage.
First, let me tell you a little about myself so you can gauge what my expectations for the camera are. I'm strictly a hobbyist photographer and use my camera a couple of times a month at museums, outdoor parks, and vacations. Besides photos of my dog, my photography consists primarily of static subjects. This is my second SLR.
Enough of me, onto the camera. The 7D is a fairly bulky SLR and dwarfs "entry level" models such as the Olympus E-510 (see my photos), though it's no bigger than Nikon's D300s. With that said, it's not uncomfortably large and is easy enough to carry around all day. Build quality is terrific and the camera has a solid, luxury feel to it. The 7D fits very well into my average sized hands and, with the kit 28-135 lens, is nicely balanced. All the buttons are easy to reach and, if you've used a Canon camera before, easy to figure out. The magnesium body is sealed against moisture and dust. The shutter button is well placed and has a nicely defined halfway point. A control dial is on the back of the camera and behind the shutter button too. There is also a joystick-like toggle on the back of the camera as well.
A large (3") and high-resolution (920,000 pixel) screen is on the camera back with a secondary status LCD display on the top (with backlight). The screen is a pleasure to use when reviewing images for focus, and when manually focusing in magnified live view mode.
Photo quality is terrific. There are various Picture Styles you can choose to alter the contrast, sharpness, color tone, and saturation of the photos. At any rate, 99% of the time, colors are natural, exposure is accurate, and dynamic range is great. At this level of camera, that's expected though. What I really love about the 7D is the high ISO noise, or lack thereof. The luxury of feeling confident while shooting at high ISO is priceless. I've taken a good number of shots as high as ISO 3200 and have no complaints. Of course there is a bit of noise, and the mushiness that noise reduction brings, but for an 18 MP image at ISO 3200, I have no complaints. The ISO speeds above 3200 are OK as well, but I'll reserve those for emergency use only, they get fairly processed looking. (Updating this section a bit: Since the 7D is over 3 years old at this point its high ISO shooting is not as good as it once was relative to the competition. I have a Canon G1 X and the Fuji X100 and they both do a bit better at ISO 1600 and higher. Having said that I doubt anyone would complain about the 7D's high ISO results, but you should be aware that sensor technology has gotten better since the 7D was introduced.) The relatively large APS-C sensor not only allows for low noise, but also allows me to produce nicely blurred backgrounds and great depth of field. I couldn't achieve the same degree of that effect with the smaller 4/3 sensor in the Olympus, and I certainly couldn't do it with my point and shoot cameras unless I was in macro mode. There is an Auto Lighting Optimizer feature that attempts to correct photos that are hard to correctly expose (e.g. big difference between shadows or highlights in a scene). It works well for the most part, but, depending on the subject, the differences are very subtle. There is also an image highlight tone priority option available in the menu system that limits the lowest ISO setting to 200 and helps preserve highlights a bit, but it too, is subtle.
What's great about it: Every thing and many features!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This camera is AMAZING
on March 17, 2010
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from Waterloo, IA
I am NOT a professional photographer. Before this purchase I always had "point and shoot" digital cameras. My wife and I wanted to "step up" the quality and control of our pictures (i.e. kids, sports events, cool sunsets, etc.) The size makes it a little cumbersome to take everywhere but I solved that problem by getting a backpack for DSLR cameras. The picture quality is unbelievable! Everything is so clear and crisp. Changing functions to create different effects is easy and creates some really cool shots.
If you are buying this camera, do yourself a favor and read the book while the battery charges. Once you get the general terminoligy and symbols down it's much easier. After I did that, I just started taking pictures of the same thing while changing settings to see what the effect was on the picture.
There are 2 auto settings that adjust for lighting, flash, focus, etc. that work great. So don't feel that you can't take pictures until you master the owners manual. The auto settings are great for right out of the box shooting.
Also this camera (unless bought in the package) you need to buy a compact flash card for picture storage. I bought the SanDisk Extreme Pro 32 GB & 90MB/s card. This thing is a MONSTER!!!! I had 1,000 pictures on there and the display stil read "999" pictures left. From what I've read (after buying this card) is that the capacity on this 32 GB card is around 7,000 picutres!!!!
Summary: This is the best, most fun camera my wife and I have owned.
What's great about it: Fast start up, auto focus, Video
What's not so great: Price can take some out of this market.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Great Camera
on September 9, 2010
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from Fort Wayne
What's not to love about this camera. I even like the smaller sensor for the photographs I take. I did have a problem with the IS on the kit lens but Best Buy authorized a complete replacement. I have purchased that same kit lens (28-135) for two other family members and have had no problems with either of those.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Simply Beautiful
on April 4, 2012
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I finally decided to buy a high end camera so I could pursue my love of photography and my grandkids. The best money I have ever spent. I love this camera, a bit difficult for me to figure out how to use the picture software. The photos of my grandkids running and throwing snowballs are crystal clear and beautiful. A bit of a learning curve with the camera but well worth the money.
What's great about it: Sharp clear photos,
What's not so great: bit of a learning curve
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Great camera
on November 30, 2009
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I'm using this primarily as a video camera, secondarily as a still camera. The video quality is truly astounding, giving a warm, film-like look to everything I shoot. The exposure control and short depth of field ability of a DSLR in shooting video is superb. Being able to shoot high quality stills in-between video is also great. The video look and quality blows away the high-end, Panasonic pro video cameras we use. I can't overstate how great the video looks off this camera, it's truly amazing.
For video, there's a few downsides you have to be aware of though.
This is a still camera that happens to shoot incredible video. The zoom ability of most DSLR lenses doesn't provide anywhere near the smooth movement in pro video cameras. It also doesn't have all the same convenient video controls handy, found on high end pro video cameras. Most controls require digging through the menu system. For me, this is more an inconvenience than a deal-breaker.
For high quality video with audio, audio recording capability is poor on the 7D. There's a single 1/8 audio input jack. No audio monitor output (a big drawback). And the 7D only provides auto level audio control. For quality video/audio recording, this simply won't do. There's rumor a firmware update is coming allowing audio level control. For now, to get decent audio when shooting video with the 7D, you'll need to consider recording it separately (Zoom's H4n is good), or using a phantom audio device. You'll definitely want a separate mic for all audio recording, as the on-camera mic is poor.
The camera is well built, and somewhat hefty. It feels solid and sturdy. For any kind of extended video shooting, you'll want to use a tripod or monopod, as the camera can get heavy holding out in front of you.
Overall, this is a fantastic camera for shooting both still and video. As long as you compensate for it's shortcomings (like, audio), should serve you well.
What's great about it: Amazing film quality video, superb stills
What's not so great: Audio is poor, no audio level control
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Canon 7D offers improvements over earlier models
on March 13, 2011
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I have been disappointed at times with my 30D. The multiple frames per second has not caught all the action shots I want and the pictures are at times flat and lacking in contrast requiring editing. The 7D is lightning fast on the multiple frames feature and the photos so far offer better contrast.
What's great about it: multiple frames
What's not so great: not light weight and limited use of back viewer screen for low angle shots unless you are on the ground
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Worth extra $$ over T2i
on May 20, 2010
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from Wisconsin
Spent many days going back and forth between 7D and T2i and finally made the right choice with 7D. With better build quality, better handling, ultra fast focussing (dual digit-4 processors and 19-point AF), better battery life, more functions at finger tips, this camera is a better value than T2i. The quality of HD movies is excellent. I find it more convinient to shoot movies in Manual mode (M) and manual focussing. 36-month 0% financing made it easy on pocket as well. Overall, excellent value.
What's great about it: Fast focussing
What's not so great: A bit heavy but balanced
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Incredible camera, horrible lens
on July 4, 2012
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from Tampa, FL
I am new to the DSLR world and it's taken me a bit of getting used to but now I LOVE it. I am using this camera to mainly do videography and I purchased an external microphone which has helped a lot and I also purchased a Tokina 11-16mm lens. My biggest frustration was the lens that the camera came with, I take photos for real estate and when I went to a property this lens wasn't able to capture even half of the room which is why I picked up the Tokina. I know I haven't even scratched the surface of all this camera is capable of but I am very happy so far.
What's great about it: The body
What's not so great: The lens
I would recommend this to a friend!
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