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Canon - EOS 7D DSLR Camera (Body Only) - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
Rating breakdown 413 reviews
5 Stars
318
4 Stars
49
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
15
1 Star
13
89%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Canon - EOS 7D DSLR Camera (Body Only) - Black
Customer Rating
2
Only 1 Hr use
on October 4, 2009
Posted by: 20D-30D-40D-7D
Just charged the battery and fired it up. In default mode the auto focusing with 70-200 F4L IS was.... much to my shock.... terrible. Initially using a tripod at ISO 400, F4, 200mm, 1/125 I photographed a stationary car and 2/6 shots chose the car, centered in the frame, and the others were randomly focused on the gray featurless pavement distributed around the car. Very confusing.
Next attempted to use AI focus and AI servo mode to photograph cars pulling out of a parking lot and 25% of the images were sharp. ISO was 800 to allow a shutter speed of 1/500 and image stabalization was engaged. Noise was clearly visible with more chroma than luminance.
After setting the focus point group to the central area performance improved. How much was hard to tell as the light was fading. ISO increased to 1600 and there was a lot of noise.
Indoors with the flash and using 17-40 F4L noise subjectively appeared slightly higher than my 40D with the same lens and settings. Resolution was greater once sufficient sharpening was added after down loading the raw images.
As a Canon enthusiast and supporter I sincerely hope this performance is user error and not the 7D's true performance..... if it is it will have to go back.
Pros: Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, quiet, Quick Start-up time, Solid Operation, easy to use, Lightweight/Portable
Cons: Poor image quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
2
Poor image quality
on May 8, 2010
Posted by: Sander
from Wisconsin
I like this camera’s size and feel; I also like the Quick control screen, 100% viewfinder, external flash control and a lot of the other options this camera has like the 8fps. What I don’t like is some of the camera’s options, like Live View, with such a nice 100% viewfinder why would you use Live View, I wish this had a seperate button for Mirror lock-up instead of Raw/Jpeg, I don’t like the sensor in this camera, in mine at least, there is a lot of noise on anything ISO 400 or higher, I don’t like the focusing in this camera, it has a great looking AF system but it doesn’t work right, it might not be the AF systems fault totally because I get the same affect when shooting in manual focusing, this camera shoots very soft pictures, I thought with the new AF system this camera would be tack sharp but by only using the central point spot focus I get about 95 - 98% of my pictures poorly focused (Soft) and unusable. I’ve tried setting up the microadjustment for each of my lenses, 2 of which are ”L” series lenses but this doesn’t help either because after you adjust them and take a couple of pictures and check them again they are all out of adjustment. Canon you have to fix this problem and forget the Megapixel race, I would rather have great pictures of 12-14 megapixels than unusable pictures of 18 megapixels. I will be sending this camera back for adjustment or repair this should not happen.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Missing features/settings, Poor image quality, noisy
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
2
Has Noise and Focus Issues
on March 19, 2012
Posted by: Joshua
from Wisconsin
I'm not sure why the 7D even bothers to go up to 6400 ISO (or 12800 ISO)...anything above 1600 ISO is typically useless when it comes to noise. Perhaps you'd get acceptable results cleaning up the noise with higher-end noise reduction software but with the included DPP software, reducing noise is mostly equivalent to introducing blurring - which is to say, not good. Considering the camera seems to have AF sharpness issues anyway, I find it hard to get tack sharp pictures even with a tripod. But back to ISO, at higher ISO's I've noticed "hot" runs of pixels running horizontally across the whole width of the sensor. Anyway, I noticed many reviews have claimed the battery life is a plus/pro. Coming from a rebel XSI, I find the 7D battery life to be astonishingly bad. I could go a week between charges on the XSI...the 7D leaves me charging after every photo shoot. This is with similar shooting situations. Overall not happy with the cost/performance on this camera. Who knows, perhaps I just got a bad body?
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
5
A good choice
on December 7, 2009
Posted by: Syracuse
from Syracuse, NY
I'm been an avid amateur photographer for about 40 years and owned professional grade cameras (and did my own processing) back in the days of film, but entered the digital SLR market with the lower end Canon Rebel XT about 3 years ago. I decided to update and was trying to decide whether to go with a new version at the same level (Rebel T1i) or take a step up to the 7D. After considerable research and trying both cameras in the store, I decided to go for the 7D and have been very happy with the choice.
The camera is well built, environmentally sealed and takes excellent photos. Although it has more features than my Rebel XT, it's actually easier to use due to improved layout of menus and controls, the larger LCD, and the ability to create your own menu with features that you use most.
The only con is that it is larger and heavier than the Rebel, but the 7D still fits in my old walk about camera bag and the added weight is not noticeable when shooting.
If you can afford it, I'd highly recommend the 7D
Pros: Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Heavy/Bulky
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Finally have the WOW...
on February 20, 2010
Posted by: Katy Cutie
from Houston TX
I finally have the camera that makes me saw WOW after I get those perfect shots. HIGHLY recommended!! Price is a little steep but then again you are saving memories and those are worth so much to me!!
Pros: good battery life, quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Heavy/Bulky
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Excellent camera.
on September 19, 2011
Posted by: Avicena
from Orlando, FL
I have owned this camera now for about 5 months and it turned out to be a better camera than I thought. The performance has been excellent and picture quality exceptionally beautiful. The built is evidently strong and durable, the quick responsiveness and intuitive controls are just as fast to manipulate. The camera is entirely customizable and extremely flexible with each individual's needs. Overall I'm extremely satisfied with it, it has allowed me to achieve some pictures that I could never achieve with my previous cameras.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Simple controls/menu
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
1
Soft images
on October 4, 2009
Posted by: Opal
from Grand Rapids
I can't believe it! We're back to the soft image problem again. I made a mistake and jumped on this camera too soon. I should have waited to see what others were saying before buying. The image quality is sub par compared to my Mark III. The images are very soft. I tested it with several lenses and received the same results with all of them. I tried turning off the noise reduction, but it only resulted in extremely noisy images at 400 iso. Speaking from experience with the Mark III, It took Canon 2 years to finally fix the focus on this camera, I hope it will not take that long for them to resolve whatever is plaguing the 7D. My advice is to wait before buying this camera. Read the posts out there.
Pros: Superior build quality
Cons: Poor image quality, noisy, soft images
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
4
Defective Battery Connection
on October 19, 2009
Posted by: Karen C-S
from Long Island, NY
I had this camera for only 3 days and had to send it back for exchange. I'm still waiting as it is on back order. Although the batter was fully charged, when turned on the LCD panel flashed and indicated no battery life, camera was turned off, but the LCD continued to flash. I took the battery out, put it back in and the camera was operational, but the AF seemed sluggish and not as accurate. The camera was turned off for about an hour and when I went to turn it on, the same problem happened again. This happened repeatedly for the 3 days that I had it. It has all the features I've been looking for, and the few photos I shot were great. I can't wait for the replacement.
Pros: excellent image quality, Bright LCD, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, easy to use, pop-up flash master for off camera slaves
Cons: Heavy/Bulky, not a full frame
I would recommend this to a friend!
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