Canon’s 7d exceeds our expectations in our exclusive review!
We have been using Canon’s new(ish) 7d for around 4 months now, and I am beginning to feel that I have come to grips with this beast!
Having purchased 3 7d cameras and 3 5dmk2’s in October, we have had a good range of jobs to put them through their paces. Including low light work at EMA, news, portraits, conferences, and photocalls.
At first, like many others, the AF left me a bit bewildered and confused. I was not a happy puppy.
After struggling for a few weeks, and getting really annoyed, I finally broke down and read the instructions.
Now, that may sound like a obvious first step. But as an experienced photographer who has used every camera since the Nikkormat FTN, I sure don’t need no stinking instructions to tell me how to take a picture!
Well thats what I thought.
After spending maybe 10 minutes with my head in the book, I had set it up just the way I like it. And guess what? Its great!
I now feel more confident with the 7d than I did with the 1d mk2 which it replaced. So, happy as charlie.
None of our machines have had any of the “Ghosting” problems that others have reported. So no issues with image quality at all.
The noise on this machine is the best I have ever seen.
It gives a lovely nice almost filmic sort of grain at high speeds, ie plus 3200 iso.
Overall the machines have exceeded our expectations. I am now wondering why I bothered with the more expensive 5dmk2.
A great camera. Highly recommended.
This blog was first published in 2010! How time flies!