EOS veterans would feel at home and will barely need to crack the manual. Wheels have stiff resistance, making accidental turning unlikely. Major features rely on physical controls can be set by feel while looking through the viewfinder. User InterfaceĬontrols revolve around 3 wheels, 19 buttons, 1 joystick and 11 tabbed menus. If you're a DSLR shooter you'll consider the 7D pianissimo. The shutter is softer than a 50D but louder than my 60D and 6D. The battery door also has a metal hinge and weather stripping. The hinge is spring loaded and pops the door open when released. The CF card door sports weather stripping and is reinforced with a stainless steel panel and metal hinge. The large thumb rest helps anchor the thumb and increase grip security. Deep finger grooves in the grip and thick textured rubber make for a comfy and secure hand hold. With weather seals at the level of the legendary EOS 1N, high performance appointments and contoured magnesium body shell, the 7D is a diminutive 1D. Like the 50D and 5D Mark II before it, the 7D shares the excellent 3' 920k LCD for chimpin' and Live View.

Pop-up flash with trigger functions (Speedlite Transmitter).

Weather sealing at the level of the EOS 1N.

18 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor (1.6x crop factor).

Here are the 7D's main improvements over the previous model, the EOS 50D: During the last 5 years I've gotten to know this groundbreaking DSLR well.īridge Tender Reflections | Seaside, OR | Canon EOS 7D, EF-s 15-85 3.5-5.6: 31mm, F5.6, 1/4, ISO 800

It took aim squarely at sports and BIF shooters, providing APS-C 'reach' within a weather sealed high performance camera.

The EOS 7D, released Fall 2009, initiated a new product category for Canon: the pro-grade APS-C DSLR.

Canon EOS 7D Review | Canon DSLR Review | APS-C DSLR | Peter Frary

Canon 7d firmware 2.0 5