11-17-2014 04:05 PM
I got the camera and tested it with the 400 mm f 2.8 MKII versus a 5DIII with the same lens plus a 1.4X MKIII, both at F 4 and ISO 400 mounted in a tripod and manual focus. The target was a brick wall. Other than enlarging the image obtained with the 5DIII in the computer to match the size of that obtained with the 7DII, no further image manipulations were done in RAW CC. The results were that image quality from the 7DII were slightly better than that of the 5DIII. I have done the same test with the 7D and the image of the 5DIII was better. In other words there is a perceptible gain in image quality. I kept the 7DII because I still will be able to use the F 2.8 aperture of the lens that will not be possible since the 5DIII + the 1.4X that would be f 4. Also gain the 10 fms that double that of the 5DIII is great for wildlife photography.
The image quality/noise is not a considerable improvement over the previous one. Otherwise the camera capabilities surpasses in all aspects those of the 7D. There some small details such as now the frame counter goes to 1999 versus 999 in the old one. When setting the date there is an additional option to change the daylight saving time, a GPS, etc.
One peculiarity is that the labeling in the LCD panel is the reverse of that on the 5DIII, yet the Main Dial and the Quick Control Dial works as labeled in the 5DIII. For example, the AF-Drive is labeled as such in the 5DIII but as Drive-AF in the 7DII, yet in both cameras when you press this button to change the AF the Main Dial is used. Somebody at Canon forgot to match the labeling on the LCD panel to correspond to that of the 5DIII so that the first notation AF indicates use of the Main dial and the second notation Drive indicates the use of the Quick Selection Drive. The Rating Button I still consider a waste; no professional will rate the images based on the LCD monitor and it is not programmed to be changed to a more useful function. In the 7D I could use the AF-ON and the AF point selection button to magnify the images in the viewfinder that I found easier than the current method of having to push the Magnifying Button and rotating the Main Dial.
The autofocus is excellente and I will risk to say better than the one on the 5DIII. There a new button surrounding the multi-controller that allow for the quick selection the various AUTOFOCUS modes, a great improvement location over the previous M-Fn button (that is still present) but I still have to push the AF selection button to activate it. Why is that I just cannot have single action button for this function or a way to change the camera's program to do it?
Canon is again cutting cost by offering a Basic Camera Manual plus a full manual as a CD. This is fine for those tha carry a notebook out in the field but I no longer do to save delays in airports as well as cutting weight for carry-ons were restrictions are getting to be less than 18 pounds for some airlines. Overall, this camera has a lot to offer for the money.
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11-18-2014 05:26 PM
@HPL wrote:OK, perhaps this suits you better:
...since canon, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that print manuals (that is to say words printed on paper or something very similar to paper and then bound in what would easily be recognized to most as a what is commonly referred to as a book) are obsolete, and since I neither have nor wish to have a smart phone nor carry another expensive, battery powered, relatively fragile piece of equipment into the bush, they will be spending time actually talking to me in the future.
Ha Ha.
11-18-2014 05:47 PM
@HPL wrote:...since Canon, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that print manuals (that is to say words printed on paper or something very similar to paper and then bound in what would easily be recognized to most as a what is commonly referred to as a book) are obsolete, and since I neither have nor wish to have a smart phone nor carry another expensive, battery powered, relatively fragile piece of equipment into the bush, they will be spending time actually talking to me in the future.
I get your frustration, I honestly do. But I can't help but be amused that there is some amount of irony in you eschewing technology on one hand (smart phones, kindles), and yet you must have been on the pre-order list to be one of the early recipients of the 7D2 on the other.
11-18-2014 06:05 PM
>Skirball
I get your frustration, I honestly do. But I can't help but be amused that there is some amount of irony in you eschewing technology on one hand (smart phones, kindles), and yet you must have been on the pre-order list to be one of the early recipients of the 7D2 on the other.
Well, I was shooting 2 30D's on which I had had to have the shutter mechanisms replaced in the last nine months or so, and I do earn my living with a camera so, yes, I pre-ordered the 7D MKII, but not because I have been champing at the bit to get one, but more because I was sweating out the wait to replace at least one of my aged veterans. I shoot a bit of fast moving action and the 7D MKII does have ONE feature that I coveted and that is the ability of the auto focus to lock on and track a subject as it moves ACROSS the field of view, something that I have always had trouble with and I do appreciate the weather sealing. As I said earlier, I was perfectly happy shooting film, market forces moved me to digital, not a desire for the cool new stuff. I still prefer Fuji velvia 50, but it is just too impractical in today's atmosphere. (I do wish I hadn't traded in my Bronica GS1 system).
05-06-2019 10:34 PM
Hi,
I have trouble to do exposure compensation in manual mode in 7Dii.
When I in manual mode, and when I move to exposure compensation it always become AEB setting why?
I have no problem to set expnsure compensation in other model like AV or TV.
Is there some setting which I need to do?
Thank you
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Thanks for the input.
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