Photography

Canon EOS 7D digital camera review

Canon’s EOS 7D has been around since September so time for a belated hands-on test of its abilities. We got hold of the EOS 7D along with the EFS 18-135mm lens and put it through its paces at Rickmansworth Aquadrome and Oxhey Woods. The EOS 7D slots between the EOS 50D and the EOS 5D MkII in terms of price and features. In fact, its very similar to the 5D MkII on features except that it uses a smaller sensor (5184 x 3456 against 5616 x 3744). The EOS 7D is priced at up to $1700 while the 50D is around $1000 and the 5D MkII: $2700. The main features of the EOS 7d are: 18MP APS-C crop sensor (new design) Continuous shooting at up to 8 fps Multi-axis cross-type 19-point AF grid 100% viewfinder with 1x magnification Environmental sealing LP-E6 battery (same as EOS 5D MkII) HD video at 1920 x 1080 pixels with frame rates of 24, 25 and 30 fps Dual Axis Electronic Level Integrated wireless speedlite control Manual control of aperture in HD movie mode. ISO 100-6400 plus “H” (12800) iFCL metering includes a 63-zone dual-layer metering sensor that reads both illumination and color

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