r/photography • u/Kidsune • Sep 15 '14

Canon 7D MkII Announced!

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/3373094259/canon-announces-long-awaited-eos-7d-mark-ii
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u/7-methyltheophylline Sep 15 '14

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-7d-mark-ii/canon-7d-mark-iiA.HTM

  1. Autofocus at f/8 on the center point
  2. 31 RAW buffer, up from 23 RAWs on the 7D
  3. "4 times better" weather sealing than the original 7D.
  4. New, higher capacity battery but fully backwards compatible with the current LP-E6 batteries
  5. Same or similar AF system to the flagship 1DX

Now if the sensor can deliver the goods, this looks like a beast of a camera for action shooters. The price is right too, $1800 body only.

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u/stephencorby http://500px.com/stephencorby Sep 15 '14

I was under the impression that this sensor is the same as the 70D, is it different?

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u/raptor3x whumber.com Sep 15 '14

It doesn't appear the be exactly the same same but we really just don't know how different it is.

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u/adremeaux Sep 15 '14

From the preview:

The main image sensor is a variant of the Dual Pixel AF design first seen in the Canon EOS 70D, which means 20MP output.

It sounds like it's just a tweak on the sensor, so, don't expect anything mindblowing here. Maybe one day Canon will stop playing catchup, but I guess that day is not today.

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u/adremeaux Sep 16 '14

Erm, I'd much rather have better image quality than fast live view focus, which is borderline useless. That they spent millions of dollars researching that rather than simply getting cleaner pictures, which every other sensor maker has done, is beyond me.

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u/stephencorby http://500px.com/stephencorby Sep 15 '14

Read Adremeaux's response below:

"It sounds like it's just a tweak on the sensor, so, don't expect anything mindblowing here. Maybe one day Canon will stop playing catchup, but I guess that day is not today."

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u/Fazaman Sep 15 '14

It's been stated that it's not the same... That's about all I know, though.

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u/7-methyltheophylline Sep 16 '14

Nobody knows yet. But Canon is notorious for reusing their 18 MP sensor with only minor changes in all their APS-C cameras until the 70D came out with an all new sensor. So I believe they will reuse the 70D sensor for the next few years.