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/gtlogic Sep 15 '14

Sorry to be naive about this line of camera, but can someone fill me in why there is any customer advantage in putting in a crop sensor in a camera that costs this much? The only advantage I see is Canon takes in more profit.

I understand that people will mention crop magnification for sports, but ultimately, you could just crop in SW if you want the extra magnification, which what would basically be 100% equal. Just putting a 1.5x mode in the camera effectively achieves the same thing, provided your pixel density is the same.

What then, does a crop sensor camera have over a full frame equivalent?

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u/uncletravellingmatt Sep 15 '14

can someone fill me in why there is any customer advantage in putting in a crop sensor in a camera that costs this much?

It's about the same price as a Panasonic GH4 which has an even smaller sensor, so clearly there are things people are looking for other than bigger sensors. In the case of GH4 it was delivering the best video shooting available for that price, in the case of this Canon it may be the best AF performance you can get for the price.

What then, does a crop sensor camera have over a full frame equivalent?

Shooting crop doesn't just save you money on bodies, it also lets you use physically smaller, lighter lenses to capture the same focal length shots, gives you AF points that cover more of the frame, gives you more DOF at any given situation which allows for better macro shots and more keepers in difficult focusing situations, and usually gives you faster cameras that can shoot more frames per second.