I've been waiting for the new Canon 7d Mk2 to arrive after many rumours and now after pre-ordering I finally have my hands on one. The previous 7d had been plagued by noise issues although not all of them, mine being one of the good ones so one of the first tests was to check out the high ISOs capabilities. As promised Canon seem to have sorted this really well, shots taken at 1250 and 3200 show virtually no noise at all, a much improved situation, I don't think there will be any problem shooting at ISOs 640 -1250. Of course early days but other things have improved; the focusing system, so fast and accurate - dual cards, the fast SD cards download so fast - uses the same battery, although it appears to eat a fair bit of power, more than the old 7d, no doubt needs the power to operate the fast AF system - the only tiny grip at the moment for me is that the adjustment on the viewfinder diopter appears to be +/- 2 whereas I needed another 0.5 to get the viewfinder info pin sharp but you can by other diopteric adjusters from Canon for about £30 if its a real problem. So at the moment its a real winner for me. I'm told I can use a 1.4 converter on it as it will focus at F8 like the IDs which might be helpful at times. Below are a few shots, others on my Flickr site; www.flickr.com/photos/Whitstablewildlife/
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3 comments:
The new one is looking good Mike. As the 7d had so many issues, the Mk2 has to be an improvement. I will watch your blog with interest.
I wish I had held back on getting the 7D early last summer - I got a noisy one!
Seems like a real winner Mike, will definitely look to upgrade next year !
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