Shot with the 7D Mark II and Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8. It has some magenta fringing in the shadows if you recover them too much, but that scenario is really quite rare. However, I shoot with the Canon 7D Mark II in all sorts of scenarios, ranging from concerts, to high contrast portraiture, and the dynamic range for a cropped sensor camera is impressive. Photo by Dzvonko Petrovski, all rights reserved. Shot with the 7D Mark II, using Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens. Yes, there is some noise creeping in, but it isn’t anywhere near to being fatal.Ĭompared to the 6D, albeit 2 years older, which is the cleanest full frame camera that Canon produces (not counting the 5DS, since it has a different purpose), the 7D Mark II is just a hair noisier.īeing noisier than its full frame brother, however, is just physics at play: the pixel size is smaller, therefore it gathers less light, thus more noise.

I can safely shoot up to 8000 ISO and the sensor still holds its ground. To be honest, I expected the same thing I assumed that after ISO 3200 the images would be useless.

When purchasing a cropped sensor camera, one would expect noisier images when compared to a full frame counterpart. Since it is a crop sensor camera, images are a tad noisier than usual, but the density of the pixels allow for sharper images due to the larger number of pixels per square inch.Ĭropped sensors also avoid the corner parts of most lenses which are usually the weakest point of the lens itself, thus avoiding much of the vignetting and softness in the corners.Īdditionally, the cropped sensor gives more reach with any lens, thus a 50 mm lens on a full frame sensor is 50 mm, while on a cropped sensor it is 80 mm equivalent. The Canon 7D Mark II is a cropped sensor camera, meaning that there are some compromises for some gains. Image quality is arguably the most important feature on any camera. We have a post reviewing its specs you can check out too. I have taken around 90,000 shots with it so far, and I can tell you, it is much more of a camera than I expected. Just to clarify: I’ve purchased the Canon 7D Mark II for my own personal use, and I’ve been using it for something over a year now. This review will focus on the author’s experience after a prolonged use of the camera for the specs, check out the brochure on the Canon website. The 7D Mark II isn’t a camera that you can put through its paces in a couple of days. A lot of the reviews out there have been based on only a couple of days of usage. The Canon 7D Mark II, being the flagship crop sensor camera from Canon, deserves a review done after more than a year of experience with using the camera. Related course: Photography for Beginners

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