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Canon - EOS 7D Digital SLR Body - Black
Average customer rating
4.6
(413 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 413 reviews
5 Stars
318
4 Stars
49
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
15
1 Star
13
89%of customers recommend this product.
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358 out of
403)
Customer Reviews for Canon - EOS 7D Digital SLR Body - Black
Customer Rating
2
Poor image quality
on May 8, 2010
Posted by: Sander
from Wisconsin
I like this camera’s size and feel; I also like the Quick control screen, 100% viewfinder, external flash control and a lot of the other options this camera has like the 8fps. What I don’t like is some of the camera’s options, like Live View, with such a nice 100% viewfinder why would you use Live View, I wish this had a seperate button for Mirror lock-up instead of Raw/Jpeg, I don’t like the sensor in this camera, in mine at least, there is a lot of noise on anything ISO 400 or higher, I don’t like the focusing in this camera, it has a great looking AF system but it doesn’t work right, it might not be the AF systems fault totally because I get the same affect when shooting in manual focusing, this camera shoots very soft pictures, I thought with the new AF system this camera would be tack sharp but by only using the central point spot focus I get about 95 - 98% of my pictures poorly focused (Soft) and unusable. I’ve tried setting up the microadjustment for each of my lenses, 2 of which are ”L” series lenses but this doesn’t help either because after you adjust them and take a couple of pictures and check them again they are all out of adjustment. Canon you have to fix this problem and forget the Megapixel race, I would rather have great pictures of 12-14 megapixels than unusable pictures of 18 megapixels. I will be sending this camera back for adjustment or repair this should not happen.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Missing features/settings, Poor image quality, noisy
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
5
um... WOW
on May 6, 2010
Posted by: JMD Photography
from Chicago, Illinois
even more amazing than I thought it would be It's more amazing than I thought and I love that they built in a level. the 19 focus points are amazing and it's got features thatn I haven't even begun to use yet but it's in one word: AWESOME
Pros: good battery life, quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
exceptionnal
on May 6, 2010
Posted by: camcan
from Orlando,FL
Great auto-focus, super image quality,fast,very easy to use, the best camera i ever bought.
Pros: good battery life, quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
The best!
on May 4, 2010
Posted by: Jacy
from Miami,FL
Perfect camera. Very easy to use. Absolute great picture.
Video is truly HD. Great purchase. Very happy with it.
Video is truly HD. Great purchase. Very happy with it.
Pros: good battery life, quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Purchase
on April 25, 2010
Posted by: Doc
from Colorado
Had never owned a Canon Digital camera, had a couple other brands and was not sure about going with this one but I am real glad I did, it is fast, the focus is great, the color is fantastic. There is very little touch up with this camera, I'm not used to that, the cameras that I have used in the past required alot more work in the digital darkroom, Very pleased with this buy.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: noisy
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
2
Very frustrated
on April 23, 2010
Posted by: Sara
from Seattle
I used my new camera today and was very pleased with it until I got back to my hotel room and recharged the battery. Then I changed some of the menu settings, and after that the camera would not hold any of the settings I programmed after it turned itself off to conserve power (or I turned it off). I tried many times to reset it, experimenting to see what might be wrong, but finally gave up. I will not be able to use it for my photography workshop this week, as it is completely impractical to constantly reset many settings in order to use it!
Pros: Nice features/settings, excellent image quality
Cons: doesn't work properly
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
1
crummy focus in low light @ f/2
on April 22, 2010
Posted by: crummy focus
from Indoors USA
1/500, 135L f/2, 1600 ISO, focus priority, central point spot focus yields 95% poorly focused pictures with very sharp back focus more than a focus point away. The other 5% of the pictures are superb on the exact same composition. Not a problem on 50D. Not a problem in better light. This is just a weird software bug.
Superb battery life, 14k frames per charge.
Foolish battery DRM.
Incomplete EXIF.
Incomplete FAT32 dates.
Foolish battery DRM.
Incomplete EXIF.
Incomplete FAT32 dates.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, awesome battery life, awesome pictures
Cons: Shaky operation, Poor image quality, poor low light focus
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
5
Great cam for the money
on April 21, 2010
Posted by: Rob2.0
from Las Vegas, NV
Great camera! This camera replaced the 20D I used for several years. I ended up shooting a lot of sports and the 8fps was a big help. I needed a fast fps because we shoot a lot of shots of batters swinging and need to get 4 - 5 shots during the swing. WIth this cam, I am able to get an average of 6. The speed was my main reason for upgrade.
Aside from that, the only thing I would have liked is the ability to use CF and SD cards simultaneously (like the 1D MIII) and also a min. ISO of 50. This is not a HUGE deal because the 50 ISO was to be for long exposures but that's nothing a set of ND filters won't fix. However, this is why I rated features 4 out of 5.
After using a 20D for years (very happily), I was very impressed with several features of the 7D, including:
Huge LCD. I can actually see my compositions when I review now! Long battery life. I purchased a second battery in case I needed one for long days at the ballpark, where we routinely spend 8 - 10 hours shooting games. So far, I haven't needed to use second battery.
I like being able to create folders on the CF cards in camera and shoot to the ones I choose. This helps when shooting multiple games and speeds up workflow enormously. Lots and lots of great features that I could talk about but I will just say that the only thing really missing is full frame sensor (which I was unwilling to pay for so it's fine) and the dual memory cards (again, unwilling to pay $3000+ for a camera at this time) and the 50 ISO.
I think most people will be pleased with this cameras performance and quality. Some have complained about the AF not being great. 2 pieces of advice. 1, get the latest firmware and 2, read your manual. You have a sophisticated AF system and need to make sure you have set it to do what you want. I had this problem at the beginning but once I learned how to use the multiple settings, everything is A-OK!
Aside from that, the only thing I would have liked is the ability to use CF and SD cards simultaneously (like the 1D MIII) and also a min. ISO of 50. This is not a HUGE deal because the 50 ISO was to be for long exposures but that's nothing a set of ND filters won't fix. However, this is why I rated features 4 out of 5.
After using a 20D for years (very happily), I was very impressed with several features of the 7D, including:
Huge LCD. I can actually see my compositions when I review now! Long battery life. I purchased a second battery in case I needed one for long days at the ballpark, where we routinely spend 8 - 10 hours shooting games. So far, I haven't needed to use second battery.
I like being able to create folders on the CF cards in camera and shoot to the ones I choose. This helps when shooting multiple games and speeds up workflow enormously. Lots and lots of great features that I could talk about but I will just say that the only thing really missing is full frame sensor (which I was unwilling to pay for so it's fine) and the dual memory cards (again, unwilling to pay $3000+ for a camera at this time) and the 50 ISO.
I think most people will be pleased with this cameras performance and quality. Some have complained about the AF not being great. 2 pieces of advice. 1, get the latest firmware and 2, read your manual. You have a sophisticated AF system and need to make sure you have set it to do what you want. I had this problem at the beginning but once I learned how to use the multiple settings, everything is A-OK!
Pros: good battery life, quiet, Nice features/settings, Quick Start-up time, excellent image quality, Superior build quality, Bright LCD, Solid Operation, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com