Your Questions About Canon 7d Mark Ii

rob answers:

Hey,

The Dxo link above..well, I don’t trust them so much. Sometimes they’re accurate while sometimes I really don’t know how they got those numbers,.

If you want something fast and good for low light, you’ll gotta go with the 1D Mark IV

If you want something cheaper for sports, it’s the 7D. Its auto focus is much better than the 5D Mark II’s, there are also more cross-type focus points and there are many more AF options available. You can read my review here: http://the-digital-photographer.blogspot.com/2010/01/canon-eos-7d-review.html

The 5D Mark II is full frame, which means that in low light at higher ISO’s, you will get less noise. However, I think that its auto focus is enough good for some sports; not all.

Do you have an external flash? If not, buy one (430EX II or 580EX II) and your low light photographing will be much easier.

rob answers:

When you get out of film school both models will be obsolete,

if you must now, the 5d2 is my choice

rob answers:

You are comparing a crop, full frame and a compact camera. That’s something totally different.

For video, I’d go with the 7D because of it’s frame rates and all you can choose. But it’s an APS-C camera, which means your (for example) 18-55mm “sees” what a 28-90mm would on a full frame. This is not good if you want to record wide a lot.

But the 5D Mark II is a Full Frame camera. It’s great, but you have only 30fps. If you can wait until March/April in 2010, when a new firmware for it will come (that enables 24, 25 and 30fps) then you should wait.

But if you want to start recording right now, go with the 7D.

rob answers:

Since you’ve mentioned Canon, you probably shoot Canon already.

The 7D and the 5D2 are very very different animals, even though they are both of the same species. All out image quality is on the side of the 5D, but it’s not the fastest camera in the world. The 7D’s 8fps, wirelessly lit speedlite, HD video performance is probably a better all rounder, suitable for everything.

It may be worthwhile to consider the 1D4 if you can afford it, it’s what the 7D on steroids is.

With all these cameras you need a really good lens to go with it, the 5D works v. Well with the 24-70L and 24-105L but the APS-C on the 7D works better with the 16-35L., and you’ll probably also be looking at the 70-200′s depending on what you need. Remember that anything short of good glass then you may not get the advertised resolution.

rob answers:

Canon 5D mark II pros http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G60DUE?ie=UTF8&tag=digitsy-marina-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001G60DUE
21 MP full frame sensor
Clean image at ISO 3200 while 7D is at ISO 1600
Larger viewfinder
Canon 7D pros http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D35%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26fsc%3D-1%26ih%3D1%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0.2719%5F1%26y%3D29%26field-keywords%3DCanon%25207D%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Delectronics&tag=digitsy-marina-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
19 AF points with improved tracking system
Shoot 8 fps compared to 3.9 fps
Wireless flash commander
Full lens compatibility including EF-S lenses
100% viewfinder coverage
Movie mode dedicated button
Canon 7D has better performance in AF or continuous shooting speed which is important for photojournalism or wildlife photography.