![]() While the new 32.5-megapixel image sensor isn’t very fast, image quality is top-notch thanks to the updated DIGIC X image processor, high-megapixel count and Canon’s color science. That system reduces shakes up to 8 stops with select lenses, which allowed me to take sharp shots down to an eighth or even a quarter of a second. The R7 is one of the smaller bodies available with five-axis in-body stabilization, as well. Overall, the AF is right up there with Sony, and superior to Fujifilm and Nikon. Canon also offers four AF cases, allowing standard photos, subjects that may appear quickly, subjects that speed up or slow down quickly, and the aforementioned foreground setting. Though it can fail to lock into subjects like birds behind a branch, Canon has a “foreground” setting that can help. It worked reliably and rapidly for myself and pro photographer Samuel, keeping kids, cats, birds and other quick-moving subjects in focus. If the subject is a human, animal, bird or even a car, it’ll track their head, body or eyes. If you select a subject in any AF area mode, it’ll lock on and track it tenaciously. And the subject tracking is top-notch, requiring very little fussing. In regular single-point continuous AF mode, it nails shots even with fast moving subjects. Like other Canon cameras, the R7 uses Canon’s Dual Pixel autofocus with deep learning AI tech. If you have a fast UHS-II card, the buffer clears out fairly quickly and you can get back to shooting again. It delivers 100 shots at 15 fps with the mechanical shutter or about 70 with the electronic shutter before the buffer fills. You’ll get a decent number of frames before they kick you out, though. The mechanical shutter is fast enough to be a good option, but it makes a loud clunking noise that could scare away that white-tailed deer or draw unwanted attention at a high-school basketball game. Not being stacked, the sensor doesn’t read out particularly quickly, so it can produce skewed photos in electronic mode with fast subjects or excessive camera movement. ![]() There’s a large caveat on the electronic shutter mode part, though. ![]() Those are the same maximum frame rates as the $6,000 EOS R3, which makes it great for sports or wildlife shooting, particularly as it has a built-in zoom with the 1.6 times crop factor. The R7 is a speed-demon of a camera, shooting 15 fps bursts with continuous autofocus using the mechanical shutter and an incredible 30 fps using the electronic shutter. Finally, it has a nice dual UHS-II card setup for easy backups and relatively fast shooting. It has both headphone and microphone jacks, along with a micro-HDMI port that’s unfortunate but par for the course with APS-C cameras. It allows for a solid 660 shots on a charge, or well over 90 minutes of oversampled 4K 24p video recording. For things like bird shooting that require a sharp view to judge focus, this may be an issue.Ĭanon made a good choice using the same battery from the R5 and R6, rather than the smaller one found on the R10. You get just 2.36 million dots of resolution, compared to 3.68 million on the X-T4 and GH5-II. The OLED viewfinder is a bit disappointing, though. I’m less fond of them, as I still have trouble finding settings. The menus are typical Canon, which Sam actually prefers to Sony. The R7 has a fully articulating, responsive 1.62-million dot display that gives you full control of the menu, playback, autofocus and other things via touch. You can also use any EF lenses you have lying around with Canon’s RF to EF adapter. If you do need a faster prime right now, Canon’s $180 RF 50mm f/1.8 or $500 RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro are possible options, but both have an equivalent 1.6 times focal length due to the crop factor. Neither is fast nor particularly sharp, but they’re inexpensive and versatile for casual users. The 54mm RF mount also used on full-frame cameras looks cartoonishly big on the small body, but it means you can attach RF lenses like the $2,300 50mm f/1.2 That’s good, because Canon has only two RF-S lenses so far, the 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 and the 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3. Apart from that, the R7 handles nearly as well as the X-T4, and a lot better than any of Sony’s current APS-C cameras. ![]() It’s certainly manageable through some dedicated buttons, and you can reprogram the control ring on any Canon RF lens, including the two new models, to change the aperture or other settings. The lack of a third dial for changing things like ISO is an issue, though. ![]()
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