I use my 7D Mark II primarily for portraits, whether that’s of people or their pets.Ī lot of photographers prefer full frame for portraits, but I actually prefer APS-C. The colour science and detailed images make it a workhorse for lots of applications and a 20-megapixel sensor is more than enough for professional applications including print. I think one of the main reasons that people keep coming back to Canon is the image quality right out of the camera. It’s been designed for use with STM lenses but I’ve had it work flawlessly with all my Canon, Tamron and Sigma lenses. While it doesn’t have tilt screen or a touch screen, the face tracking really is superb. When using the AF in video mode, it has a really great face tracking feature. Even with the 10 frames per second shoot rate and recording to 2 cards, this camera doesn’t slow down. One of its main purposes is in wildlife or sports photography so a razor sharp and accurate autofocus system is mandatory. In terms of locking on to a subject, once the AF has it in focus it really doesn’t let go. The 65 all cross-type autofocus points have a really good coverage of the sensor which means that you’re pretty much guaranteed to be able to frame your subject how you want and still use the autofocus.

It’s no surprise that the biggest aspect and selling point is still its brilliant implementation of the Dual Pixel Autofocus. But is it still worth the price tag or the title? Autofocus The 7D Mark II is still the flagship of the APS-C lineup in 2018. Canon released the 7D Mark Ii back in 2014 as the successor to its wildly popular 7D and that camera started something special.

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