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Alan Kefauver wrote:
As someone said, it's a good camera in great light. As the light diminishes it's not so good. The buffer is too small, and the processor too slow. The AF wanders, and jumps to the wrong spot. I.e. two grey herons in front of a grey dam, even in spot it jumped all over the place. Picked up my R5 and it nailed it right away. I bought it hoping it was a mirrorless 7D MkII. it's not. But as someone said you get what you pay for. The 7D MkII when it came out in todays dollars would be around about $2400. So, yes the R7 is a good inexpensive camera but not in the same league. Also, after shooting R5s since it came out, the ergonomic change and lack of third wheel finally convinced me to sell it.
If i want reach, I go to my OM-1. The AF on the new MkII is amazing. Just my $0.02
Further. On my last Safari I took my OM-1 with the MZ 150-400 TC f/4.5 and my R5 with canon lenses. My traveling partner bought a R7 for the trip and I gave her my RF 100-500 to use. Granted she was not as experienced, but My keeper rate was substantially higher than hers when we reviewed things after we got back. Lots of the grass is in focus in front of the critter but the animal wasn't with the R7.
Sorry this is so long, but I really disliked the R7. Sold it to MPB for $975 (bought it as a Canon refurb so only lost what could be considered a 4 month rental)...Show more →
I think the R7 is what happens when Canon sort of goes to the parts bin in order to hit a particular price point, as opposed to designing for a given set of performance goals.
The AF system in the R7 is supposedly derived from that in the R3, but is hobbled by a sensor largely lifted from the M6 II / 90D, and insufficient CPU grunt to keep up with the camera's framerates.
The camera's physical design and control layout is certainly unique, so that clearly required some new design, even when people weren't asking for it.
The R7 reminds me of the original R. The odd rear control dial co-centric with the joystick seems like an ergonomic trial balloon, like the touch bar was.
Despite the grousing from some of us, I imagine Canon has sold a lot of these cameras and that they perform well enough for most people who are price conscious. Not sure Canon will be inclined to address issues in a Mark II release, or if there even will be a follow-on model.
I would be interested in an R7 Mark II that Canon took up market a bit. A faster APS-C sensor housed in an R6 Mark II body would be amazing, and I think they could ask quite a bit more for such a camera, and maybe sell fewer unfortunately.
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