5D mark III video in a much more affordable APS-C body and slow motion in full HD. One or two years ago this camera would probably have sold like hot cakes. We will go into detail in our upcoming lab test where we will compare sharpness, colors, dynamic range and lowlight to other cameras including the old 7D. Other “basic video features” like peaking or magnifying video while recording did not make it into this camera.Īnother noticable improvement is the brighter and larger LCD screen, dedicated video overlays, better lowlight capabilities, Dual-Pixel CMOS AF (as on 70D) and the ability to use both CF and SD cards.Īll in all the Canon 7D mark II offers surprisingly nice looking and clean video with lovely and accurate colors and no aliasing or moiré.
Normal video is recorded in ALL-i coding like on the 5D mark III. Other than that the added full HD in 50p and 60p mode is a very nice addition, but limited to IBP compression only. Probably this issue will be resolved in the production version. Also audio and video were not in perfect sync as you can see in the video. Now it is possible to monitor your audio while recording video, but mind you that on this “beta camera” the preamps were rather noisy. For a long time this feature was requested by professionals who worked with Canon DSLR’s on news assignments or when using external recorders.Īnother enhancement from the original model is the headphone jack. In the above video, 25% sharpening was used in post in order to make the clean picture “alive”.īesides the nice looking clean video mode it seems that Canon for the first time added audio output via HDMI. We can tell you the video quality of the Canon 7D mark II is comparable to that of the Canon 5D mark III. Watching Canon’s 7D mkII promotional video led us to believe that an extensive amount of sharpening was used in post and indeed our own findings support the assumption that the 7D mark II footage is a bit soft. Be it a BBC news pieces or a National Geographic Video, that camera was truly a working horse for me.ĥ years to the date, and its successor landed on our desk raising modest expectations when it comes to the video side, as this camera according to its specifications isn’t offering all the features we would wish for and that other large sensor cameras already offer. I got into a nostalgic mood when I sat down to write this article, as the original Canon 7D served me very well despite its limitations. There may be improvements in the final production version of the camera. Note: This review and footage were shot on a beta camera. At cinema5D we took the camera into the field and tested it thoroughly to give you an impression of what it offers Now the new addition to the Canon DSLR family offers many improvements in video mode. For a long time the old Canon 7D was one of the best video shooting DSLR’s. The Canon EOS 7D mkII was announced a week ago.
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