Canon EOS R7 Mark II: Minor Tweaks or a Major Transformation?

[neuroanatomist]

Try actually measuring the width of the semi-silvering on a FF 5D Mark IV mirror and comparing it to the width of the semi-silvering on the 7D Mark II mirror. But then you'd have to admit you are wrong.

I don’t have and have never had either camera. I no longer even have a DSLR. But if you have done so and found that to be the case, then I was wrong.

See, that’s not so hard. You might even want to try it yourself, occasionally.

 

[canonman123]

I'm still using 7d MKii and do well with it, mainly using EF 100-400 and 500mm f4, sometimes with 1.4 mkiii extender for wildlife (mainly birds) shots

The rolling shutter and one or two other things concern me about the current R7 but if there were big improvements I would get a R7 mkII as long as it will still allow use of my EF lenses - I'm not getting one if I have to replace my whole lens lineup (i have 6 in total) and it will put a lot of people with lenses they've spent a lot of money on but can't shift.

Given the price of the 500mm in particular tell me they will ensure a lens like that is still compatible by using an adapter as is currently the case?

 

[scyrene]

I'm still using 7d MKii and do well with it, mainly using EF 100-400 and 500mm f4, sometimes with 1.4 mkiii extender for wildlife (mainly birds) shots

The rolling shutter and one or two other things concern me about the current R7 but if there were big improvements I would get a R7 mkII as long as it will still allow use of my EF lenses - I'm not getting one if I have to replace my whole lens lineup (i have 6 in total) and it will put a lot of people with lenses they've spent a lot of money on but can't shift.

Given the price of the 500mm in particular tell me they will ensure a lens like that is still compatible by using an adapter as is currently the case?

Why wouldn't they remain compatible?

 

[DhlcadR6]

I'm still using 7d MKii and do well with it, mainly using EF 100-400 and 500mm f4, sometimes with 1.4 mkiii extender for wildlife (mainly birds) shots

The rolling shutter and one or two other things concern me about the current R7 but if there were big improvements I would get a R7 mkII as long as it will still allow use of my EF lenses - I'm not getting one if I have to replace my whole lens lineup (i have 6 in total) and it will put a lot of people with lenses they've spent a lot of money on but can't shift.

Given the price of the 500mm in particular tell me they will ensure a lens like that is still compatible by using an adapter as is currently the case?

R7 adapt EF lenses will get better AF performance over 7Dii, I can't say for Sigma&Tamron EF, but Canon's EF lenses will not have compatibility issues with RF cameras.

And why the rolling shutter matters when the mechanical/EFCS of R7 is faster than 7Dii already. There's no one forcing you to use electronic shutter.

 

[canonman123]

Why wouldn't they remain compatible?

I read a comment to another article somewhere that threw doubt on it but sure, it's unlikely

 

[canonman123]

R7 adapt EF lenses will get better AF performance over 7Dii, I can't say for Sigma&Tamron EF, but Canon's EF lenses will not have compatibility issues with RF cameras.

And why the rolling shutter matters when the mechanical/EFCS of R7 is faster than 7Dii already. There's no one forcing you to use electronic shutter.

sure, all good, it's a while since I read up properly on the R7 and I'd forgotten there was the mechanical option

In general though I found the R7 specs not convincing enough to spend the money on it, but if R7mkii is a significant upgrade then I think that's when I go for it - I'd include in that having a bigger body, this obsession with everything being smaller and lighter comes at the expense of quality IMO

 

[AlanF]

R7 adapt EF lenses will get better AF performance over 7Dii, I can't say for Sigma&Tamron EF, but Canon's EF lenses will not have compatibility issues with RF cameras.

And why the rolling shutter matters when the mechanical/EFCS of R7 is faster than 7Dii already. There's no one forcing you to use electronic shutter.

You can get shutter shock with both mechanical and EFCS at lower shutter speeds - yes, even with EFCS in bursts because of the closing of the shutter can shock the next frame! So, I use ES for slower speeds and for fast as well when there is no problem with rolling shutter. For action at fast speeds, there is no rolling shutter or shutter shock for mechanical and EFCS. Like many pieces of kit, there are workarounds to get the best out of it.

 

[DhlcadR6]

You can get shutter shock with both mechanical and EFCS at lower shutter speeds - yes, even with EFCS in bursts because of the closing of the shutter can shock the next frame! So, I use ES for slower speeds and for fast as well when there is no problem with rolling shutter. For action at fast speeds, there is no rolling shutter or shutter shock for mechanical and EFCS. Like many pieces of kit, there are workarounds to get the best out of it.

The shutter shock is overblown, especially after the firmware update. Sometimes I forgot to switch back to ES, EFCS/mechanical slower than 1/500 won't hurt the image.