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DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS 7D Mark II
Canon
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Type
- Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash
- Recording media
- CF cards (Type I, UDMA 7 supported) SD/SDHC*/SDXC* memory cards * UHS-I cards compatible.
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 22.4 x 15.0 mm
- Compatible lenses
- Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) * Excluding EF-M lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the focal length indicated on the lens)
- Lens mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 20.20 megapixels * Rounded off to the nearest 10,000th.
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Auto/Manual, Appending Dust Delete Data
- Recording format
- Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible
- Pixels recorded
- L (Large) : Approx. 20.0 megapixels (5472 x 3648) M (Medium) : Approx. 8.90 megapixels (3648 x 2432) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 5.0 megapixels (2736 x 1824) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 20.0 megapixels (5472 x 3648) M-RAW : Approx. 11.2 megapixels (4104 x 2736) S-RAW : Approx. 5.0 megapixels (2736 x 1824)
- Record function
- Standard, Auto switch card, Record separately, Record to multiple
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- File name
- Preset code / User setting 1 / User setting 2
- File numbering
- Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1 – 3
- White balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (approx. 2500-10000 K), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing provided * Flash color temperature information transmission possible
- Noise reduction
- Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
- Automatic image brightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer provided
- Highlight tone priority
- Provided
- Lens aberration correction
- Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Distortion correction
- Anti-flicker
- Possible
- Type
- Eye-level pentaprism
- Coverage
- Vertical/Horizontal approx. 100% (with Eye point approx. 22 mm)
- Magnification
- Approx. 1.00x (-1 m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity)
- Eye point
- Approx. 22 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Built-in dioptric adjustment
- Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Eh-A standard screen, interchangeable
- Grid display
- Provided
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Function setting display
- Shooting mode, White balance, Drive mode, AF operation, Metering mode, Image quality: JPEG/RAW, Flicker detection, Warning symbol !, AF status
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor
- AF points
- 65 (Cross-type AF point: Max. 65 points) * Number of available AF points, cross-type points, and Dual cross-type points vary depending on the lens. * Dual cross-type focusing at f/2.8 with center AF point. (Excluding some lenses with f/2.8 or larger maximum aperture)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -3 – 18 (Conditions: f/2.8-sensitive center AF point, One-Shot AF, room temperature, ISO 100)
- Focus operation
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
- AF area selection mode
- Single-point Spot AF (manual selection), Single-point AF (manual selection), AF point expansion (manual selection: up, down, left, and right), AF point expansion (manual selection: surround), Zone AF (manual selection of zone), Large Zone AF (manual selection of zone), 65-point automatic selection AF
- AF point automatic selection conditions
- Based on EOS iTR AF setting (Enables AF incorporating human face/color information) * iTR: Intelligent Tracking and Recognition
- AF Configuration Tool
- Case 1 – 6
- AI Servo AF characteristics
- Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking, AF point auto switching
- AF Custom Functions
- 17 functions
- AF fine adjustment
- AF Microadjustment (All lenses by same amount or Adjust by lens)
- AF-assist beam
- Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
- Metering modes
- Approx. 150,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor and 252-zone TTL metering at max. aperture EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis) system • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial metering (approx. 6% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 1.8% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Scene Intelligent Auto: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically P, Tv, Av, M, B: Auto ISO, ISO 100 – ISO 16000 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to H1 (equivalent to ISO 25600) or H2 (equivalent to ISO 51200)
- ISO speed settings
- ISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable
- Exposure compensation
- Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments AEB: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with manual exposure compensation)
- AE lock
- Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button
- Interval timer
- Shooting interval and shot count settable
- Bulb timer
- Bulb exposure time settable
- Dynamic range adjustment
- Auto, ±1, ±2, ±3
- Effects
- Natural, Art standard, Art vivid, Art bold, Art embossed
- Auto image align
- Provided
- Shooting methods
- Function/control priority, Continuous shooting priority
- Number of multiple exposures
- 2 to 9 exposures
- Multiple-exposure control
- Additive, Average, Bright, Dark
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter speeds
- 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), Bulb, X-sync at 1/250 sec.
- Drive modes
- Single shooting, High-speed continuous shooting, Low-speed continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2-sec. self-timer/remote control
- Continuous shooting speed
- High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 10.0 shots/sec. (settable to 10 to 2 shots/sec.) * Max. approx. 9.5 shots/sec. with EOS iTR AF.
- Max. burst
- JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 130 shots (approx. 1090 shots) RAW: Approx. 24 shots (approx. 31 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 18 shots (approx. 19 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (Aspect ratio: 3 x 2, ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and an 8 GB CF card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an UDMA mode 7, CF card based on Canon’s testing standards.
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide number: Approx. 11/36.1 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 15 mm lens angle of view Recycling time: Approx. 3 sec.
- External Speedlite
- Compatible with EX-series Speedlites
- Flash metering
- E-TTL II autoflash
- Flash exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- FE lock
- Provided
- PC terminal
- Provided
- Flash control
- Built-in flash function settings, External Speedlite function settings, External Speedlite Custom Function settings Wireless flash control via optical transmission possible
- Focus methods
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF system/Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Manual focus (approx. 5x and 10x magnified view possible for focus check)
- Continuous AF
- Provided
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 10% of Live View screen), Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Silent shooting
- Provided (Mode 1 and 2)
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Recording format
- MOV/MP4 [Movie] MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, Variable (average) bit rate [Audio] MOV: Linear PCM, MP4: AAC
- Recording size and frame rate
- Full HD (1920×1080): 59.94p/50.00p/29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p HD (1280×720) : 59.94p/50.00p/29.97p/25.00p SD (640×480) : 29.97p/25.00p
- Compression method
- ALL-I (For editing/I-only), IPB (Standard), IPB (Light) * IPB (Light) is for MP4 only.
- File size
- [MOV] Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 440 MB/min. Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p)/ALL-I : Approx. 654 MB/min. Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 225 MB/min. HD (59.94p/50.00p)/ALL-I : Approx. 583 MB/min. HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 196 MB/min. SD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 75 MB/min.
- Card requirements (Writing/reading speed)
- [CF card] ALL-I: 30 MB/sec. or faster IPB (Standard), Full HD 59.94p/50.00p: 30 MB/sec. or faster IPB (Standard), other than above: 10 MB/sec. or faster IPB (Light): 10 MB/sec. or faster (MP4 only)
- Focus methods
- Same as focusing with Live View shooting Movie Servo AF customizable
- Metering modes
- Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focus method.
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Auto-exposure shooting (Program AE for movie shooting), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Scene Intelligent Auto, Tv: Automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 16000 P, Av, B: Automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 16000,expandable to H1 (equivalent to ISO 25600) M: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 16000), ISO 100 – ISO 16000 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), expandable to H1 (equivalent to ISO 25600)
- Time code
- Supported
- Drop frames
- Compatible with 59.94p/29.97p
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone, external stereomicrophone terminal provided Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided
- Headphones
- Headphone socket provided and volume adjustment possible
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Still photo shooting
- Possible * Except when set to Full HD 59.94p/50.00p
- 2-screen display
- LCD monitor and HDMI output movie displayable simultaneously
- HDMI output
- Movie without information display can also be output. * Auto/59.94i/50.00i/59.94p/50.00p/23.98p selectable
- Type
- TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor size and dots
- Wide 7.7 cm (3.0-in) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots
- Brightness adjustment
- Auto (Dark, Standard, Bright), Manual (7 levels)
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Help display
- Possible
- Image display formats
- Single-image display (without shooting information), Single-image display (with simple information), Single-image display (Shooting information displayed: Detailed information, Lens/histogram, White balance, Picture Style, Color space/noise reduction, Lens aberration correction, GPS), Index display (4/9/36/100 images), Two-image display
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- AF point display
- Provided
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Magnified view
- Approx. 1.5x-10x, initial magnification and position settable
- Image browsing methods
- Single image, Jump by 10 or 100 images, By shooting date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating
- Image rotation
- Provided
- Rating
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI) Built-in speaker
- Slide show
- All images, By date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating
- Image protection
- Possible
- Copying images
- Possible
- In-camera RAW image processing
- Brightness correction, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, High ISO speed noise reduction, JPEG image-recording quality, Color space, Peripheral illumination correction, Distortion correction, Chromatic aberration correction
- Resize
- Provided
- Compatible printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compliant
- Transferrable files
- Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies
- Compatible satellites
- GPS satellites (USA), GLONASS satellites (Russia), Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) “MICHIBIKI” (Japan)
- Geotag information appended to image
- Latitude, Longitude, Elevation, Direction, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), satellite signal condition
- Geotag updating interval
- 1 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 15 sec., 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 5 min.
- Time setting
- GPS time data set to camera
- Digital compass
- Three-axis geomagnetic sensor and three-axis accelerometer sensor used for orientation sensing
- Log data
- One file per day, NMEA format * Changing the time zone creates another file. * The log data saved in internal memory as a log file can be transferred to a card or downloaded to a computer.
- Log data deletion
- Possible
- Custom Functions
- 18
- My Menu
- Up to 5 screens can be registered
- Custom shooting modes
- Register under Mode Dial’s C1, C2, or C3
- Copyright information
- Text entry and inclusion enabled
- DIGITAL terminal
- SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Computer communication, direct printing, Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 (Ver. 2) connection
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible
- External microphone IN terminal
- 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack
- Headphone terminal
- 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack
- Remote control terminal
- For N3-type remote control units
- Wireless remote control
- Compatible with Remote Controller RC-6
- Eye-Fi card
- Supported
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E6N/LP-E6, quantity 1 * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6. * With Battery Grip BG-E16 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used.
- Battery information
- Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible
- Number of possible shots (Based on CIPA testing standards)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 670 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 640 shots at 0°C/32°F
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 40 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 30 min. at 0°C/32°F * With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6N.
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 148.6 x 112.4 x 78.2 mm / 5.85 x 4.43 x 3.08 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 910 g / 32.10 oz. (Based on CIPA Guidelines) Approx. 820 g / 28.92 oz. (Body only)
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