Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS 7D
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

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
- Type I or II CF card, UDMA-compatible
- Image Sensor Size
- 22.3 mm x 14.9 mm
- Compatible Lenses
- Canon EF lenses including EF-S lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6x the lens focal length)
- Lens Mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 18.0 megapixels
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending
- Recording Format
- Design rule for Camera File System 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible
- Recorded pixels
- (1) Large: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456) (2) Medium: Approx. 8.00 Megapixels (3,456 x 2,304) (3) Small: Approx. 4.50 Megapixels (2,592 x 1,728) (4) RAW: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456) (5) M-RAW: Approx. 10.10 Megapixels (3,888 x 2,592) (6) S-RAW: Approx. 4.50 Megapixels (2,592 x 1,728)
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- Picture Style
- Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3
- White Balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (2500-10000K), white balance correction, and white balance bracketing possible * Color temperature information transmission enabled
- Noise reduction
- Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
- Automatic image brightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer
- Highlight tone priority
- Provided
- Lens peripheral illumination correction
- Provided
- Type
- Eye-level pentaprism
- Coverage
- Vertical/Horizontal approx. 100%
- Magnification
- Approx. 1.0x (-1m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity)
- Eyepoint
- Approx. 22 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1m-1)
- Built-in Dioptric Adjustment
- -3.0 to +1.0m-1 (diopter)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed
- Composition aids
- Grid and electronic level
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-Field Preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
- AF Points
- 19 (All cross-type)
- Metering Range
- EV -0.5 – 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
- Focus Modes
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
- AF area selection modes
- Single point AF, Spot AF, AF point expansion, Zone AF, 19-point AF auto selection
- AF-assist beam
- Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
- AF fine adjustment
- Enabled with AF Microadjustment
- Metering Modes
- 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering • Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point) • Partial metering (approx. 9.4% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 2.3% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Metering Range
- EV 1 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure Control
- Program AE (Full Auto, Creative Auto, Program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, manual exposure, bulb exposure
- ISO Speed (Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, Creative Auto: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 3200 P, Tv, Av, M, B: ISO 100 – 6400 (in 1/3-stop increments), Auto, or ISO expansion to ISO 12800
- Exposure Compensation
- Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual exposure compensation) Settable amount: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (AEB ±3 stops)
- AE Lock
- Auto: With One-Shot AF and evaluative metering, AE lock is applied when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter Speeds
- 1/8000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Full Auto mode), X-sync at 1/250 sec.1/8000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.)
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: 12/39 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: 15mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 3 sec. Wireless master unit function provided
- External flash
- EX-series Speedlite (Functions settable with the camera)
- 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
- Drive Modes
- Single, High-speed continuous, Low-speed continuous, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2-sec. self-timer/remote control
- Continuous Shooting Speed
- Max. 8 shots per sec.
- Max. burst
- JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 94 (126) shots RAW: Approx. 15 (15) shots RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 6 (6) shots * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and a 4GB card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an Ultra DMA (UDMA) 4GB card based on Canon’s testing standards.
- Focusing
- Live mode, Face detection Live mode (Contrast detection) Quick mode (Phase-difference detection),Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)
- Metering Modes
- Evaluative metering with the image sensor
- Metering Range
- EV 1 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Silent shooting:
- Provided (Mode 1 and 2)
- Grid Display
- Two types
- Movie compression
- MPEG-4 AVC Variable (average) bit rate
- Audio recording format
- Linear PCM
- File type
- MOV
- Recording size and frame rate
- 1920×1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p 1280×720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640×480 (SD) : 60p/50p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.0 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.0 fps
- File size
- 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p): Approx. 330 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) : Approx. 330 MB/min. 640×480 (60p/50p) : Approx. 165 MB/min.
- Focusing
- Same as focusing with Live View shooting
- Metering modes
- Evaluative and center-weighted average metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the AF mode
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Program AE (exposure compensation possible) for movies and manual exposure
- ISO speed
- Automatically set within ISO 100 – 6400, expandable to 12800 With manual exposure, ISO 100 – 6400 set automatically/manually
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone External stereo microphone terminal provided
- Grid display
- Two types
- Type
- TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor size and dots
- 3-in. with approx. 920,000 dots (VGA)
- Coverage
- Approx. 100%
- Brightness adjustment
- Auto, Manual
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Image display formats
- Single, Single + Info (Image-recording quality, shooting information, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible
- Zoom magnification
- Approx. 1.5x – 10x
- Image browsing methods
- Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movie, by stills
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- Slide show
- All images, by folder, by date, movies, or stills
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT) Built-in speaker
- Compatible Printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable Images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compatible
- Custom Functions
- 27
- Camera User Settings
- Register under Mode Dial’s C1, C2 and C3 positions
- My Menu Registration
- Provided
- Copyright information
- Entry and inclusion enabled
- Audio/video OUT/ Digital terminal
- Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output For personal computer communication and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB equivalent)
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (Auto switching of resolution)
- External microphone IN terminal
- 3.5mm dia. stereo mini-jack
- Remote control terminal
- Compatible with N3-type remote control
- Wireless remote control
- Compatible with Remote Controller RC-1/RC-5
- Extension System Terminal
- For connection to Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E5A/B/C/D
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E6 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6 * With Battery Grip BG-E7 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used
- Battery information
- Remaining capacity, Shutter count, and Recharge performance displayed
- Battery life (Based on CIPA testing standards)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 800 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 750 shots at 0°C/32°F With Live View shooting: Approx. 220 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 210 shots at 0°C/32°F
- Maximum movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 10 min. at 0°C/32°F (With fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- 148.2 x 110.7 x 73.5 mm / 5.8 x 4.4 x 2.9 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 820 g / 28.9 oz. (body only)
- Working Temperature Range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working Humidity
- 85% or less
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