Price: about £1499/US$1699 body only, £1878/US$2049 with 18-135mm lens |Sensor: APS-C CMOS | Megapixels: 20.2 | Lens mount: Canon EF-S | Screen: 3-inch, 1,040,000 dots | Continuous shooting speed: 10fps | Max video resolution: 1080p
Canon fans had to wait a long time for a replacement for the EOS 7D, the company's top APS-C format digital SLR. The original 7D was ahead of its time, with a powerful AF system (for the time), high-speed continuous shooting and full HD movie capability.
But the 7D Mark II is a big step forward in every way. It's designed for enthusiast photographers who want to shoot a bit of everything and need a versatile camera that can cope with a wide range of subjects and conditions – and the EOS 7D Mark II's weatherproofing means that it can be used in harsher conditions than all of Canon's other current DSLRs apart from the pro-level EOS-1DX.
Its state-of-the-art 65-point autofocus system (all cross type) copes well with moving subjects as they move around the frame or towards/away from the camera.
The metering system with its new 150,000-pixel RGB and infrared sensor is also extremely capable and delivers correctly exposed images in a wide range of conditions. Noise is controlled well, colours good and images have an impressive amount of detail for the camera's pixel count.
The 7D Mark II is an excellent camera, indeed it's Canon's best APS-C format model to date. It's not often that we recommend making a direct upgrade from a previous model, but the 7D Mark II is such an improvement over the 7D that it's worth it.
Unfortunately, it's also the most expensive enthusiasts camera, though this may change when it's been out for a little longer and prices start to fall.
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