The Canon 7D Mark I In The Year 2023!? Should I Buy This ~$300 Camera 

I am a wildlife photographer and am currently still shooting with a Canon 7D Mark I. I can often get photos as good as the guys with newer cameras. I like the heft of a big camera that is waterproof and durable and the 7D serves me well. As you note, the 7D does not do video very well, but its still photos are really good. With the older sensors, noise can be problem when the light is low, but today's software handles that well. Thanks for highlighting this camera--I'd recommend it to others.

Nice little vid 👍. Thanks for sharing.

If this was all someone could afford, to get into photography, wildlife & sports /action - it is an EXCELLENT choice. Seeing them now for $200. GREAT option.

I love my mark 1, still use it for RU-vid videos, even at 720p. I just assume most people watch RU-vid on their phones anyway. As for the photography side, with proper maintenance, it’ll be good for the next 100 years.

Have a T4i I’ve used for years. Just picked up a 7D for $150 still in the box, in mint condition. With my 18-135, and 70-200, my pic have gotten a whole new life

Good review of a camera I have been using for several years and still do to this day. Now I don't feel like I'm so far out of the loop. Thanks.

Great video!

I love shooting with old gears. Therefore, Canon 7D is still one of my main action cameras. Will continue using it as long it keeps shooting. Thank you for the video.

i use my 7d for motersports around the uk with a 100 400 and im still pleased with what it gives me .its been rained on loads this year and it still keeps going for me.

Those old digital digitalrev vids were class 🤣😂 great days.

Taking this from the standpoint of when this camera was released was cool You did some good research.

I have the 7D Mark II and yesterday I ordered the 7D as a backup and for my second shooter. I don’t shoot video anyway, so that doesn’t matter to me. Can’t wait to use it.

After many years of basically never taking my 300D off of full auto, I decided that it was time to learn about how to actually take pictures. One of my purchases has been a used 7D and I love it. It may be old and out-of-date, but that's OK, because so am I! Interestingly, I find it to be a little more difficult to control than my 20D, but that's great because it forces me to pay a lot of attention to the triangle, which I should be doing anyway.

7D was my dream student walk around camera. I should've kept it - your video gives me some good insight into whether I should pick up a good used one.

Im from Spain, somewhere between Africa and France, and I just bought a new one (7D Mi) today for less than 300$ US. Hope you are right and it work so well for bird and nature photography I practise. Thanks.

I still use the 7d and 60d, they work well for me

Great video, this was my first major camera and I still have it and still use it to video with. ML changed the game on the 7D and continue to make it a beast today. Upscaling has changed video quality beyond what our eyes can even perceive. Once you learn ML you will look at other cameras and 😂

I am an old photographer, and I agree with all you said (also very well explained). I use micro four thirds with Olympus, but I owned a 7d back in the days and now (yesterday, actually) I bought it again on ebay. True, technology goes further and further, but it'not a big deal to renounce to the last available technology if we feel confortable even without it. I also use some manual focus lenses and it'not a big deal to me...we all should keep in mind your considerations. Thanks for that!

I bought an a7s a few years ago. Beautiful images... But I'm back to using my 7D.

Love the 7D ... on my second one now :)

I use a 7d after countless tests with mirrorless focusing. And I tried a lot. The noise of the 7d is perfect in my eyes. Extremely good. The files I get with other converters on other mirrorless cameras have less noise but also less detail. With more megapixels. The 7d raw files work much better and you get equivalent results. Easier to compress, leaving acceptable detail even at ISO 3200. The grain is very fine. The dynamic range can actually be annoying and perhaps even more annoying not being able to change the compensation via automatic ISO. To catch up on the shadows.In M mode this is not there. In other modes yes . Having 2 processors, compression up to 800 ISO is actually perfect. I don't have to touch anything because the jpgs in the car are perfect.

I'm glad Canon introduced the R series. Thanks to this, eos have become cheaper. Just buy a good lens and enjoy beautiful photos. Cool. I think I'll buy another 7d.

Hi, could you give me some guidance? because I am an amateur photographer and I want to buy one but I know that the world of professional cameras is very complex and it depends on what exactly you want to take, I am looking for a camera that takes all kinds of movement or static, also for night like concerts that can be seen clearly in the dark or for travel and for daytime photos like Instagram influencers, I know there is no camera for everything in general, but I more or less wanted to get an idea of what camera would be best for something in general, especially for someone who wants to buy a camera for the first time, for example on EBay now I have seen one that is at 340€ second hand the Canon EOS 700 D with EF-S 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM from 2013 with 4. 980 of shots the shutter count with less than 5,000 that I do not know if it is the same as the shots, but more or less that was what the seller told me, I do not know if this camera could serve me for what I ask as well as for videos related to what I mentioned before that I would like to take or record, I know that the canon 7 D of 2013 is more for the movements and that, but I do not know if it will be good for almost in general or which other camera of this type and price of second would suit me better?. Well thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience, I just need some guidance because I've seen videos and I'm still undecided or I do not clarify very well. Best regards. Thanks

Love my 7D MK1, I run the RAW's through PureRaw 2 which results in lovely clean files

How bad is this for indoor sports? 🤔 I would love a fast indoor shooter for low light but the 1dx is a little pricey!

Is it good beginner camara

i just bought one from keh with a two-year warranty for a little over $200. i'll probably get a 5Dii soon too before they all get snapped up.

So can the 7D use SD cards? Or do you have to have compact flash?

The only issue I have with 7d is banding noise when shooting high dynamic range landscapes. Not only there is banding in the shadows, but also in the lights! The dynamic range is catastrofically low, and the noise is too high even for a crop sensor. Micro 4/3 are less noisy nowadays

I'm just getting into sports photography, would this still be a good camera for me?

But the 70-300 f/2.8 is way more expensive. And it's "all" about the ens.. I have the same 7D (I) with 3000( yes ; not 30.000) clics for €300,-, so very nice! This moment only with the "plastic-fantastic" Canon 75-300mm f4-5-6(version II), but will get some fast primes. Nice informative video!

I bought the Canon EOS 7D used and it's an amazing Camera. I also have a Canon EOS 10s film camera and that too is a great camera.

The Canon 7D Mark I the best (choice) camera in 2023 but in 2024 is a very good camera!

i am a novice who just qcquired 5d-2. Can i justify getting 7d? Still?

why the heck did canon throw so much into a crop-sensor camera?

Bought 2 of these for £100 each.

'Promosm'

I bought it 5 months ago for 200€....(50k s.c)