Will there be an R7 Mk II ?

Chris Wolfgram wrote:

charlyw64 wrote:

Chris Wolfgram wrote:

charlyw64 wrote:

and only list this because you need to be negative about something. I have used the 7DII for 8 years (got one on the day of the initial release) and never have used it without additional weather gear because not all of my lenses are weather sealed and those that are were bought mostly second hand and thus I have no knowledge how well their gaskets have been maintained. Thus there is a big gaping hole in the sealing...Have you seen the videos of Wild Alaska? He was using the R5 alongside the R7 on one trip in atrocious weather and the weather sealed R5 conked out first IIRC.

Compared to the mirror slap of the 7DII the shutter shock in the R7 is minute

Now wait a minute ! So your telling me, the 7D II has such crazy mirror slap, that it might knock the camera straight out of your hands, and scare wildlife on the other side of the forest ?!?! .... because it would really "have to" to be any worse than the R7 !

I can use them side by side, the mirror slap of the 7DII is more pronounced and louder than the R7 full mechanical shutter and you can easily use the EFCS to reduce that without incurring the wrath of the rolling shutter, the bokeh effect of the EFCS doesn't bother me at all.

I find that hard to believe. I owned the original 7D, and although it's been a while, I don't think it was near as loud and shocking as the R7 in MS mode.

Oh, believe it. I had the 7D, 7DII, and now the R7. The R7's shutter has a different sound, which some people find annoying (not me), but it's definitely not as loud as the 7DII's in full mechanical mode. The 7DII had what Canon called a 'silent' mode, which I used a lot for indoor event shooting. I think it involved moving the mirror a bit earlier and less quickly. It was very quiet, but not completely silent. But it also restricted burst speed to about 4fps. For action shooting at the full 10fps, the 7DII was considerably louder than the R7 at 15fps in either full mechanical or EFCS. People say a lot of silly things about the R7's shutter noise (partly because it's funny to say such things, of course). I just got the R6II, and its shutter in EFCS (I never use full mechanical, unless someone gives me an F1.2 lens and I'm using it in bright daylight) is certainly quieter than the R7's, and with a different kind of sound too. There's no doubt that it's better, but the R7 is perfectly fine. I even find it quite satisfying to shoot sports with a kind of machine-gun effect.