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Will there be an R7 Mk II ?

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Re: I'm waiting for the R7 MK2

charlyw64 wrote:

Messier Object wrote:

charlyw64 wrote:

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.

The 7D is worse still - picked up my wife's 7D and compared side by side the order is 7D, 7DII and then R7. Memory is tainted by it's gradual decay, you never had the direct comparison and you never were treated to the ES silence...

with its mirror locked up the 7DII's shutter sound at 10fps is, to my ear, much 'softer' (less high frequency "clack") than the R7's harsh mech shutter at 15fps.

Then you are not comparing like for like. Depends on how you used mirror lockup. The only one to achieve multiple frames like that is to use live view and that - unlike the traditional mirror lock up - uses EFCS... So I am quite sure you used live view to lock the mirror up which means that you need to put the R7 into EFCS mode and redo the comparison, you will be surprised...

I wasn’t using the camera other than to examine the shutter sounds the 7DII makes with its mirror locked up. I wasn’t viewing anything - the body cap was in place

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