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The viewfinder offers 100% coverage with a magnification of 1.0x and dioptre correction, and a transparent LCD screen overlays vital fous shooting information plus a dual-axis electronic level (the overlay information can also be customised to suit your needs). Importantly it also allows you to judge the critical sharpness of your photos using the LCD screen. The main LCD screen offers a fantastic VGA resolution with 1,040K dots, so you may find yourself using it more often than you thought.

This makes the Canon EOS 7D Mark II quicker to use and also helps to extend the battery life. On cheaper DSLR cameras, the LCD on the rear usually has to do both jobs, but on this model all of the camera's main settings are visible from above on the smaller panel. There are two LCD displays on this camera the 3.0-inch colour LCD on the rear and the smaller status panel on the top. There's a smaller fourth button which activates the status LCD display light so that you can use it in the dark. The 7D Mark II also shows the settings on the main LCD screen as well as the status LCD. It does take a little while to memorise which button does what, and which dial you need to turn. You press a button and then turn either the top dial or the rear dial to change the corresponding setting.

On the top-right of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, positioned above the large monochrome status LCD display, are three buttons, each of which has two functions. The useful Quick Control screen is particularly well-suited to beginners and tripod work. Depending on which shooting mode you're using, this lets you set various parameters via the LCD screen, using the joystick to move around the various options. Underneath is the Quick button which opens the Quick Control screen. This joystick works well enough, but it's not as positive or as easy to use as a conventional four-way controller. The quick control dial does take up the space where you'd normally expect to find a four-way controller, which means that for menu navigation Canon has had to incorporate an additional small joystick on the back of the camera. There's a dedicated Lock switch which toggles this dial on and off. It's a bit of an acquired taste compared to more conventional control dials, but you quickly get used to it and it is easy to 'spin'. This rear 'quick control dial' is characteristic of all high-end Canon EOS cameras, used to apply rapid exposure adjustments. Like other semi-pro cameras, the Canon EOS 7D Mark II offers two control wheels a small one on the top of the handgrip, and a large, spinning dial on the back of the camera. On the front of the 7D Mark II is an infrared port on the grip, depth-of-field preview button, self-timer lamp and a monaural microphone, along with a small button to pop-up the built-in flash. There's a textured area on both the deep hand-grip and around the thumb-rest on the rear of the camera, and size-wise the 7D Mark II is perfect for everyone with normal to large-sized hands. The 7D Mark II has a magnesium alloy body, which should make it more durable in the longer term than a plastic body, and it also adds a welcome level of weather-proofing for protection against dust and moisture.

The new Canon 7D Mark II is outwardly very similar to the popular 5D Mark II full-frame DSLR, being very slightly smaller (148.6 x 112.4 x 78.2mm) and weighing 40g less. In the US the EOS 7D Mark II is also available bundled with the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens for $2,149.

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Completely rebuilt and redesigned, the EOS 7D Mark II features 10fps burst shooting, a new 65-point cross-type AF system, Dual DIGIC 6 processors, new 20.2 MP APS-C CMOS sensor with a native ISO 100-16,000 range (expandable to ISO 51,200), 150k pixel RGB+IR metering sensor and innovative flicker detection mode, 200,000-cycle shutter durability, pro-level movie features including live, uncompressed HDMI output and Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology, built-in GPS and a digital compass. The Canon EOS 7D Mark II is a new APS-C sensor DSLR camera that's built for speed.

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