To date, I have found the 70D to be just as good as the 7D is at staying free of dust, either on it’s mirror, sensor or AF screen. I would think that the 7D may have a slight weather sealing advantage with its flush, integrated rear LCD screen as compared to the flip-out screen on the 70D. Again, I have had no moisture issues with either camera body. Both cameras have plastic and metal storage card doors.Ĭanon claim similar levels of weather sealing for both bodies. It would also appear to me that the rear screen of the 7D sits more flush against the rear of the body, and might thus be a little less likely to incur accidental damage. The 7D is constructed with a magnesium alloy chassis, and overall, it feels more rugged than the 70D. The 7D feels more substantial, with its overall larger size, and more extensive rubber coating. Both the 70D and 7D can achieve their maximum frame rate without the need for a battery pack, which is different to some other camera brands.ĮOS 7D in foreground, EOS70D behind. Aside from the benefit of longer shooting time that comes with the addition of the second battery cell in the pack, the battery grips also add vertical shooting controls but this comes at the cost of added weight and bulk.

Adding the battery grips will bulk up the bodies, whilst making them more comfortable to hold for most users, whether shooting vertically or horizontally. If you are wondering which one might be best suited for your own purposes, keep on reading, and hopefully my findings will be of use to you.įor this comparison, I worked without the optional battery grips on either body. I have compared the two camera bodies extensively, feature for feature, and shared my own experience that comes from shooting with both of them.

Recently, I have been using the EOS 70D as a working camera doing what I do, which is taking wildlife photographs in the outdoors.

My wife and I used three Canon 7D bodies as our primary camera bodies for some time. In the hand though, the newly-released 70D and the older but still current 7D are different in some quite important ways.īoth share the APS-C sensor size, (although not resolution or sensors) which makes it easier to compare image quality between them. If you compared these two cameras on specification alone, they seem very similar.

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