The skin tones are low contrast in the green channel, but this is the best case scenario for the green channel, with an almost entirely green background. We also get good contrast against the sky in the blue channel. Matthew Gore | Light And Matter If we consider our subject’s face to be our desired focal point, then clearly the red channel gives the best contrast between skin and background, which is typical with skin. As it is a newer sensor and lower resolution, we should expect the D7000 to have slightly better high-ISO performance than the Canon 7D… and my initial tests seem to indicate that this is true, especially at ISO 6400. I look forward to seeing how the D7000‘s high ISO images compare. I’ve found that images from the 7D shot up to ISO 1600 (and sometimes 3200) are quite usable. Otherwise, the cameras have the same ISO range, 100-6400. The Nikon’s sensor can be pushed (H2) all the way to ISO 25600, though having seen the results, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would want to. Obviously, the Canon 7D has a higher resolution sensor, at 18 megapixels compared to the D7000’s 16. Maximum Flash Sync Shutter Speed (standard flash) Max Burst Duration JPG (at highest frame rate) Max Burst Duration RAW (at highest frame rate) For those of you who spend hours each day staring through your viewfinder, you’ll understand why this makes a significant difference… bigger, brighter viewfinders are always better. Though both cameras offer a bright penta-prism viewfinder that show 100% of the full frame, the Canon shows the image at full magnification, while the D7000 is 5% smaller. No doubt the smaller size of the D7000 played an important part in the body design. The D7000’s body, then, is a great step up for the advanced amateur, but it is still not quite professional class construction. The D7000, on the other hand, has magnesium armor in many crucial areas of the body, especially along the top and back of the camera, but its front (and importantly, surrounding the lens mount) is still primarily plastic. As you can see in the photo (sorry for the hasty composite), the 7D is metal all the way up to the lens mount, where the stress from heavy glass can make the greatest impact. Although the Nikon D7000 is advertised as having a magnesium alloy body (and it does), it is more of a skeleton than the full metal body of the Canon 7D.

Notice that the Canon’s lens mount is bolstered by the magnesium alloy body.įirst, lets take a quick look at the bodies. Matthew Gore | Light And Matter Thought both camera bodies can claim magnesium alloy body construction, that construction is not necessarily equivalent.

But lets take a more sober look at the features and build of the two powerhouses and see if they can really be considered equals. It is easy to get caught up in the hype surrounding a new camera, especially when it hasn’t even been released to the public. Some have claimed that the Nikon is just as good as the 7D at $400 less. However, in several recent reports, I’ve begun to see the D7000 compared to the Canon 7D instead… and the 7D is a much harder act to follow. The Nikon fared very well against the Canon 60D. Recently, I published a quick comparison of the new Nikon D7000 and the equally new Canon 60D, both similarly priced mid-range cameras from their respective manufacturers.

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