
To compare real-life performance we shot the same scene with the Canon EOS 7D, EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II within a few moments of each other using their RAW modes and base sensitivities.
#CANON 7D REVIEW RAW FILE ISO#
Real-life resolution JPEG / RAW / High ISO Noise JPEG / RAW No great surprise there, but now let’s see what impact those sensor resolutions and technologies have at higher sensitivities in our Canon EOS 7D High ISO JPEG Noise results page. While the differences outside of a studio chart environment aren’t as significant as you might hope, the bottom line is the EOS 7D under bright conditions and at a low sensitivity (and with a decent lens), will out-resolve the Nikon D300s, whether shooting JPEGs or RAW files. So once again the D300s, as the lowest resolution body here, unsurprisingly records the least detail, although it’s very close to the EOS 50D, which itself isn’t that far behind the EOS 7D. Once again with white balance and sharpening roughly matched, you’re essentially looking at the difference between sensor resolutions and optics here. You can of course boost it on the D300s further if desired. We kept the sharpening on the D300s at its default, as this roughly matched that on the final two rows of crops, although the Canon’s look sharper in the second row. We processed the D300s RAW file using Nikon’s Capture 2 NX, and manually took a grey-point reading from the image to match that of the Canon bodies. As a 12 Megapixel camera, the Nikon is the lowest resolution model of the group tested here, hence the larger area in its crops. In this set of crops, we’ve repeated those from the Canon EOS 50D and EOS 7D, and added the Nikon D300s. The crops below are taken from the areas marked with the red squares and presented here at 100%. The image above was taken with the Canon EOS 7D at 100 ISO with an exposure of 1/320 and the lens set to 24mm f8 the original RAW file measured 26MB. Scroll up for comparisons against the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and see the previous page for JPEG results.īoth Canons were fitted with the Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS lens, while the D300s was fitted with the DX 16-85mm VR, all set to f8 in Aperture Priority mode and adjusted to deliver the same field of view. To compare real-life performance we shot the same scene with the Canon EOS 7D, EOS 50D and Nikon D300s within a few moments of each other using their RAW modes and base sensitivities. Canon EOS 7D results : Real-life resolution JPEG / RAW / High ISO Noise JPEG / RAWĬanon EOS 7D vs Canon EOS 50D vs Nikon D300s Real-life resolution (RAW files matched)
