Toting around this camera is like holding a wild beast in your hands – this sucker could handle a NASCAR race with ease.

Great 18MP photo quality; Blazing fast 8 fps shooting; Pinpoint focusing; Just so happens to take HD videos

Expensive; Heavy-it's a commitment; Video focusing takes practice; Considerable learning curve

If you can justify the price tag it's hard to fault Canon's new APS-C flagship. With class-leading image quality, fast operation and excellent handling the EOS 7D is everything a semi-pro model should be--and the excellent movie mode will be a welcome bonus to those that like their pictures to move.

Class-leading detail and resolution at base ISO; good per-pixel sharpness; Very good low-light performance; low noise levels and good retention of detail; 8 frames per second continuous shooting speed; Thanks to Dual Digic 4 processors very quick and responsive performance; Excellent build quality...

Unreliable white balance under artificial lighting; Slight tendency to overexpose in contrasty conditions; Occasional jagged lines in 720p video; No built-in AF illuminator

Canon's new 7D looks to bridge the gap between the incredible but expensive 5D Mark II and very capable stills camera the 50D. At $3499, the 7D is midway in price between these two excellent cameras. Does it perform well enough to carve out its own niche?

I bought the Canon 7D with the 18-135mm lens and it is simply the best camera i've ever had. I take surfing photos and with the 8fps I dont miss a thing. I've also got the 70-300 is usm lens to get a little closer. The full auto mode is great but it's fun creating your own in manual mode.

The $1,699 (list, body only) 18-megapixel Canon EOS 7D takes beautiful pictures-in a wide variety of lighting situations. But the true lure of the Canon 7D is that it's the only sub-$2,000 D-SLR that offers a multitude of high-definition video-capture options.

Excellent still-image and HD-video quality; Fast performance; Various HD video recording options

Pricey; Video recording is not as simple as with a dedicated camcorder

I use this with a Sigma 50mm prime to shoot portraits, with the Canon 10-22mm wide angle to shoot landscapes and starscapes, with a 70-200L to shoot sporting events and with a 24-105L for macro and walk-around shots. The 24-105L is my least favorite.

Still fairly small compared to a full-frame camera so it's easier to take it with you; Durable, tons of available lenses, great low light, decent video, fast, great quality shots; Has up to 30 second automatic shutter speed, and a bulb mode to take super-long exposures if you're into star trails

You must manually focus during video recording; Uses a crop sensor (a pro and a con depending on your needs.) Not as easy to learn to use as an entry-level camera, because it gives you the feature set of a professional level camera on the entry-level 1.6x crop sensor

well so far its been a good camera for my needs, i enjoy taking picures of landscape. Takes some time for me to get it to focus but at the end a get a great picture. This was my Birthday gift from my BFF Seid. He sure knows how to pick them. XOXO

Easy To Use; Good Image Quality; Quiet

Short Battery Life

I purchased this camera twice. The first time I bought a refurbished copy from my local store in 2013, I had the camera for 6 months and found that the AF was wonky. I calibrated all my lenses (by FoCal) right after I bought the camera (along with a used 135L).

The Canon EOS 7D digital SLR is designed for users who want fast shooting performance. That means sports photographers, nature photographers, and basically anyone who needs to freeze-frame a fast-moving subject.

Generally a stunning camera, but needs to be used on RAW to make full use of the excellent CMOS chip, as the JPEGs can be unreliable