vikkyvik wrote:The 7D also has a reputation for somewhat noisy photos, even at low ISO. I personally haven't used it, so can't offer any personal experience, but the number of people who've mentioned it leads me to suspect it's true.
It is - sort of. But it's usually blown out of proportion, if you ask me.
By my experience, the 7D does show a little noise, even at ISO 100. But it's really not that bad and can easily be fixed in post-processing, without any notable loss of details.
OTOH, the camera does have a fairly good noise performance at higher ISO levels. Even at ISO 1600 or 3200, some shots still come out okay.
This one was taken at ISO 1600, for example:
Here is an ISO 100 example:
At full res, you can tell there is a tiny bit of noise in the sky, but I don't think it's dramatic.
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