The ALMOST PERFECT Youtube Camera

For $1500 I believe the Canon R7 is the new Youtube camera king. Here are the best and worst video features on the Canon R7 from the perspective of a Youtuber.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Video Setup with the R7
1:26 R7 Audio Quality
1:33 Wireless Remote Control
1:47 7K Native Resolution Crop
2:12 C-Log3 and Color Quality
2:57 Auto Focus
3:26 Other Canon R7 Pros
7:22 Canon R7 Cons
8:28 Speed Booster
8:58 More Issues
9:58 Final Thoughts on the R7 for Video

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[dslrvideoshooter]

Yes, the video has lots of little white specs. Turned out to be a bad HDMI cable between the camera and recorder. Sorry!

[unnmedfeelng]

A nice camera if you gonna use EF lenses, but I don't approve the decision to ban third-party RF lenses

[AwesomeSauceShow]

Hey, is it just me, or what are those white pixels flickering over your black shirt? Is it an issue of the camera you recorded with, I hope not the R7 or is it a byproduct of YT compression?

[ChadSchrandt]

I feel like Canon has had the ability to make such a great camera in the price point for a long time, but have always limited this price point to up-sell people to more expensive camera. At this price point, there's so many incredible devices being released by Sony especially with the FX30 now), Fujifillm, and Panasonic, that they could no longer keep releasing camera's such as the RP or M series camera. They can't continue to keep losing market share, they gotta get people invested in RF Glass somehow.

[BensTechLab]

This is not a Sony FX30 video. Didn’t you get the YouTuber memo this week? 😛

[TheNitpicker]

The video of the R7 in the studio looks extremely noisy, it's very obvious in the colored emtpy walls, very distracting.
But I think something is actually off with this particular video since the whole video, even his default cam looks noisy, with lots of artifacts and those white dots flying around.

[CoalitionGaming]

This camera had me pretty excited when it released since I love my sigma 18-35, but my current EOS M6 Mark II setup still serves me pretty well while still being more compact so my excitement also cooled a bit. It is rather unfortunate that Canon decided not to make the 1080p better though. The 4k is downsampled which is great but would have liked to see 1080p be downsampled too! Good 1080p is still worthwhile and useful imo.

[TheTechnoPilot]

...and then Sony dropped the FX30.

To be clear, this is a very solid YouTube camera, but if you are in the $1500-$1800 price point and focused almost exclusively on video, the FX30 will grow with you FAR more. This is especially true with the ability to upgrade to four channels of audio with two phantom powered XLRs and a 3.5mm jack with plug-in power. Also just by buying higher end CFExpress A cards, you can shoot super high bitrate internal with the codecs required by broadcasters. Add a Ninja V and you can shoot ProResRAW. In terms of a camera to grow with at the lower price point, the FX30 is definitely the camera to pick right now.

[JuanflimIt]

I hate that cannon banned third party lens. i was really looking foward to getting an cannon r7 with it being able to shoot 4k/60p 10 bit and upgrading from a z50 for video and pairing with viltrox or sigma rf lens but i guess i got look into the Sony A7 IV or nikon z6 IIi . I dont see myself paying 1800$ for a cam body and than having to buy a 1500$ lens . The truth is a lot of these third-party lens performs the same if not better than the canon lens but for 1/3 of the price. really greedy move by cannon banning third- party lens 😥
edit: sony drop fx30 my prayers have been answers 🙌

[jlinc]

So it’s the Fuji xt4 a couple years later?

[JonEFPV]

Garbage compared to the new Sony stuff. Canon should be embarrassed.

[mb-watches]

I upgraded from the 90D to the R7 and am really happy with my choice. There are for sure interesting alternatives, especially when the FX30 came out I was checking that out too. But somehow I like and can work better with Canon and had anyways couple of ef-s lenses which i use on the R7. For YouTube its perfect, I do reviews, interviews and boutique presentations (all hobby though) but so far its great and keeps up with the task. Do 95% Video, sometimes foto. Great review Caleb, it was a great review, happy to see my feelings about the R7 confirmed.

[kellenholt]

I agree that it’s a great body, but saying there are a ton of lens options available is a bit of a miss with this review. Yes canon has *some* affordable RF options, but they don’t perform as well as other first party options from their competitors and the lack of third party RF options make them fall way behind the competition.

I absolutely love canon bodies, love the ergonomics, love the feel and love the colors most of all, but the lack of RF lens options steered me to an A7IV over an R6 and would steer me away from this body if I was looking to buy something at this price point.

Honestly I struggle to understand Canon’s stance on this issue as lensing is really the only thing holding them back from really owning multiple market segments at this point.

[solarsky]

Only 30 milliseconds readout time per video frame. Wow!
Perfect for moving objects. NOT.

[coppensbram]

Totally agree! 👍 Loving my R7 for video work (YouTube, client work and family stuff). And set up for the future with all RF lenses when I finally go full frame. And indeed, the Sigma 18-35 is fantastic with this camera! 😊

[allanjoseph_filmer]

Is it just me or can you see chunks of pixels floating around ?? 🧐

[lmauro]

waiting for your take on the Fuji XH2s

[Ralf-CGN]

Only Canon lenses with RF mount is an absolut NO GO. Fail.

[ItsDrewsif]

It’s nice to see canon finally catching up with everyone else, shame they’re privatizing the RF mount. Anti consumer practices are wack.

[thomasfransson]

Thanks for the review.
I was super excited about this camera at first. But I don’t think it's quite as capable as I need it to be.
This review kind of pushed me even more towards the XH2S and bump my X-T4 down to b-cam.