Canon 90D vs 7D MK ii for WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.

An in-depth gear review of the latest Canon EOS 90D vs the older Canon EOS 7D Mark ii for wildlife and nature photography. In this video, we compare the following: Autofocus, sensor and image quality, frame rate and memory, ergonomics and usability and finally real-world issues.

Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome to Cape Town for the 7D Mkii vs 90D
0:45 Can you really compare them?
1:50 Testing the Autofocus
5:12 Sensor and Image quality
8:07 Frame Rate and Memory
9:12 Ergonomics
14:03 Real-World Issues
15:45 Which is the winner?

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Review by Professional Wildlife and Nature photographer, Janine Krayer.

Filmed in one of the most beautiful photographic settings in the world - Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens.

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[PangolinWildlife]

What is your “dream” camera body and lens combo for wildlife photography? Let us know in the comments below...

[maxmillion]

I own a 90D and love the flip screen. I have shot in the rain and it just keeps a ticking, no worries there. The camera works well shooting wild life, you just got to experiment with the menu. The winner for me the 90D

[girijaa]

I sold my 90D and purchased the 7D MK II and now I am much happier. Focus nailed every time.

[jelly]

90D *Autofocus Adjustment Functions* are in the Custom Functions :) regarding 4:22
Custom Functions II: Autofocus.
*Tracking Sensitivity* (C.Fn II-1): Related to the AI Servo AF mode; this setting controls how much the autofocus system reacts when an object other than your subject enters the focusing area or when your subject strays from the focusing points.

Accel./Decel. Tracking (C.Fn II-2): This one is also related to AI Servo AF mode; the default setting is designed for subjects moving at a fixed speed. The other settings are geared to subjects that are moving erratically.

AF Point Auto Switching (C.Fn II-3): This sets the AF point switching sensitivity when tracking moving objects. In other words, you can control how responsive the system is when it needs to switch AF points.

AI Servo 1st Image Priority (C.Fn II-4): When you use one of the Continuous Drive modes and AI Servo AF mode, this setting determines whether the camera takes the first shot as soon as the shutter button is pressed, even if focus is not yet achieved. You can tell the camera to wait for focusing to occur (choose the Focus Priority setting) or to go ahead and take the shot (choose Release Priority). The default, Equal Priority, tries to achieve a balance between the two.

AI Servo 2nd Image Priority (C.Fn II-5): This function controls what happens for shots taken after the first shot when you’re using Continuous shooting and AI Servo AF mode. Choose Shooting Speed Priority to make achieving the maximum frames per second rate the priority; choose Focus Priority to restrict the camera to taking the shot after focus is achieved. The default setting gives equal priority to both concerns.

Select AF Area Selection Mode (C.Fn II-7): By default, the 90D rotates through all five AF Area Selection Modes when you press the AF Area Selection Mode button when using the viewfinder. You can customize this by removing those you don’t want to see from this rotation. The only exeption (you knew there was going to be one!) is Manual Selection: 1-Point AF. It stays, whether you want to see it or not.

Limit AF Methods (C.Fn II-8): Like the previous function, this setting limits the AF methods you can use, only when you are shooting in Live View.

Orientation Linked AF Point (C.Fn II-10): Normally, the AF Area mode you select, as well as the AF point or zone you choose, remain in effect whether you orient the camera horizontally or vertically. If you change this setting to Select Separate AF Points, the camera remembers the settings you choose while holding the camera horizontally, vertically with the grip on top, and vertically with the grip on the bottom. Then when you rotate the camera, it automatically shifts to those settings.

*Initial Servo AF* (C.Fn II-11): This option controls which AF point the AI Servo AF or Servo AF uses when the AF Area Selection mode is set to Automatic Selection AF for the viewfinder or the AF Method is set to Face+Tracking in Live View. By default, the system selects whichever AF point it thinks is best. However, you can change this behavior and pre-select an AF point to start on, whether preset or the last one you used.

AF Point Selection Movement (C.Fn II-13): By default, when you’re selecting an autofocus point, you hit a wall when you reach the edge of the grid of autofocus points. If you change this menu option to Continuous, the selection instead wraps around the viewfinder by jumping to the point on the opposite side. This function applies to viewfinder shooting only.

[jackielau]

This was a great video. Hard to find such a non-flashy, objectively based review video that really focus on REAL world pros/cons - and just not just pro/cons for youtubers/vloggers! Thank you very much.

[konnyalbert]

Thank you very much for the comparison between these both cameras in terms of wild life photography. Concerning the autofocus issue of 90d (lost the Focus of bird) I want to comment that from technical point of view many Canon cameras like 1dxmii, 7dmii, 80d, 90d, ... are using one and the same parameters in order to configure the autofocus performance. These parameters are so called "Tracking sensitivity", "Accel./Decel tracking" and "AF pt Auto switching". The SW algo using these parameters as input is in every camera the same, I guess. Only the hardware is different. As far as I know the autofocus HW module for the optical view finder of 90d is a new development derived from the one of 1dxmii. Thus, I wonder why the performance of 90d in terms of tracking birds shall be worse than 7dmii. For sure the 7dmii as well as the 1dxmii are capable to offer pre-configured autofocus settings in its menu so called case1...case6. Which allows to access different focus situations very quickly. But these pre-configurations do only use the three parameters mentioned above in different combinations. Thus, I recommend to configure the 90d in the same way as the 7dmii in order to compare the bird tracking capability. When I have a look to the pre-configurations, I would prefer to use case 2 for bird photography. The parameters are set as follows: "Tracking sensitivity = -1", "Accel./Decel tracking = 0" and "AF pt Auto switching = 0". I assume the Tracking sensitivity value is in this case the root cause for losing the focus in the 90d. Thus I recommend to change this value to minus one in the 90d CFn.II autofocus menu. Whereby “-1” means that the focus remains longer on the motif and doesn’t change to other items appearing in the image behind or in front of the original motif.

[guillandanthony]

Thanks a lot for the video you shared about back focusing. You really helped me a lot and now I realise that I missed a lot of shots because I was doing it wrong all the time.

[davidshaffer]

Outstanding presentation and comparison. Pleasant delivery. Thanks.

[shivashishbajpai]

Thanks Janine for an honest review by the master of the craft. Hope to learn a lot from you in future.

[HCVAdvocate]

Autofocus tracking sensitivity IS AVAILABLE on the 90D.. just not as a separate menu item but you can register the individual tracking items in the MY Menu. Also: Autofocus tracking for BIF is made better by disabling the Face and ITR (also in the setup menus). You didnt' mention any of this in your review.

[robertoprestigiacomo]

I wish Canon would release a 7D mkIII (I just love how indestructible the 7D cameras are)... But nowadays it's all about mirrorless.

[davidburton]

great review (it gets my goat when i miss the focus on birds in flight too)!

[mabball]

This comparison video was ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING! I am a basketball photographer here in Japan and have been contemplating these two for some time. Thank you very much...and I’ve subscribed.

[zqwtwnz]

Some corrections out of my experience:

1. the 90D does have a comprehensive autofucus menu, with all of the options she claimed were missing and more!
2. The tracking of the optical view in the 90D is superior to the live view's one, at least for wildlife photography, as it's faster
3.the high pixels density of the 90D requires the use of high revolving lenses (100-400 ii is a great choice) and higher than usual shutter speed- once these two are utilized the result would be far superior to the 7d ii


I appreciate the time spent on making this video and do consider it's release date which was close to the 90D release but the 90D is a far superior camera to the 7D mark ii, not even mentioning its video capabilities which are fantastic!

[RPMac]

Very informative and real world review....scoring made sense without discouraging either model...just a very neat and well presented review... thank you....looking forward to watching more reviews....live in the Rockies and looking forward to some nice nature shots this spring. I must say, with all due respect, you are an absolute pleasure to look at.

[foudoiseauqc]

A real "real world review" by someone who is wildlife photography! Good work! You should try the M6 Mk II too!

[Texray]

I could listen to you talk all day. So intelligent and articulate. Wonderful review, Janine.

[tysonator]

I loved the video and comparison between 7Dii and 90D. Started out with a 400D, then 7D and now the 7Dii. It is a great camera only let down by the AA filter which does effect IQ. I wish canon would do a firmware update to squeeze more performance outfit the hardware, or offer some internal hardware upgrade. As the 7Dii still has a very large owner following who have not, and probably will not upgrade to a newer body.

[pogiko]

Thanks, very informative. I just bought the 90D today and arriving tomorrow and so excited...

[TheCacken]

first of all this is hands down the best comparison video on here, ive owned my 7dmkii for around 4 years now and its took an absolute beating and its still going strong to this day. i also use a battery grip on mine so i get the extra shots without having to mess around swapping them out