Comments on: My Take on the Comparative EOS-7D Mark II Specs https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/09/16/my-take-on-the-comparative-eos-7d-mark-ii-specs/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/09/16/my-take-on-the-comparative-eos-7d-mark-ii-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-1569547 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:07:19 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=22672#comment-1569547 In reply to Larry Peavler.

Hi Larrry

Thanks a stack for using our link 🙂 It is greatly appreciated. Please send me your B&H receipt for the 300 II via e-mail so that I can check on them. Tanks for that.

As for the 7D II battery, you missed this item below in a recent blog post. Best to subscribe.

Shedding Some Light on 7D II Battery Misconceptions

After reading that the 7D II battery life would be approximately 800 images at 73°F while the 7D battery life would be approximately 1000 images at 73°F, I assumed that the 7D II’s new battery was not as powerful as the old battery in the 7D. So I wrote Rudy Winston as follows:

Hey Again Rudy, Do you have any clues as to why the new 7D II battery is less powerful than the older battery in the 7D? thanks, artie

Rudy kindly replied via e-mail:

Hi Artie,

Actually, the new and very slightly modified LP-E6N battery that launches with the EOS 7D Mark II is marginally more powerful than the LP-E6 battery that we’ve known up to now. It’s rated at 3.5% higher mAh rating — 1865 mAh vs. 1800 for the current LP-E6. The charger (the LC-E6), is the same for both batteries; use it with either the new or the current battery.

LP-E6N and LP-E6 are absolutely, unconditionally backward- and forward-compatible… users who have a number of the older batteries can use them freely in the new EOS 7D Mark II, and likewise the new LP-E6N can be freely used in an EOS 5D Mark II/Mark III, 70D, the original 7D, or any other LP-E6-compatible EOS body. There has, however, been a lot of unfounded speculation and misinformation on-line about this with people freaking-out that they’ll have to get all-new batteries, etc. That is just not the case.

Here are the battery life ratings, according to Canon Inc. —

Original EOS 7D — 800 shots (with 50% using built-in flash; at 73 degrees F)

New EOS 7D Mark II — 670 shots (same conditions)

Though there is no official word or explanation, it is clear that the higher resolution, higher-capacity processors and system overhead contribute to fewer potential shots on a single battery charge. FYI, the built-in flash has the same maximum power as the previous unit, although they’ve changed the official method of calculating Guide Number, so the GN appears to be slightly lower on the 7D Mark II than on the original 7D.

So to summarize, it’s not a less powerful battery at all, even though the rated number of possible shots has decreased a bit vs. the original EOS 7D.

Hope that this is helpful to you and to those who follow your blog. Rudy Winston, Canon USA

]]> By: Larry Peavler https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/09/16/my-take-on-the-comparative-eos-7d-mark-ii-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-1569543 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:00:32 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=22672#comment-1569543 Does the 7D11 use the same battery as the 7d ?

I clicked B&H on your web site and bought the Canon 300mmm 2.8 lens and 2x extender. I hope you got credit.

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