In my mind, I can hear Canon’s reps saying, “But the price of only $1,499, Chris.” And they’re right. Canon needs to do more with its lower-end lenses and also deliver weather-resistance on those too. The 100-400mm made me roll my eyes at how it performed while on the press trip.

Canon’s non-L glass isn’t worthy of being on this camera. Instead, it has to do with the lens ecosystem. Perhaps my biggest problem with the Canon EOS R7 doesn’t have to do with the camera itself. That’s more of a comment on the photo industry as a whole though more than what Canon delivered at an insanely good price point. Objectively speaking, this is the best APS-C mirrorless camera on the market but it still has problems. With that in mind, I think that the high ISO output from the Canon EOS R7 is beating what Fujifilm does with the XH2s and XH2. However, the high ISO output of the Canon EOS R7 is more for sports and wildlife-related subject matter.

And while I don’t think the output looks as good in low-light with Fuji’s film simulations, Canon objectively still makes better lenses that help with that. It’s more versatile than what Fujifilm offers with the XH2. The Canon EOS R7 also has pretty good high ISO output for what it is: a 33MP APS-C camera. The IBIS also doesn’t detect that you’re putting the camera on a tripod automatically. It could also do more to get rid of some of the rolling shutter we saw, which wasn’t pronounced but still visible. The Canon EOS R7 could benefit from a truly blackout-free shutter outside of the electronic shutter mode. In some cases, it even outdoes the Canon EOS R, a full-frame sensor camera. The high ISO output is exceptionally clean for a camera like this. And the image quality is a fascinating thing to talk about.

The build quality is outstanding when paired with equally weather-resistant lenses. The changes to the ergonomics will be welcoming to new customers, and possibly divisive amongst the Canon loyalists. As the spiritual successor to the Canon 7D series, the EOS R7 performs very well across the board. With that said, the EOS R3 is a fantastic companion to those cameras as well as the original EOS R. This is perhaps the thing worth talking about the most as it more or less outperforms the EOS R5 and EOS R6. Canon took the autofocus of the EOS R3 and packed it into a camera with an APS-C sensor. Editor’s Note: This review was updated in December 2022

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