Canon EOS Rebel T7
24MP APS-C, 3 FPS, ISO 12,800, 1,080/30p
(EOS 2000D)
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Canon EOS Rebel T7 (body weighs 16.8 oz./478g with battery and SD card; $479 with included EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens as shown). bigger. I got mine at B&H. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
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(more at High ISOs)
These are just snapshots; my real work is in my Gallery.
These are all shot hand-held as NORMAL (stairstep icon) JPGs; no tripods, FINE (quarter circle) JPGs or RAW CR3 files were used or needed.
All it did was rain while I wrote this review, so my T7 sample images were boring. Therefore I'm showing images shot with the Canon Rebel T100 instead, which is an even cheaper, lower resolution camera with similarly inconsistent autofocus and last-generation technical image quality (crappy high ISO performance and no image corrections). If I can get these sharp, colorful snaps from the T100 which costs much less than the T7 does with the T100's inferior unstabilized kit lens in every kind of light, I certainly can do even better with the T7:
House, 9:34 AM, 04 December 2022. Canon Rebel T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 39mm at f/11 at 1/320 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 15.4), as shot. bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 4 MB JPG file.
Spanish Flag, 11:07 AM, 04 December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 44mm at f/14 at 1/400 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 16¼), Radiant Photo Software, perspective correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 7 MB JPG file.
Fruits, 11:10 AM, 04 December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 47mm at f/10 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100, 0.3 stops exposure compensation (LV 14.6), as shot. bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 3.7 MB JPG file.
Leaves, 11:36 AM, 04 December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 55mm at f/8 at 1/200 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 13.6). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 5 MB JPG file.
Gull at Sunset, 4:32 PM, 05 December 2022. Cropped from Canon T100, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II at 400mm at f/9 handheld at 1/200 at Auto ISO 800, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 11.0), Radiant Photo Software. bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 3.3 MB JPG file.
For this shot I popped-up the built-in flash, which helps the gull pop-out from the background and added the catchlight in the gull's eye. Fill flash is important.
The Moon, 4:32 PM, 05 December 2022. Cropped from Canon T100, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II at 400mm wide-open at f/5.6 hand-held at 1/640 of a second at Auto ISO 320, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 12.7), Radiant Photo Software. bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 1.9 MB JPG file.
18MP is plenty of resolution to crop sharp images. Here's the uncropped image:
Uncropped image. bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 1.9 MB JPG file.
Beach Sunset Afterglow, 5:06 PM, December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 18mm at f/3.5 at 1/30 at Auto ISO 400 (LV 6.6, Radiant Photo Software, distortion correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 3.5 MB JPG file.
Brixton by Moonlight, 5:11 PM, 05 December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 23mm at f/3.5 at 1/30 at Auto ISO 3,200 (LV 3.6), Radiant Photo Software, perspective and distortion correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 3.4 MB JPG file.
Denny's, 5:21 PM, 05 December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 18mm wide-open at f/3.5 at 1/30 at Auto ISO 2,000 (LV 4.3), Radiant Photo Software, perspective and distortion correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 3.7 MB JPG file.
Shell Station, 5:23 PM, December 2022. Canon T100, EF-s 18-55mm III at 21mm at f/3.5 at 1/30 at Auto ISO 250 (LV 7.3), Radiant Photo Software, perspective and distortion correction in Photoshop CS6 (from 2012). bigger or camera-original 18 MP © 2.4 MB JPG file.
Introduction top
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The Canon EOS Rebel T7 is a low-priced, low-performance DSLR.
The T7 is Canon's least expensive DSLR after the T100. The T7 is the least expensive Canon DSLR with a metal lens mount, diopter adjustment, dedicated power switch and a decent rear LCD. This T7 includes a stabilized 18-55mm lens while the T100 includes only an unstabilized 18-55mm lens. Otherwise this T7 has the same low performance as the T100.
The Rebel T7 is called the Kiss X90 in Japan, the EOS 2000D in Europe and the EOS 1500D in Southeast Asia and Australia.
This Rebel T7 and the less expensive Rebel T100 lack the processing power for modern lens corrections, which can lead to distortion, color fringes and horrible high ISO performance, while the more expensive Rebel SL3 has the power to correct all this.
The worst thing about this inexpensive T7 DSLR is that its autofocus system doesn't always get perfect focus. Every so often, and more often than I'd like, it simply misses and gives a softer image. This was common in early DSLRs, but is gone today in iPhones and mirrorless cameras which almost always get every image in perfect focus — so long as you use them correctly. Even used correctly, the SL3, this T7 and the less expensive T100 will get the occasional out-of-focus image. This isn't as much of a problem with the common EF-S 18-55mm IS II kit lens and basic lenses most people use with these cameras as it is with fast professional lenses like the EF 50mm f/1.2L at f/1.2, with which the results are often awful.
While these are all relatively crummy cameras with inconsistent autofocus that leads to many out-of-focus pictures, I still have no problem cranking out good pictures in any light even with the very worst T100.
The Rebel T8i and mirrorless EOS R10 have far superior, faster, smarter and more consistently accurate autofocus than the SL3, T7 and T100. Get the T8i or R10 if you can.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Built-in-Flash! bigger.
Good intro top
Very inexpensive, and the price includes an excellent EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens as shown.
Excellent ergonomics: feels great in hand, it's easy to setup, easy to carry everywhere and fun to shoot. It's so more fun and comfortable to shoot than anything from Sony or Fuji.
Ultra light, like a toy, which makes it easy to carry all day and actually take it out and shoot it rather than leave it back at home or the hotel.
All shooting controls are on the right side of the camera, making one-handed shooting easy.
Built-in flash.
1/200 flash sync speed, better than most cheap cameras.
Live-view shooting.
RGB histogram in Live View and on playback.
Excellent exposure accuracy.
Canon's usual excellent color rendition and Auto White Balance, which along with exposure accuracy are the most important things that make pictures look great.
Auto White Balance has a second additional "preserve white" option.
Excellent battery life, especially compared to mirrorless.
Exposure time counts-up on rear LCD during Bulb exposures, something few other cameras do. This is important for making long exposures, which are usually made in the dark!
HD video.
Wi-Fi.
USB output, but it's the old-style mini-B USB.
HDMI output (mini-C).
Built-in flash pops up automatically as needed in the [A+] mode (set on top dial).
Quality made in Taiwan. Even at this price Canon has the respect not to dump it to Thailand or China.
25 menu languages, including Romanian.
Included EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens is stabilized.
Included EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens has a dedicated stabilizer switch.
Included EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens has a dedicated AF/MF switch.
100% U.S.A.-based high-quality technical support at (800) OK-CANON.
Bad intro top
Images look like they're from a DSLR from 2005, which isn't that bad if it's in focus.
Just like many Canon cameras 20 years ago, while autofocus almost always locks and indicates FOCUS OK, a few percent of photos simply aren't in focus so that shot is wasted.
No automatic lens corrections for lateral color or anything other than vignetting, so often there can be slight color fringes in the corners if you're looking closely
Tiny viewfinder.
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No automatic lens corrections for lateral color or anything other than vignetting, so often there can be slight color fringes in the corners if you're looking closely.
No ultrasonic sensor cleaner.
No USB charging; you have to carry and use the included external charger.
No battery percentage meter, just a 3-segment battery icon.
No Kelvin white balance settings, just the usual icons and manual white or gray card settings.
No electronic level.
No automatic brightness control for rear LCD.
No slowest shutter speed adjustment in Auto ISO. It always sets automatically based on focal length, and its selection cannot be shifted.
Square, 16:9 and 4:3 crops are available only with Live View shooting, not with viewfinder shooting. These options have to be set in the menu system, which isn't as convenient for actual shooting as being able to assign this function to a button.
No C1, C2 or C3 memory presets on the mode dial (or anywhere else).
No in-camera Image Stabilization — but no good DSLR has built-in stabilization. Of course it works flawlessly with Canon's stabilized lenses.
Fixed LCD screen (doesn't swivel), which I prefer.
No touch screen.
No diagonal scrolling in zoomed playback: left/right or up/down only.
No Bluetooth.
No ability to save or recall camera settings to or from a card.
No timed manual exposures longer than 30 seconds. You have to use Bulb instead. Even the first Nikon F5 of 1996 gave manual exposures out to 30 minutes.
Like most cameras, no illuminated buttons.
No second card slot.
Not threaded to use a standard threaded cable release.
No GPS.
Manual ISOs set in full-stops only, as I prefer it. To get third-stop ISOs you need to use Auto ISO (as I do).
No flicker avoidance.
In-finder data displays do not rotate with the camera. No DSLR does this.
Menus don't rotate when held vertically (No DSLR does this).
No advance mode lever.
No shutter speed dial.
No ISO dial.
No pulled ISOs below ISO 100.
No "Delete Burst" option during playback.
Playback images don't rotate as you rotate the camera (as iPhones do).
Files are always prefixed IMG_; you can't reprogram them to KEN_, for instance.
No pentaprism; finder uses an ultralight pentamirror instead to save weight.
No Mic-in jack.
No headphone jack.
Specifications top
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Performance Compared Recommendations
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Lens Compatibility
Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D). bigger.
It works flawlessly with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses made since 1987.
It won't work with Canon's RF lenses, which are for Canon's full-frame mirrorless cameras.
It won't work with EF-M lenses, which are for Canon's mirrorless APS-C cameras.
Image Sensor specifications top
24 MP.
14.9 × 22.3 mm.
3.72µm pixel pitch.
3:2 aspect ratio.
1.61 × crop factor.
No ultrasonic cleaner.
Image Sizes specifications top
6,000 × 4,000 pixels native RAW and JPG LARGE (24 MP).
3,984 x 2,656 Medium (10.6 MP).
2,976 x 1,984 Small 1 (5.9 MP).
1,920 x 1,280 Small 2 (2.5 MP).
720 x 480 Small 3 (0.35 MP).
Cropped Aspect Ratios
4:3, 16:9 and 1:1 square crops from the above sizes — but only in Live View.
Set this at MENU > Camera 4 > Aspect ratio. (This setting is ignored in regular viewfinder shooting.)
Still Formats specifications top
JPG and/or raw.
sRGB and Adobe RGB.
ISO specifications top
ISO 100 ～ 6,400.
To ISO 12,800 (H) if set for still shots.
Manually selectable in full stops only.
Auto ISO specifications top
Selects in third stops.
Adjustable for high limits from ISO 400 to ISO 6400 in full stops.
Auto ISO minimum shutter speeds are not adjustable; they track the zoom setting and are not shiftable.
White Balance specifications top
AWB (Ambience priority, White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom for white/gray card.
No direct Kelvin setting.
±9 steps amber/blue and green/magenta.
WB bracketing.
Video specifications top
30 minutes or 4 GB longest take length?
File Format
.MOV holding MPEG4 AVC/H.264 IPB video and LPCM audio.
Frame Sizes and Rates
1,920 x 1,080 at 29.97 or 23.976 FPS.
1,280 x 720 at 59.94 FPS.
640 x 480 at 29.97 FPS.
Audio specifications top
Recorded only along with video.
Mono microphone and mono speaker built in.
No Mic-in jack.
No headphone jack.
Autofocus specifications top
9 points phase-detect.
Works as slow as f/5.6 with all sensors.
Center sensor is cross-detect.
LV 0 ~ 18 center, LV 1 ~ 18 other points.
Light Meter specifications top
63 zones, focus-point linked evaluative.
10% central.
Center-weighted.
LV 1 ~ 20 in evaluative.
Finder specifications top
95% coverage pentamirror.
0.45 × magnification with standard 28mm lens.
(0.80 × magnification with 50mm telephoto lens.)
22.4º apparent angle.
21 mm eyepoint.
-2.5 ~ +0.5 diopters.
Shutter specifications top
1/4,000 ～ 30 seconds and Bulb.
1/200 flash sync speed.
Remote Release specifications top
2.5mm remote-in jack for RS-60E3 and similar.
Also an app on your phone may work for remote control.
Frame Rate specifications top
3 FPS maximum.
Buffer (Burst) Sizes specifications top
150 shots in JPG Large, otherwise unlimited in JPG.
11 shots raw.
6 shots raw + JPG.
Flash specifications top
1/200 sync speed.
E-TTL II system for use with EX-series flash.
Built-in Flash
Yes, pops up.
Rated 2-second recycle time.
GN 30 feet, 9 meters at ISO 100.
Covers 17mm lens on APS-C (28mm full-frame equivalent).
External Flash
Dedicated hot shoe.
No Prontor-Compur (PC) terminal; use the built-in flash to trigger your slaves or just use a hot-shoe adapter for corded sync.
LCD Monitor specifications top
3.0" (68 mm) diagonal.
920,000 dots.
4:3 aspect ratio.
Fixed; does not swivel.
No anti-smudge coating.
No anti-reflection coating.
Connectors specifications top
On left side, from top to bottom:
2.5mm remote-in jack for RS-60E3 and similar.
USB output, but it's the old-style mini-B USB.
HDMI mini-C.
Wi-Fi specifications top
802.11b/g/n.
NFC specifications top
NONE.
Bluetooth specifications top
NONE.
GPS specifications top
NONE.
Storage specifications top
One slot for SD (up to 2GB), SDHC (up to 32GB) or SDXC (up to 2TB) cards.
Body specifications top
Fiberglass-reinforced polycarbonate.
Quality specifications top
Canon EOS Rebel T7. bigger.
Made in Taiwan.
Power & Battery specifications top
Battery
LP-E10 rechargeable lithium-ion battery, included.
With viewfinder: Rated 500 shots with the flash on 50% of the time (410 shots at 0º C), 600 (580 at 0º C) without flash.
With Live View: Rated 240 shots with the flash on 50% of the time (230 shots at 0º C), 260 (250 at 0º C) without flash.
Simple 3-segment bar graph gauge.
Clock runs on internal rechargeable battery, runs 3 months without main battery.
Optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E10.
Canon LP-E10 battery. bigger.
Charging
No USB charging; you need the included LC-E10 external charger:
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Size specifications top
3.99 × 5.08 × 3.06 inches HWD.
101.3 × 129.0 × 77.6 millimeters HWD.
Weight specifications top
16.845 oz. (477.5 g) actual measured weight with card and battery, body only.
Rated 16.75 oz. (475 g) with battery and card, body only.
Rated 15.06 oz. (427 g) empty body.
Environment specifications top
Operating
0º ～ 40º C (32º ～ 104º F).
0 to 85% RH.
Canon's Model Numbers specifications top
2727C002 with 18-55mm lens.
2727C021 with 18-55mm and 75-300mm.
Included specifications top
T7 body with attached EF Eyecup and RF-3 EF Body Cap.
EF-s 18-55mm IS II lens.
EW-400D strap.
Price, U. S. A. specifications top
January 2023
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
About $300 used w/18-55mm if you know How to Win at eBay.
Optional Accessories top
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Lens Compatibility Specifications Accessories
Performance Compared User's Guide
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Canon EF and EF-s Lenses
Crappy Holga 60mm Toy Camera Lens
Canon Flash
Canon OC-E3 Flash Shoe Extension Cord
Canon Angle Finder C
Switchable 1.25× and 2.5× optical magnifications.
Performance top
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Overall Autofocus Auto ISO Auto White Balance
Color Rendition Crop Modes Ergonomics
Exposure Accuracy Finder Flash Frame Rates
High ISOs Lens Corrections Mechanics
Menus Movies Rear LCD Playback
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Overall performance top
The T7 is a small, light and inexpensive camera with great ergonomics, but with crappy autofocus and limited features.
In many ways it's like stepping back to the first DSLRs of the mid 2000s, but with much higher resolution, Live View, video and WiFi.
Autofocus performance top
Autofocus has the same problem as many Canon cameras did years ago: a small percentage (maybe a few percent) of the images, even shot properly, are simply out-of focus, even though the camera indicated that they were in focus when shot. More expensive Canons like the superb T8i and R10 don't have this problem.
It only autofocuses with lenses of at least f/5.6 or faster. With a slower lens or lens combo with a teleconverter, it simply won't autofocus. I discovered this with my EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II on my 1.4× extender.
Auto ISO performance top
Auto ISO allows setting only the maximum ISO, which can be set from ISO 400 to ISO 6,400, in full stops.
It automatically selects the minimum shutter speed based on focal length. This isn't adjustable other than by zooming, or using the Tv or M exposure modes.
Auto White Balance performance top
Auto White Balance is pretty good. It has both regular and a "Preserve White" setting which makes even indoor tungsten light look completely white rather than warm.
Sadly there's no Kelvin setting, which is what I use when AUTO WB isn't cutting it.
Color & Tonal Rendition performance top
It looks as great as all my other much more expensive Canons, which is 90% of what makes the picture. Bravo! This means I greatly prefer the images from the T7 over anything from Fuji or Sony!
Color rendition is how pictures look in the real world. Real-world color rendition has nothing to do with color accuracy measured in a lab. Color rendition is dependant on how a maker programs all the color matrices, curves, and look-up tables to generate color from the data read from the sensor, and varies widely between makers once you set a camera away from its defaults. I never shoot at defaults.
If you shoot raw data then your colors and tones aren't created until you process the raw data later into images in software, and then your choice of software will have as much effect on your images as the camera itself.
It's like pianos: anyone can talk forever about how pianos are made, but to most ordinary players the subtle variations between different samples of a Steinway Model D are eclipsed by their own limitations in playing, but when you're a virtuoso even subtle differences become obvious to the seasoned master. That's why when you buy, or choose a Steinway for your tour as a Steinway Artist, you go to Steinway's Astoria factory and pick from among several samples of the same model which suits your style best. To a master, the subtle details are everything, just like subtle differences in color rendition between different brands of camera. Art is not the duplication of reality; art is the expression of imagination.
I'm a working artist, not some online tweaker, YouTuber or tech blogger. Color is my life. I'm pickier about color than almost anyone; I see things most people don't.
This is just me; your preferences and results will vary.
Crop Modes performance top
There are square, 4:3 and 16:9 crops, but they only work with Live View shooting, and then they're selected only from within the menu system.
This makes these useless for me, as I shoot with the viewfinder and need to set a function button to allow immediate selection of the crop, neither of which work on the T7.
Set them at MENU > Camera 4 > Aspect ratio. This setting is ignored when shooting with the viewfinder.
Ergonomics performance top
Ergonomics are very good, far better than anything from Fuji or Sony. This is a fun camera to grab and go shoot.
All buttons are on one side, making one-handed shooting easy.
It has a great power switch, meaning it's easy to see and set as you pick up the camera, and it won't get knocked by accident either while shooting or when put away.
The T7 is well sculpted and feels great in-hand. It has none of the uncomfortably hard edges and sharp corners of Fuji and Sony; the T7 is designed to be shot rather than sit on a shelf.
It uses Canon's current menu system.
The battery goes in more ways than the one way that actually works, and there's no big colored index on it, so it can be trial and error getting the battery in unless you have good light to see its tiny markings.
Exposure performance top
Exposure is excellent.
Finder performance top
The finder is small, but sharp, and it has a big, legible green data display.
Active AF areas are indicated with red LED dots, which are great because they don't hide anything as dark LCD boxes do.
Flash performance top
The built-in flash is often a life-saver, a feature missing on most more expensive cameras.
The 1/200 flash sync speed is faster than most inexpensive cameras, bravo!
Frame Rates performance top
The 3 FPS frame rate is slow.
It's perfect for things that hold still, but not for sports or action.
High ISO Performance performance top
High ISO performance is strictly last-generation. I haven't seen hot pixels or anything this bad in years, but even the cheaper T100 is still good enough to let me shoot outdoors at night handheld with an unstabilized lens, so I'm not complaining.
There's no mystery to comparing cameras; I shoot this same test at all the ISOs of every other camera I review so you can compare for yourself.
Complete Images details dark detail performance top
As seen at normal image sizes below, the T7 pretty much makes the same images from ISO 100 to ISO 3,200.
ISO 6,400 gets a little blotchier or noisy, and ISO 12,800 (H) gets even more blotchy and grainy.
ISO 6,400 is perfectly usable if I need it for normal-sized images, while ISO 12,800 (H) is pushing it, even for these small images below.
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each):
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each).
600 × 450 Pixel Crops (10× magnification) High ISOs details dark detail performance top
What we see at the high magnifications below is that fine details go away as the ISO increases. This happens with all cameras (and our own eyes) and is an artifact of the noise reduction working harder as the ISO increases.
In the T7, the most detail is at ISO 100, and becomes softer at every higher ISO. This is normal and how noise reduction works in every camera.
By ISO 1,600 most of the detailed scrollwork between the clock numbers is gone.
By ISO 12,800 the minute marks and all the detail is gone from the clock face, leaving only the numbers.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 17⅓ × 26" (44 × 66 cm) at this same magnification.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 34⅔ × 52" (88 × 132 cm) at this same magnification.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 70 × 104" (1.8 × 2.6 meters) at this same magnification.
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each):
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each).
Dark-Area 600 × 450 Pixel Crops (10× magnification) High ISOs details dark detail performance top
Here are different crops from the same images as above, now showing the dark grillwork of the fireplace.
Higher ISOs greatly reduce the details in the shadows, as we expect.
The most detail is at ISO 100.
It starts to get blotchy at ISO 6,400.
At ISO 12,800 we have more blotches and hot pixels, but the good news is that we still can see the scrollwork. Other cameras usually let their ISOs be set so high that these scrolls are completely invisible! That's a good thing about the T7: high ISO coarse shadow detail.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 3" (7.5cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 17⅓ × 26" (44 × 66 cm) at this same magnification.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 34⅔ × 52" (88 × 132 cm) at this same magnification.
If this 600 × 450 pixel crop is about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 70 × 104" (1.8 × 2.6 meters) at this same magnification.
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each):
Click any for the camera-original © 24 MP LARGE FINE JPG files (about 11 MB each).
Lens Corrections performance top
Except for light falloff (vignetting or peripheral illumination), there are no lens corrections.
Because of this many lenses, like the included kit lens, can show color fringes on the sides and corners if you look carefully.
Mechanical Quality performance top
The T7 is a super light, mostly plastic camera.
Metal
Strap lugs, hot shoe, lens mount, tripod socket.
Plastic
Top cover, prism and flash housings, all buttons and dials, back, LCD cover, bottom and bottom door.
Rubberized
Eyepiece surround.
Front right fake leather grip covering, only.
No rubber on back or left side (not needed, either).
Serial Number
Canon EOS Rebel T7. bigger.
Sticker glued into recess on the bottom of the camera.
Date Code
None found.
Made in
Made in Taiwan.
Menu System performance top
It's the usual clear system from Canon.
Rear LCD Monitor performance top
Much better than the T100, the T7 has a good rear LCD which looks the same from every angle.
There's no automatic brightness control, no touch screen and no swivel, and otherwise it's a decent little LCD.
Playback performance top
Playback is classic Canon. It has the usual displays typical from years ago, and the RGB histogram is great.
There is no diagonal scrolling with zoomed images; you can move up/down or left/right only.
It has a problem that used to haunt all Canon digital cameras up until a few years ago: images are softer as you swap to them quickly, and redraw sharply a half second later. Likewise, a perennial curse of Canon that's come back here is that the image is soft as you magnify and scroll around it, coming-in sharply as you stop scrolling.
In other words, zoom-in on a playback image and scroll around. The image is soft as you're moving around, and pops-in clearly when you stop moving.
Data performance top
Files are always prefixed "IMG." There's no way to change this.
The lens' focus distance is in the EXIF. I can read it in Photoshop's Lens Correction filter.
Cards are titled as "EOS_DIGITAL."
LARGE NORMAL (stairstep icon) JPG files are about 4.6 MB, varying with subject complexity from about 2.2 to 12 MB.
LARGE FINE (quarter-circle icon) JPGs run about 11 MB.
They are tagged as 72 DPI.
Clock Accuracy performance top
Every sample is different, but mine is a little worse than usual, gaining about 580 milliseconds per day (17 seconds per month or two and a half minutes per year).
This matters when you shoot multiple cameras (or this camera and an iPhone) and then sort all the images based on capture time to compare the similar views of each scene.
Compared top
Sample Images Intro Good Bad Missing
Performance Compared Recommendations
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
The oldest and cheapest Rebel T100 and this Rebel T7 lack the processing power for modern lens corrections, which can lead to distortion, color fringes and horrible high ISO performance.
The newer and more expensive Rebel SL3 has the processing power for lens corrections and excellent high ISO performance - but all three of these cheapest models have equally crappy autofocus performance.
The Rebel T8i and R10 have the processing power power for lens corrections and excellent high ISO performance, and also have excellent autofocus performance. Get a T8i or R10 and avoid the others if you can.
| Announced | 2018 February 26 |
2018 February 26 |
2019 April 10 |
2020 February 13 |
2022 May 24 |
| Resolution | 18 MP APS‑C |
24 MP APS‑C |
24 MP APS‑C |
24 MP APS‑C |
24 MP APS‑C |
| ISO Max | 12,800 (H) |
12,800 (H) |
51,200 (H) |
51,200 (H) |
51,200 (H) |
| Sensor Cleaner | NO |
NO |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Lens Corrections | NO |
NO |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Lens Mount | Plastic |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
Metal |
| Built-in Flash | YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Diopter Adjustment? | NO |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dedicated Power Switch | No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rear LCD | Small and crappy |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
| Autofocus Sensors | 9 |
9 |
9 |
45 |
651 |
| Autofocus Performance | Crappy |
Crappy |
Crappy |
EXCELLENT |
EXCELLENT |
| Included lens | None |
None |
None |
||
| Price w/included lens 1/2023 |
Recommendations top
Sample Images Intro Good Bad Missing
Performance Compared Recommendations
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Cameras
The T7 is fun and easy to shoot and carry everywhere and can make great pictures, but I can't recommend it because it often doesn't focus accurately, even if you use it properly.
While anyone who knows how to shoot certainly can get great pictures with the T7 (and if you don't know what you're doing, you're not going to get better pictures with any other camera either), I strongly suggest you opt for the far superior T8i or R10 instead. I doubt you'll be happy with the T7 long-term because of the constant autofocus errors, so you'll wind up getting the T8i or R10 eventually anyway.
Lenses
The EF-s 18-55mm IS II is an excellent stabilized lens, however the 75-300mm included with the kits is not stabilized. An unstabilized telephoto lens makes it very difficult to get sharp hand-held photos, so I'd avoid the 75-300mm, which is an ancient lens of which Canon must have an overstock, designed for full-frame 35mm cameras. Instead for a telephoto get the EF-s 55-250mm IS STM, which is excellent, super small and light and inexpensive, and is stabilized.
Ideally I prefer the Canon EF-s 18-135mm IS USM lens, but it costs more than this little camera. Lenses are always a great investment as they will work great on your next camera. An EF-s 18-135mm IS USM and T8i are a magnificent pair, but cost almost triple what the T7 and included lens do.
For ultrawide get the superb and inexpensive EF-S 10-18mm IS and be sure to know How to Use Ultrawide Lenses.
Filters & Protection
With the included lens, I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of the cap (exactly like an iPhone) so I'm always ready to shoot instantly. I only use a cap when I throw this in a bag with other gear without padding — which is never. The UV filter never gets in the way, and never gets lost, either.
The very best protective filter is the Hoya multicoated HD3 58mm UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints, but it's way too expensive for this lens. I'd suggest the Hoya multicoated 58mm UV, and for very basic use in filthy environments the uncoated Tiffen 58mm UV works almost as well and is much easier to clean.
Filters last a lifetime, so you may as well get the best. The Hoya HD3 stays cleaner than the others since it repels oil and dirt.
All these filters are just as sharp and take the same pictures, the difference is how much abuse they'll take and stay clean and stay in one piece. Since filters last a lifetime or more, there's no reason not to buy the best as it will last you for the next 40 years. Filters aren't throwaways like digital cameras which we replace every few years, like it or not. I'm still using filters I bought back in the 1970s!
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm: $479 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
Rebel T7 w/18-55mm & 75-300mm: $599 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield.
See all T7 kit options at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon and at Crutchfield, and you always can get it used if you know How to Win at eBay.
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