Canon 7D vs Canon SL1

Canon 7D advantages over Canon SL1

• Fast startup
  ~0.40 vs 0.6 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  800 vs 380 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  216 mm vs 88 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• More cross-type AF points
  19 vs 1
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Pentaprism viewfinder
  Pentaprism vs Pentamirror
  Much better viewfinder picture fidelity
• Less shutter lag
  0.13 vs 0.26 sec
  Focus and take a photo quickly (wide angle)
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.63x vs 0.54x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• More AF points
  19 vs 9
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Faster JPEG shooting
  8.0 fps vs 3.9 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Faster RAW shooting
  8.0 fps vs 4.0 fps
  Faster RAW shooting in burst mode
• Bigger RAW buffer
  16 vs 8 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light