Canon 90D vs. Canon 7D Mark II vs. Canon 80D | Comparison Review
Hey there! Javi here with BorrowLenses.com and today
have on the bench the brand new Canon 90D and we are pitting it head to head against
two other Canon DSLRs in a similar price range: the 80D and the 7D mark ii. So Canon has a wide range of DSLR’s for
many different price-points, from the lower end Rebel series all the way to the professional
1Dx mark ii. The 90D is their newest entry into this line
up, refreshing the very popular 80D with some new features and giving their high-end crop-sensor
7D mark ii a run for its money. The biggest improvement in the 90d is its
brand-new 32.5 mega pixel CMOS sensor with Canon’s industry-leading Dual Pixel Auto
Focus. That’s a lot of resolution for a mid-range
DSLR. How does it stack up to the 7d mark ii and
80D? Let’s find out.
A quick note here: the main reason we are
comparing these three is their price point: An 80D can be had for a thousand dollars,
while the new 90D comes in at twelve hundred dollars and the higher-end 7D mark ii is now
selling for fourteen hundred dollars. With only a 200 dollar jump from one camera
to the next, we want to know which one will give you the most bang for your buck. Now all 3 cameras have an APSC cropped sensor,
so we tested them with Canon’s crop-sensor EF-S 17-55. The first huge difference here is resolution:
the 90D’s 32 megapixel sensor is a huge upgrade to the 80d’s 24 mega pixels and
also beats out the 7D’s 20 megapixels. I find that I really enjoy cameras with a
megapixel count in the 30 range, since you get a lot of resolution for cropping and re-framing
without having to deal with massive files. The 90D hits this sweet spot really well and
easily beats out the other two. Next, let’s take a look at auto-focus. All three cameras have Dual-Pixel auto-focus
for video and perform similarly there but the 7D’s 65-point all cross-type autofocus
system is more robust and snappier than the other two cameras, which top out at 45 cross-type
focus points.
The continuous shooting on the 90D is a great
improvement over the 80D, jumping up from 7fps to 10fps. This basically matches the 7D mark ii’s
10 frames per second. All three are respectable numbers, but the
90D and 7D pull just slightly ahead here. When it comes to shooting video, the 90D blows
the other two out of the water. Following in the steps of their flagship 5D
mark iv, the 90D can now shoot 4K video up to 30 frames per second and HD video up to
120 frames per second. The 7D mark ii and 80D on the other hand,
will only shoot HD video up to 60fps. While many will say that Canon is only playing
catch-up here, since their competitors have had 4K video in their entry-level cameras
for years, it is nice to see Canon taking videographers seriously and really making
the 90D a solid upgrade to the 80D when shooting video.
The 90D keeps the previous model’s touch-capable
tilting screen, which the 7d Mark ii lacks. It also maintains the smaller form-factor
while becoming even lighter than the 80D. Canon also added an in-camera timelapse feature
that is missing in the other two models. Looking at the specs and performance, it’s
easy to crown a winner here. The 90D, with it’s newer, high pixel count
sensor and improved video features is a worthwhile upgrade to the older 80D and, with the exception
of auto-focus points, even beats the 7D mark II.
Got a question? Leave it in the comments below and if you
want to try out the Canon 90D or any of Canon’s DSLRs for yourself, you can at BorrowLenses.com. Thanks for watching..
