Comparison of EOS 7D, Rebel T2i and EOS 50D Specifications


The following tables show a side by side comparison of specifications for the cameras listed.

Note that the first table collects, what is for most, the determining specs for a purchase. All of the following tables drill down into all available specifications.

Defining Differences
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
Image processor Dual DIGIC 4 DIGIC 4 DIGIC 4
Sensor Type/Megapixels CMOS / 18.00 CMOS / 15.10 CMOS / 18.00
AF points 19 (all cross-type points) 9 (all cross-type points) 9 (center AF point is cross-type)
Coverage (as percent) 100% 95% 95%
Continuous shooting speed 8 fps 6.3 fps 3.7 fps
Full HD 1920 x 1080 (24/25/30 fps) Yes No Yes
HD 1280 x 720 (50/60 fps) Yes No Yes
Movie Crop Mode (7x Zoom for SD Shooting) No No Yes
Wireless Flash control Yes No No
Support for Eye-fi SD Card No No Yes
LCD Screen size (inches/Display pixels) 3.0 / 920,000 3.0 / 920,000 3.0 / 1,040,000 (720 x 480 resolution)
Programmable buttons Yes Yes no
Possible shots on battery (w/o flash / with 50% flash) 1,000 / 800 800 / 640 550 / 470
Electronic Level Yes No No
ISo Speeds 100 – 6400 (H: 12800) 100 – 3200 (H1: 6400, H2: 12800) 100 – 6400 (H: 12800)
Shutter Speeds (seconds) 1/8000 to 30, B 1/8000 to 30, B 1/4000 to 30, B
Recording Media CF Card CF Card SD, SDHC, SDXC
Construction Magnesium alloy / Stainless steel alloy Magnesium alloy / Stainless steel alloy Polycarbonate
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The following tables dig into every specification:

Table 1: Sensor, Exposure and Shutter Specifications
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
Image processor Dual DIGIC 4 DIGIC 4 DIGIC 4
Sensor Type/Megapixels CMOS / 18.00 CMOS / 15.10 CMOS / 18.00
Lens crop factor 1.6x 1.6x 1.6x
Sensor cleaning Function Yes Yes  
ISo Speeds 100 – 6400 (H: 12800) 100 – 3200 (H1: 6400, H2: 12800) 100 – 6400 (H: 12800)
EV exposure compensation +/- 5 Stops +/- 3 Stops +/- 5 Stops
Shutter Speeds (seconds) 1/8000 to 30, B 1/8000 to 30, B 1/4000 to 30, B
X-sync (seconds) 1/250 1/250 1/200
Release time lag (secons) 0.059 0.059  
Table 2: Image Capture Specifications
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
A/D conversion (bits) 14 14 14
Recording Media CF Card CF Card SDXC
Picture Styles Yes Yes Yes
Auto Lighting optimizer Yes Yes Yes
Noise reduction (long exp) Yes Yes Yes
Noise reduction (high ISo) Yes Yes Yes
Highlight tone priority Yes Yes Yes
Color Space Adobe RBG / sRGB Adobe RBG / sRGB Adobe RBG / sRGB
Table 3: Autofocus
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
AF points 19 (all cross-type points) 9 (all cross-type points) 9 (center AF point is cross-type)
AF Microsdjustment Yes Yes No mention
F/2.8-sensitive center point Yes Yes Yes
Focusing brightness range -0.5 to 18 -0.5 to 18  
Single-point AF Yes Yes Yes
Spot AF Yes No No
AF Point expansion Yes No No
Zone AF Yes No No
Auto select af Yes Yes Yes
Table 4: Viewfinder
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
Coverage (as percent) 100% 95% 95%
Magnification (-1dpt, 50mm, infinity) 1.0 0.95 0.87
Eye point (mm) 22 22  
FOcusing screen Fixed Interchangeable (3 types)  
Dioptric adjustment -3 to +1 -3 to +1 -3 to +1
Table 5: Drive
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
Frames per Second 8 6.3 3.7
Max Burst in RAW 15 16 6
Max Burst in Jpeg/L/F (UDMA Card) 94 (126) 60 (90) 34
Table 6: Movie Mode
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
Full HD 1920 x 1080 (24, 25, 30 fps) Yes No Yes
HD 1280 x 720 (50, 60 fps) Yes No Yes
SD 640 x 480 (50, 60 fps) Yes No Yes
Movie Crop Mode (7x zoom) No No Yes
Manual exposure shooting Yes No Yes
Table 5: Live View
Specifications EOS 7D EOS 50D Rebel T2i
AF modes Live / Live face detection / Quick Live / Live face detection / Quick Live / Live face detection / Quick
Shooting modes compatible with Live View All modes Creative Zone modes only Still and Video
Number of grids 2 2 2