see also:

• Canon EOS camera system

• a long time coming!
• announced Sept 2014 and may well be the best camera for sports/action photography
• improvements over the ageing Canon7D:
  • 20mp sensor (not 18mp)
  • 200,000 shutter (instead of 150,000)
  • 65 AF points - all cross type, center double-cross, center point is capable of focusing with lenses (or lens/teleconverter combinations) as slow as f/8, as well as down to EV -3 (not just 19 all cross with 7D and it gives a 1 EV advantage in low light compared to the 1D X and 5D Mark III)
  • 1080 60p/25p HD video with All-I, IPB, IPB-Lite and .MOV (not just 60p MP4)
  • metering sensor-assisted AF tracking - the latest version of the 'Intelligent Tracking and Recognition' (iTR) focus system from the EOS-1D X
  • on sensor phase detection Dual Pixel AF for Live View
  • spot-metering linked to AF point
  • 10fps burst to 31 RAW (not just 8fps to 25 RAW)
  • built-in GPS

• 20mp APS-C 1.6x crop sensor with on-sensor phase detect sites (“Dual Pixel AF”)
• weather-sealed (“4x more weather-sealed” than the 7D)
• 200,000 shutter and up to 1/8000th sec
• x-sync 1/250th sec
• built-in flash
• 10fps burst to 31 RAW
• Dual DIGIC 6 processors
• 65 AF points
  • all cross type, center double-cross
  • center point is capable of focusing with lenses (or lens/teleconverter combinations) as slow as f/8, as well as down to EV -3
• metering sensor-assisted AF tracking
  • the latest version of the 'Intelligent Tracking and Recognition' (iTR) focus system from the EOS-1D X
• spot-metering linked to AF point but still no Highlight or Shadow spot meter modes
• +/-5EV exp. compenation
• 1,040,000 dot 3“ fixed LCD, no touch
• 1080 60p/25p HD video with All-I, IPB, IPB-Lite and record in either MP4 or MOV
  • concurrent HDMI out but only 8-bit not 10 bit as with the GH-4
  • no slo-mo video capture like the GH-4 (96-120fps)
  • no variable frame rate mode
  • no log curve mode
  • no focus peaking
  • no touch screen to change AF point during video
• stereo mic, headphone port
• built-in GPS
• LP-E6N battery with CIPA rating 670
• 910 g (2.01 lb / 32.10 oz)
• 149 x 112 x 78 mm (5.87 x 4.41 x 3.07″)
• $US1799 body only

• dpreview.com's preview
• petapixel.com: 7D II weathersealing
• DxO Mark sensor test
  • not as good as the sensor of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 at base ISO, as it has 1EV less dynamic range, less color sensitivity and more shadow noise, although it has less noise and similar dynamic range at ISO 800 or higher.