Canon EOS 7D Mark II vs Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Canon EOS 7D Mark II and the Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II was introduced in September 2014 and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS was introduced in December 2012. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Canon EOS 7D Mark II over Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS over Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Canon EOS 7D Mark II and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS have 3.0" screens with 1,040k dot and 920k dot resolutions respectively. Canon EOS 7D Mark II has a Fixed screen Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS has a Tilting screen which makes it very useful for photography purposes but not so useful for video shooting. Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS also features touchscreen which has advantages such as easy menu navigation, intuitive controls, quick setting adjustment

Viewfinder

Canon EOS 7D Mark II has a built-in Optical (pentaprism) viewfinder. It has a 100% coverage and 1x (0.63x 35mm equivalent) magnification.Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS does not have a built-in viewfinder but an optional electronic viewfinder can be attached.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II features a 20.2 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with dimensions of 22.4 x 15 mm and a total area of 336 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 16,000 and expands to 100 - 51,200 in boosted mode. Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS features a 12 megapixel 1/1.7-inch CMOS sensor with dimensions of 7.44 x 5.58 mm and a total area of 31.1 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 12,800.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II is equipped with Dual DIGIC 6 processor and can take pictures up to 5472 x 3648 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 4104 x 2736 (M-Raw), 3648 x 2432, 2736 x 1824, 1920 x 1080, 720 x 480 with 3:2, 16:9 aspect ratios. Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS can take pictures up to 3968 x 2976 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 2560 x 1920, 1280 x 960 with 4:3 aspect ratios.

Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS has an image stabilization.

Built-in GPS on Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Canon EOS 7D Mark II has a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) technology which allows you to automatically tag the location where you took your photos. You can later categorize, organize, and search for photos based on location. This is very useful for travel and outdoor photographers for documenting the locations where images were captured.
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USB Inputs and HDMI Outputs

Both models have USB inputs for data transfer. Canon EOS 7D Mark II has a Mini HDMI and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS has a Type D Mini HDMI connector for video signal output.

Battery

Canon EOS 7D Mark II comes with LP-E6N battery pack with battery life of 670 shots and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS comes with Li-90B battery pack with battery life of 340 shots.

External Storage Slots

Canon EOS 7D Mark II has two card slots - one for SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I) and one for CompactFlash (UDMA 7). Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS has a single SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot.

Shutter

Canon EOS 7D Mark II has Electronically Controlled Vertical-travel Mechanical Focal-plane shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/8000 sec on Canon EOS 7D Mark II, and up to 1/2000 sec on Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS. Canon EOS 7D Mark II can shoot continuously up to 10.0 fps.

Focusing

Canon EOS 7D Mark II has Dual Pixel CMOS AF system with 65 (65 cross-type) focusing points and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS has 35 focusing points. Canon EOS 7D Mark II has detection range from -3 to +18 EV.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Canon EOS 7D Mark II ranges from 0 to +20 EV and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Canon EOS 7D Mark II and ±2 range on Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS. You can also do exposure lock, exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Canon EOS 7D Mark II and exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 12.00 m on Canon EOS 7D Mark II and 8.60 m ISO 800 on Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS. They also accept external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe or PC Terminal to Canon EOS 7D Mark II and via Wireless connection to Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS. The fastest flash synchronization speed is 1/250 sec on Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II body has dimensions of 149 x 112 x 78 mm (5.87 x 4.41 x 3.07") and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS body has dimensions of 113 x 65 x 48 mm (4.45 x 2.56 x 1.89"). Canon EOS 7D Mark II weighs 910 g (2.01 lb / 32.10 oz) and Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS weighs 346 g (0.76 lb / 12.2 oz).

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS

149 mm

112 mm

113 mm

65 mm

112 mm

65 mm