Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 vs. Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 and Canon EOS 7D Mark II. Compare design, sensors, zoom functions, batteries and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect digital camera. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the camera that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 vs. Canon EOS 7D Mark II Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Product Type Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 10.42 cm 11.24 cm
Width 14.2 cm 14.86 cm
Depth 8.09 cm 7.82 cm
Weight 647 g 910 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour Black -
Protection Weatherproof Weatherproof, dust-resistant
Navigation - GPS receiver
SENSOR Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Sensor Resolution 24.3 Megapixel 20.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Exmor APS HD CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 24,700,000 pixels 20,900,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 24,300,000 pixels 20,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) APS-C (22.4 x 15.0 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 59.94 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating EOS Integrated Cleaning System
Image Stabiliser Optical (SteadyShot INSIDE) -
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes -
Sensors - Digital compass
PROCESSOR Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Image Processor BIONZ X Dual DIGIC 6
LENS Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens Mounting Type - Canon EF/EF-S
FOCUSING Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Auto Focus TTL phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 79 65
Auto Focus Features Predictive Focus Control -
AE/AF Control Subject-tracking AF, Eye detection AF FlexiZone, Face-priority AF, Movie Servo AF
Face Detection Smile Shutter Face Detection AF/AE
VIEWFINDER Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Viewfinder Type Electronic - OLED Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.5" -
Viewfinder Resolution 2,359,296 pixels -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 1.09x 1.0x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +3 -3 to +1
Field of View Crop Factor 1.5 -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
ISO (Max) 25600 51200
Native ISO 50-25600 100-16000
Light Sensitivity ISO auto (100-25600), ISO 100 - 25600 ISO 51200, ISO 25600, ISO 100-16000, ISO auto (100-16000)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, partial (6%), spot (1.8%)
Exposure Metering Zones 1200 252
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight -
Special Effects Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, Flash, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white), Colour Filter (G7 - M7), Colour Filter (A7 - B7) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 2, 3, 5, 7 steps in 1/3, 1/2 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed 1/250sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV -2-17 (ISO 100) EV 0-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Display Format 1,228,800 pixels 1,040,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Built-in
Display Features Contrast control, display brightness control Display brightness control
FLASH Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 11
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction Rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Digital Video Format AVCHD, H.264 H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Audio Signal Format - Linear PCM, AAC
Surround Sound Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording -
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features - Sensitivity control
MEMORY Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Memory Card Slot Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card CompactFlash Card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo CompactFlash, SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage 6000 x 4000
4240 x 2832
3008 x 2000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2400
3008 x 1688
JPEG 5472 x 3648
JPEG 4864 x 3648
JPEG 5472 x 3072
JPEG 3648 x 3648
JPEG 3648 x 2432
JPEG 3248 x 2432
JPEG 3648 x 2048
JPEG 2432 x 2432
JPEG 2736 x 1824
JPEG 2432 x 1824
JPEG 2736 x 1536
JPEG 1824 x 1824
JPEG 1920 x 1280
JPEG 1696 x 1280
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 1280 x 1280
JPEG 720 x 480
JPEG 640 x 480
JPEG 720 x 408
JPEG 480 x 480
RAW 5472 x 3648
RAW 4104 x 2736
RAW 2736 x 1824
Video Capture AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1440 x 1080 - 30 fps - 12Mbps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 3Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Battery Type Sony NP-FM500H Lithium Ion Canon LP-E6N Lithium Ion
Details Sony NP-FM500H Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E6N Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 410 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 480 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 670 shots (at 23 °C (AE 50%, FE 50%))
Photo shooting - 640 shots (at 0 °C (AE 50%, FE 50%))
CONNECTIONS Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Interface HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication) HDMI, USB 3.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Connectivity Features Remote live view Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type HDMI output
USB 2.0
Remote control
Microphone
USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 12 frames per second 10 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, date/time stamp, sharpness control, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, LCD live view mode, Dynamic Range Optimizer, face detection, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), NR Slow Shutter, High ISO NR, Superior Auto mode, BRAVIA Sync function, Translucent Mirror technology RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, depth-of-field preview button, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, GPS ready, LCD live view mode, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, in-camera film editing, Light Source detection AF, Dust Delete Data system, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, automatic display brightness adjustment, peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Lens Distortion Correction, Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology, slow motion recording, Flicker detection
OTHERS Sony Alpha77 II ILCA-77M2 Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, shoe cap, micro-USB cable Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable, eyecup, cable protector
Software Sony Picture Motion Browser, Sony Image Data Converter SR, Sony Image Data Lightbox SR Drivers & Utilities, Canon PhotoStitch, Canon Digital Photo Professional, Canon Picture Style Editor, Canon ImageBrowser EX
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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