Pixel Perfect Offline Upload & Sell: On
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I had a love hate relationship with the 7D. On many level it was fantastic camera and introduced great ergonomics, first real update in AF for a non 1 series camera since the ancient EOS 5 film camera, had great shooting speed, nice big VF etc. At times the AF was superb, and the IQ could be excellent even at high ISO. However I also found the AF was erratic, it was not stable in longer burst, you had to take short burst and pump the AF to reacquire bizarrely lost focus, it hated back lighting, sometimes even at lower ISO the IQ would be rubbish, you just never seemed to know what it return. The sweet spot for great IQ was relatively small but it wasn't always clear what that spot was. In the end I sold it as I was finding the 1DIII was superior in every way even if it meant losing a lot of reach. When the 1D4 came along it didn't matter at all. The 7DII whilst overall a better camera came out too late, if it ha of been released 2 years earlier I could have lived with the sensor, but seeing what the FF were capable of and that Canon finally put 1D class AF into them made me forget all about APS-C. When the 5DsR came along I switched to that for best of both worlds, amazing IQ for landscape, and the same reach as the 7DII when FL limited yet better IQ at all ISO's. Only thing you miss the high fps but you can work around it 90% of the time.
Would love to see a 7D3 that was a big step forward but I'm not holding my breath and am certain if it comes you won't see it for another year. But unless the sensor is a big improvement over the 80D I'll stick to FF.
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