Steve, you\'ll hear some people saying great things things about the 7D and other people saying awful things about the 7D. It has nothing to do with operator errors.
The main problem with the 7D, IMHO, is related to Canon QC.
If you get a copy that delivers what it promises (which I believe is the majority of the cases) the 7D is a great camera for its price. If you get a bad copy you will hate the camera.
I own either the MkIV or the 7D (my second copy) and use them both regularly for wildlife and shoot a lot of IF shots and I am very happy with the performance of both cameras. Can hardly tell the difference looking at their files after they are edited. Different story with my first 7D which I hated Clearly the MKIV gives me more keepers, especially with incoming moving subjects and its ISO performance is definitely better. You will get more noise than necessary with the 7D, especially in the Blue Channel, but it can be easily taken care of with any NR program.
So, if you heard people complaining about the 7D they are probably right.
However people saying the 7D is a great camera are right too, and I believe they are the majority. I can say that because I belong to both of those group of people
Socrate
Feb 18, 2012 at 09:25 PM
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Clearly the MKIV gives me more keepers, especially with incoming moving subjects and its ISO performance is definitely better. You will get more noise than necessary with the 7D, especially in the Blue Channel, but it can be easily taken care of with any NR program.