I think a lot of folks who have zero regard for MF have never tried using a 1.2 lens.
Dead right, and that\'s the point.
It\'s about using the right tools to do the job, and a short f/1.2 lens that needs MF tweaking most of the time isn\'t a birding set up, so I don\'t do it.
Likewise the 7D obviously isn\'t the right tool for the alt.lens/huge aperture crowd.
Done deal. So use something that is.
It\'s really that simple.
To be honest the landscape/tiny aperture guys have arguably got more grounds for complaint about the 7D because of potential diffractiobn issues at small apertures, but although it has has been mentioned a few times, nobody\'s beating that one to death.
Use what best does the job.
I feel no need to complain about the 5D (supposedly) only having so-so AF compared with some cameras; I have no inclination to wail about the fact that my 100-400mm isn\'t as fast to focus as the 400mm f/5.6 prime; I have no issues with the fact that the 40d isn\'t as \"wide\" as a 1D Mk IIs, or that the the 1D MkK IIs is\'nt as \"long\" as my 40D.
I pick and use the kit that I think will best do the job, and accept that there might be some limitations sometimes.
This MF Crusade has me baffled, not because I don\'t understand the benefits - really, I do - but because nobody\'s forcing the MF crowd to get rid of their current kit and use only the 7D for that kind of shooting.
Yet based on the great wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here, you\'d think that every one of \'em had a Canon Ninja standing with a sword to their throat ready to start filleting if they even looked at their old - presumably perfectly functional - MFing kit...
And at the risk of repeating a point that has been made several times by others (still, if it\'s good enough to the MF crowd to bang on) - Third Party focusing screens. Is there any doubt that if the market is there for them, there\'ll be a Katz-Eye or similar soon enough?
Come on lads, let it go. It\'s nothing personal, and Canon didn\'t make the 7D focusing screen decision just to spite you.
I think a lot of folks who have zero regard for MF have never tried using a 1.2 lens.
Dead right, and that\'s the point.
It\'s about using the right tools to do the job, and a short f/1.2 lens that needs MF tweaking most of the time isn\'t a birding set up, so I don\'t do it.
Likewise the 7D obviously isn\'t the right tool for the alt.lens/huge aperture crowd.
Done deal. So use something that is.
It\'s really that simple.
To be honest the landscape/tiny aperture guys have arguably got more grounds for complaint about the 7D because of potential diffractiobn issues at small apertures, but although it has has been mentioned a few times, nobody\'s beating that one to death.
Use what best does the job.
I feel no need to complain about the 5D (supposedly) only having so-so AF compared with some cameras; I have no inclination to wail about the fact that my 100-400mm isn\'t as fast to focus as the 400mm f/5.6 prime; I have no issues with the fact that the 40d isn\'t as \"wide\" as a 1D Mk IIs, or that the the 1D MkK IIs is\'nt as \"long\" as my 40D.
I pick and use the kit that I think will best do the job, and accept that there might be some limitations sometimes.
This MF Crusade has me baffled, not because I don\'t understand the benefits - really, I do - but because nobody\'s forcing the MF crowd to get rid of their current kit and use only the 7D for that kind of shooting.
Yet based on the great wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here, you\'d think that every one of \'em had a Canon Ninja standing with a sword to their throat ready so start filleting if they even looked at their old - presumably perfectly functional - MFing kit...
And at the risk of repeating a point that has been made several times by others (still, if it\'s good enough to the MF crowd to bang on) - Third Party focusing screens. Is there any doubt that if the market is there for them, there\'ll be a Katz-Eye or similar soon enough?
Come on lads, let it go. It\'s nothing personal, and Canon didn\'t make the 7D focusing screen decision just to spite you.
I think a lot of folks who have zero regard for MF have never tried using a 1.2 lens.
Dead right, and that\'s the point.
It\'s about using the right tools to do the job, and a short f/1.2 lens that needs MF tweaking most of the time isn\'t a birding set up, so I don\'t do it.
Likewise the 7D obviously isn\'t the right tool for the alt.lens/huge aperture crowd.
Done deal. So use something that is.
It\'s really that simple.
To be honest the landscape/tiny aperture guys have arguably got more grounds for complaint about the 7D because of potential diffractiobn issues at small apertures, but although it has has been mentioned a few times, nobody\'s beating that one to death.
Use what best does the job.
I feel no need to complain about the 5D (supposedly) only having so-so AF compared with some cameras; I have no inclination to wail about the fact that my 100-400mm isn\'t as fast to focus as the 400mm f/5.6 prime; I have no issues with the fact that the 40d isn\'t as \"wide\" as a 1D Mk IIs, or that the the 1D MkK IIs is\'nt as \"long\" as my 40D.
I pick and use the kit that I think will best do the job, and accept that there might be some limitations sometimes.
This MF Crusade has me baffled, not because I don\'t understand the benefits - really, I do - but because nobody\'s forcing the MF crowd to get rid of their current kit and use only the 7D for that kind of shooting.
Yet based on the great wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here, you\'d think that every one of \'em had a Canon Ninja standing with a sword to their throat ready so start filleting if they even looked at their old - presumably perfectly functional - MFing kit...
And at the risk of repeating a point that has been made several times by others (still, if it\'s good enough to the MF crowd to bang on) - Third Party focusing screens.
Is there any doubt that if the market is there for them, there\'\'ll be a Katz-Eye or similar soon enough?
Come on lads, let it go. It\'s nothing personal, and Canon didn\'t make the 7D focusing screen decision just to spite you.
Sep 03, 2009 at 11:03 AM
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