40D to 7D

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Hi guys,

Just wondered how many of you have made the jump from the Canon 40D to the 7D, and what the difference was. Now I mainly shoot sport, so am interested in the High ISO performance, and especially the focusing as the 40D has let me down at times this year (not that its not a good camera!). Personally would love a 1D MKIII but i think at this point I don't have the lens set up, with a 70-200 being my main lens!

So thoughts on this jump would be appreciated!

Cheers
 
I made the jump from a 40D to a 7D via a 1D MKII, and the a/f on the 7d is a huge improvement on a 40D, although the 40D is a good camera, I always felt the a/f & a/f tracking let it down.

I find it clean at high ISO, the menu system you can configure to your needs, for sports, I use the auto ISO a lot, being able to set shutter speed/aperture manually , letting the ISO adjust for exposure.

I don't think you will regret the change.
 
I went from 40D to 7D to 5D MkII and now back to 7D. The 40D was a great camera but the 7D made improvements within every single area. AF is much better, you gain a stop in high-ISO performance, on-board remote flash triggering is very useful, and micro-adjustment is a must have. The 5D MKII improved on the 7D in some areas (ISO performance and ultimate IQ), but took a big step back in others. I was never as happy with the 5D as I was with the 7D so I took a step backwards.
 
Les McLean said:
I made the jump from a 40D to a 7D via a 1D MKII, and the a/f on the 7d is a huge improvement on a 40D, although the 40D is a good camera, I always felt the a/f & a/f tracking let it down.

I find it clean at high ISO, the menu system you can configure to your needs, for sports, I use the auto ISO a lot, being able to set shutter speed/aperture manually , letting the ISO adjust for exposure.

I don't think you will regret the change.
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Hi Les, As we all have a different sensitivity to the amount of noise that is tolerable, I would be interested to know what you would happily shoot at with the 40d versus the 7d?

What is the upper limit you would use with each camera?
 
Just as an example...

7D using a 70-200 F4 IS L 5000iso with very, very little noise reduction in Canon DPP.

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jalethbridge said:
Les McLean, what did you think of the 7D AF vs the 1dmk2 AF performance?
Thanks
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In good light it feels better, in poor light not as good.
 
Hyster said:
Hi Les, As we all have a different sensitivity to the amount of noise that is tolerable, I would be interested to know what you would happily shoot at with the 40d versus the 7d?

What is the upper limit you would use with each camera?
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I never really pushed the 40D, so find it difficult to answer, on the 7D I would comfortably shoot upto ISO1600, a bit anxious if pushing it further.
 
I have uploaded an album of basketball shots taken with my 7D at 6400 ISO. Unfortunately, with my f/2.8 lens I was unable to get shutter speeds faster than 1/250, which is really not ideal. This was my first and only time shooting basketball and overall I am pleased with the results.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/EezyTiger/Basketball?authkey=Gv1sRgCLnYrOnC9MDLQw#

As for AF performance and IQ generally, I have an album of shots with my 7D and 100-400 which includes several BIF examples with ISOs from 100-3200. The orangutan "portrait2 was at 6400 ISO and shot through tinted thick glass. None of the photos in this album have had any NR applied beyond Lightroom defaults. Sharpening is also at Lightoom defaults, although I have included output sharpening on export. The images are all uncropped, so compositions may look a bit odd at times, but the purpose in uploading the album was to show how well the camera focused when the subject was off center or facing competion from a busy background or backlighting. They are not the finished article.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/EezyTiger/1600?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-zsJ3YrIXnfQ#


IMO the 7D is a camera which rewards skilled photography and good glass, but can easily expose flaws in the image capture process if everything does not fall into place as it should. That's not the fault of the camera, but the high pixel density will reveal problems that other cameras mask. I'm not saying that I'm particularly skilled, but when I get it right the results are very satisfying. Conversely, when I get it wrong the camera makes it very obvious that I have failed.
 
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