Canon 7D review for professional wedding photographers

form wrote in post #8753475
The focus lag is one of the most frustrating parts of dark shooting; I want instant reaction. Good thing I wasn't planning on ever buying a 7D. Seems like a great camera for sports.

I just had a play in good light, it focuses very quickly. My first impressions were in a very, very dark room with a dancing couple that were moving very quickly, and no AF assist. It works better than a 40D.

Which means it probably kills the 5D/5DII in low light AF, as well.

donbga wrote in post #8753233
Well thanks Joe, it's great to have your vote of confidence.

Now that we have that over with let's not try to hijack the thread.

too late, apparently.........

New RAW files are up, hopefully in focus without camera shake this time.

Cheers Tim.

It;'s always good to see real-world camera RAW files, as the Beta cameras always seem to be a little better than production ones - but they look really, really good.

Wish you had a 5DmkII so I could compare both side-by-side, because if I'm not mistaken, the 7D looks just as good as the 5DmkII at higher ISO.

I'm always using my 30D and 20D at ISO3200, so ISO6400 and ISO12800 looking better than a 30D at 3200 has sold it for me. Plus, obviously, I won't have to get rid of my 17-55, 30mm 1.4 and 50-150. I can get a 5DmkII next year, along with a few primes.

Doesn't much matter which is better, the 7D and 5DII both do a good job

bnlearle wrote in post #8755266
Which means it probably kills the 5D/5DII in low light AF, as well.

Let's hope so

Honestly I expect for a given print size the 5D, 5DII, and 7D will all be within 1-2 stops max. I'll have a 5D classic around this weekend, I could do some tests against that but I really don't care all that much.

And thankfully most 5D owners (myself included) probably don't care about the performance of the latest crop sensor camera beyond a casual interest in seeing what Canon is doing now (and what they should've done with the 5D II).

^^^^ Whoa! That's what I call a fork in the road.

Ok, call in Browning and PixMantra now...heeeere we go!

Some people like to find something to feel superior about.

tim wrote in post #8755132
I just had a play in good light, it focuses very quickly. My first impressions were in a very, very dark room with a dancing couple that were moving very quickly, and no AF assist. It works better than a 40D.

Is there a custom function to control whether the camera shots when in focus or not, the one on the 1dmk3 can be set to allow the camera to shoot whichever way you like.

Looking forward to having a look at the shots and thanks for posting up so quick Tim.

Matusalem. Tim, I still have quite a few bottles of the "real" Cuban Matusalem in my stash

Borderfox wrote in post #8762803
Is there a custom function to control whether the camera shots when in focus or not, the one on the 1dmk3 can be set to allow the camera to shoot whichever way you like.

No idea. The manual's available online from Canon

Borderfox wrote in post #8762803
Is there a custom function to control whether the camera shots when in focus or not, the one on the 1dmk3 can be set to allow the camera to shoot whichever way you like.

Looking forward to having a look at the shots and thanks for posting up so quick Tim.

If you use custom function to set focus to either the af-on or * button and you are basically doing the same thing. Forcing the camera to fire every time the shutter button is tripped regardless of focus.