Is there anything you DON'T LIKE about the 7D?

[QUOTE=RiaGurl;8994587​]this is not rocket science folks. keep your finger off the dial and it will not turn, simple. it's like keeping your finger off the trigger, and the gun will not go bang. keep things out of the trigger guard that might make it pull back and go bang.

simple. it doesn't move by itself.[/qu

I'm talking about the dial on top of the camera, not the one on the back. I've never bumped any of my others including when I had a 20D, 40D, 5D or the 5D MkII. When shuffling cameras in the Land Rover, it just seemed that brushing against something moved the dial from AV to one of the other modes. As I said it's not a big deal, but it does happen.

RiaGurl wrote in post #8994587
this is not rocket science folks. keep your finger off the dial and it will not turn, simple. it's like keeping your finger off the trigger, and the gun will not go bang. keep things out of the trigger guard that might make it pull back and go bang.

You would have a valid point if there was a "trigger guard" over the mode dial. A more valid comparison would be that the mode dial is as exposed as the slide-mounted safety lever on some pistols, which can also be bumped out of position despite the much stronger detents that are used to keep them in position.

RiaGurl wrote in post #8985527
i don't understand. does yours positively 'click' like mine and every single other camera slr or point and shoot that i have ever had?

if it doesn't there is your problem obviously.

if not, then explain "dangling" what does dangling mean?

if it does it when you take it out of your camera bag and it also positively clicks at each mode, then there is something wrong with your fitting. i have fit this vertically and horizontally and reverse in the same orientations, as well as sideways in snug and different cases. clearly it's an issue with this, or a problem with your dial.

dangling mens its dangling in it 7d strap... around the waist whil shooting with another camera or taking a ride in the car, it just dont seem to be stuck in whatever mode I left it in

I only have 2 complaints:

1) I wish I had more free time to go out and shoot more.

2) And the batteries in the grip seems to wiggle just slightly. But it works, it's fine. I would've liked less movement like the old xxD grips. (Talking about just the battery not the grip attachment as the grip attachment is actually much better than the xxD grips.)

Great camera.
Too bad mine suffers from the infamous AF issue. The more AF points I use (such as zones, or all 19) more of the images are out of focus, even though the camera confirms auto focus. Even pictures of flat surfaces are OOF such as brick wall, house siding, door, etc. where there are no object closer or farther. The more AF points enabled the more AF misses. Odd thing is that one AF point auto focus works ok mostly...

krb wrote in post #8995764
You would have a valid point if there was a "trigger guard" over the mode dial. A more valid comparison would be that the mode dial is as exposed as the slide-mounted safety lever on some pistols, which can also be bumped out of position despite the much stronger detents that are used to keep them in position.

i gotcha, so it would be more accurate to say that when things hit the dial, it tends to change modes....not make it sound like it just happens. the brush from a sleeve or even more intentional brush will not move it on my camera. maybe you got a bad one.

RiaGurl wrote in post #9004474
i gotcha, so it would be more accurate to say that when things hit the dial, it tends to change modes....not make it sound like it just happens. the brush from a sleeve or even more intentional brush will not move it on my camera. maybe you got a bad one.

The dial is the same as any other, no worries about a defective part. It's taking it in and out of the bag that does it. Doesn't help that I "work out of the bag" when walking around.

This is not necessarily related to the 7D (or maybe), but I'd like to see a feature in DSLRs where I can automatically set the zoom lens aperture always 1 stop down from wide open. Obviously this is N/A for primes and constant F zooms. But there are a number of good lenses that aren't constant aperture lenses and they perform better at 1 stop down from wide open. So I could enable that in the custom settings and whatever the FL of my zoom lens is, the camera always selects an aperture 1 stop smaller than wide open.
Now, I may be ignorant and there is already a feature like this. Is there?

krb wrote in post #9005054
The dial is the same as any other, no worries about a defective part. It's taking it in and out of the bag that does it. Doesn't help that I "work out of the bag" when walking around.

you guys must all have the same bags.

i have used in in 2 different pelicans and 2 different lowepros. I can list the models. It really should not be a problem if you keep your mitts or others or other objects from touching it...and touching it hard enough and at the right angle and all of that.

i have verticallally, horizontally, and sidewaysly put it. i cannot reproduce it. when i intentionally try to turn it, it has to be on the same plane as the turning and requires some force.

seriously guys.

did some of your lube fall on the dial or what?

I wish it was possible through a custom function to link spot metering to the selected focus point, instead of HAVING to use ONLY the center focus point for spot metering.

I prefer to use spot metering, esp when shooting in manual, and using the AF-ON button to auto focus, and it just seems like an inconvenience when wanting to use a NON CENTER focus point to have to keep switching between the two...use the center AF point to meter, set the exposure, move the AF point to one off center, recompose etc.

I don't know why Canon didn't keep this feature, or at least put it on this camera. I know it's available on the 1D series cameras.

The only thing I dont like, the grip is well designed to stop you dropping the camera, its really well done, you can feel the way the ergonomics of it work if you have your arm down the camera just sticks to your fingertips, BUT, for my hands its a little small, nothing new there, my last 3 slr's were the same and I bought battery grips to rectify that, but, the battery grips make the camera huge and heavier, ok for specific shoots but not great for general walking around.

The 7D grip isnt as comfortable as my 40D was for me, the 40D grip was a little thicker and of course the camera was lighter, so i find the 7D grip tiring as the weight of the camera is allways supported by just 2 fingers and no weight in the palm of my hand (of course while taking a pic I have my left hand under the camera/lens to support, but still not ideal ergonomics for me)..

so I give you, the orgie-nised xtra grip extender mk1 prototype lol..

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I tried one when it first appeared in the shop. I put it in green box mode, took it out for a couple of hours and very quickly decided that in this mode it was the best P&S camera I could get for my wife for Christmas, what I like even more is that the price has come down already so I will be quids in.

ORGIE.....i love them...errr it...the grip.....the camera grip that is!

the fact that everytime i go to take a picture.. my nose hits the screen and leaves oil marks!.. could my nose just be that big? =) love this camera

oRGie wrote in post #9018254
I'm suprised that no-one has ever made these for retail, I bet lots of people have the same problem, my hands are normal size for my height 6ft.

Bloody hell! That's a fantastic idea. I'm 195 cm (6' 4"ish) and I've got the biggest hands of anybody I know. I've tried a grip with my 40D but the groove where your fingers go isn't continued on the Canon grip. Even the wireless grip has that problem. Yours looks like the perfect solution.