Another new 7D owner here!

Finally got my 7D. Pretty excited, now I just got to figure out the best settings for this body, and read the manual.

Any generally common tips from any other 7D users out there in regards to the idiosyncrasies of this particular body?

Read the manual and read the links found in the sticky, a few have some links to videos.

Congrats!

Just got mine too

Unfortunately, my overnighted CF card is lost by FedEx (Aircraft problems...)

Enjoy!

NPuter wrote in post #11061003
Just got mine too

Unfortunately, my overnighted CF card is lost by FedEx (Aircraft problems...)

Enjoy!

Are you able to use it? I'd run out to any store and get a card if I had the 7d sitting idle..

TeamSpeed wrote in post #11060779
Read the manual and read the links found in the sticky, a few have some links to videos.

Congrats!

Yeah, I've already started reading. Going through the custom functions right now. I also purchased a pair of Maximal Power batteries that work perfectly like you posted somewhere as well. Great recommendation!

NPuter wrote in post #11061003
Just got mine too

Unfortunately, my overnighted CF card is lost by FedEx (Aircraft problems...)

Enjoy!

I had CF's from my soon to be departed 50D.
I do however, need to get more as I only have 2 8gb right now, and I can see needing a bigger card for video probably.

Hopefully you get your CF cards soon!

coldcuts113 wrote in post #11061107
Are you able to use it? I'd run out to any store and get a card if I had the 7d sitting idle..

I have an 8 year old 256mb CF card from the G3 I traded into the loyalty program... It takes around 8 seconds to write one raw file

I can't wait to see what UDMA speed is like...

NPuter wrote in post #11061003
Just got mine too

Unfortunately, my overnighted CF card is lost by FedEx (Aircraft problems...)

Enjoy!

Check your PM!

It is a complex camera with a steep learning curve so just:

1. Refer to the manual a lot
   
2. Take lots of images.
   
3. Do a lot of self critiquing.
   
4. Then refer to the manual again.
   
5. Take more images.
   
6. Return to step 1.

1. Camera shake will be much more evident if you do any 100% pixel peeping.
   
2. Resolution limitations of some lenses that looked just fine if you came from a camera with a 10 MP sensor will suddenly look not so sharp when pixel peeping.

I pretty much repeat myself for every "new 7D owner" thread. You'll need to learn and understand how the focusing system on the 7D works. I've seen many users get frustrated from OOF pictures because they do not understand the system nor know how to set it up for THEIR use. The below link is a start, it was written by a guy who shoots birds. It will be similar if you shoot sports.

http://www.deepgreenph​otography.com/blog/?p=​226

Can someone link to setup for fashion style photography. Non moving subj.

Shoot one-shot, with a picture style variant using portrait as the basis, but bump up the contrast +1 and saturation +1, and shoot raw+jpg, ISO 200-400, manual mode set up for the lighting at hand, a bit to the right, move the AF point to where you want focus, and use either single point or spot point, f1.8 to 2.8 or so, good lights and flash.

If you don't like the JPG, go to the raw and adjust accordingly, then post process accordingly.

I would start with that anyways, but you may have to tweak from this point.