I have recently purchased a second hand 7D and so pleased with it so far. I sold all my Canon gear after a safari to South Africa two years ago to support my other passion - my Leica setup.
I am off to SA again in three months so clearly, being familiar with Canon decided to buy in to this system again. I had previously owned a 5D then 5D MKII but this time, on a more limited budget and wanting more reach I decided on a 7D. I have the 40mm pancake for now and thinking about buying either a 70 - 200mm f2.8 MK I and a 1.4x convertor, or the 70 - 300mm L. I have owned both before and leaning towards the 70 - 200mm to have a little more control over depth of field and better low light possibilities, with the 1.4x convertor to give me a bit more reach when I need it. I had thought about the MK I 100 - 400mm but not so keen on push pull lenses and can't justify the cost of the MK II.
I nearly had buyers remorse after reading all the stories about focus problems and noise issues some users seem to have with the 7D. Happily, I am very pleased with the output from the 7D and looking forward to getting used to the rather complicated auto focus possibilities this camera has. I am playing safe for now and using single point. Coming from the Leica I do like keeping it simple.
All the best Peter
I am off to SA again in three months so clearly, being familiar with Canon decided to buy in to this system again. I had previously owned a 5D then 5D MKII but this time, on a more limited budget and wanting more reach I decided on a 7D. I have the 40mm pancake for now and thinking about buying either a 70 - 200mm f2.8 MK I and a 1.4x convertor, or the 70 - 300mm L. I have owned both before and leaning towards the 70 - 200mm to have a little more control over depth of field and better low light possibilities, with the 1.4x convertor to give me a bit more reach when I need it. I had thought about the MK I 100 - 400mm but not so keen on push pull lenses and can't justify the cost of the MK II.
I nearly had buyers remorse after reading all the stories about focus problems and noise issues some users seem to have with the 7D. Happily, I am very pleased with the output from the 7D and looking forward to getting used to the rather complicated auto focus possibilities this camera has. I am playing safe for now and using single point. Coming from the Leica I do like keeping it simple.
All the best Peter
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