Canon 7D soft images, does Canon have a problem with some of it's 7D's???

[DorsetDunk]

I thought that the soft focus was a inherent fault in the earlier batches of 7ds and now corrected ? if this was the case darrenm should have been entitled to a refund
the af focus problem is a completely different issue to the soft focus

my father has just upgraded to a 7d after his 40d gave up the ghost and has no problem with soft focus as far as i am aware
and i am extremely impressed by the colour luminosity of the shots compared to the 40d ,very tempted to upgrade soon

[PMG]

I had trouble with mine at first. It took a while to realise that the fancy AF is hopeless and useless - you don't want the camera deciding to focus on what it thinks it will - like the nearest wing tip or the shoulder - you want the eyes crystal - then the rest just follows on! You would have to be a very speedy person to use all the focus points and twiddle the ring around fast enough to keep up with a bird and not have the camera grabbing a piece of grass in front! The thing is the 40D is and still is an excellent camera but useless for flight shots - its just not up to that. The only time the extra focus points can be - and I do say can be helpful is for flight photography - but in truth you are still better off using the centre spot and 4 surrounding in a cross shape. I've settled on that and my results speak for themselves

Pauline

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by PMG

The only time the extra focus points can be - and I do say can be helpful is for flight photography - but in truth you are still better off using the centre spot and 4 surrounding in a cross shape. I've settled on that and my results speak for themselves

Pauline

Couldn't agree more Pauline, and as far as I'm concerned the 7D is the best camera you can get for the money,and I think my results speak for themselves as well.

[johnf3f]

The Canon camers (in my experience) tend to focus on the nearest point if you use "All Points" in AI Servo for subjects such as BIF.
Got some lovely wingtips before I realised that! I now use centre point or centre point with surrounding af points assist if/where available.