Wow! The arguments that go on and on comparing the 7D to the 5D MkII. I owned the 5D, 7D, and 5D MkII at the same time. Used all 3 in weddings. The 5D Classic had cleaner images than the 7D right up to 1600 ISO. The 7D simply does not compare in image quality to the 5's, either of them. Which is why I will be passing my 7D on and getting either another 5D MkII or the new 5D? in the next week, announced or not.
I just looked at hundreds of pictures today, thinking new glass might be my best bet, and the final result of that is that the 7 just simply doesn't take the clarity of pictures I've come to expect from the full frame cameras. Period. And of course, that's my opinion based on the camera bodies I had in my hands, so anyone else's experience may differ from mine. But even at sporting events in broad daylight, the images from the 7 just didn't have that crystal clear you-were-there look to them that has become my standard.
