7D now marked as DISCONTINUED at Amazon

Robert Welch said:
I had a couple of 7D bodies, got rid of both of them. The AF was always just a little off, both bodies acted the same. I've talked to many other photographers who had the same problem, just off enough that the subject was just a little soft. I had tried the micro-adjust, but was all over the map, sometimes a little front focused, sometimes a little back. It was ok with the slower lenses, or at least close enough to be reasonable, but never good with a fast lens.

Finally sold the last one a couple months ago, and got a 70D. The 70D misses on occasion too, but when it misses it's more obvious. However, it hits the focus better much more often than either of my 7Ds ever did. Neither is as good as my 5D3 or 6D, though. I'd like to see what they do with the AF on the 7DII, if they can get it as good as the 5D3. The last croppped sensor camera I've had with decent AF was the 40D.

where you shooting sports or like fast moving subjects.. I have the 7D but really just shoot stills.. but if I do shoot children or kids, dont have a problem at all w/ focusing really.. not 100% accurate, but nothing that is going to make me hate it or sell it. maybe I'm not using it on extremes like birds or sports to really tell.. but for what I use it for, it covers my needs.
 
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