Good evening, I recently purchased a 7D Mark II to replace my old 7D. So far, so good. A few questions:
1. Is there currently or will there be (expected or speculation) a firmware update that allows the user to see the exposure meter at the bottom of the viewfinder? By default it is on the right side while in Manual mode (which is what I shoot). In the 7D and in my 5DIII it's at the bottom of the viewfinder. It's a big adjustment, would love to see that modified (although I suppose I'll get over it in any event). Was surprised not to find previous discussions of this on this forum, although maybe I just didn't see it or search well. Through other forums I became aware of a work-around (sort of) where you set ISO to "A" but then limit your auto-ISO range to whatever you desire (e.g. 100-1600) and that does the trick ... only I don't like not directly controlling ISO so it's not really sustainable for me. I also note that the exposure meter does not appear on the top plate either, so any thoughts of how to get that to show up would be welcome as well.
2. Is there a way to fire the shutter without recording an image, other than by taking the card out? Say, for example, I want to show off the fast shutter and fps (but don't want to take cards out or record a bunch of nonsense images).
3. I'm happy the 7D II takes the additional focus screen (the Eh-S). I haven't gotten one yet, but expect to at some point. What are your experiences with this? And why does the B&H listing for the Eh-S state it is for "For Lenses With Apertures of f/1.8-2.8"? Is that just a general recommendation? I understand you can't reasonably use it with a slow aperture but I'm talking about on the fast end, e.g. my 50 L/1.2. There's not a problem with using the Eh-S is there, at 1.2, 1.4, etc.?
Thanks for any insight!
1. Is there currently or will there be (expected or speculation) a firmware update that allows the user to see the exposure meter at the bottom of the viewfinder? By default it is on the right side while in Manual mode (which is what I shoot). In the 7D and in my 5DIII it's at the bottom of the viewfinder. It's a big adjustment, would love to see that modified (although I suppose I'll get over it in any event). Was surprised not to find previous discussions of this on this forum, although maybe I just didn't see it or search well. Through other forums I became aware of a work-around (sort of) where you set ISO to "A" but then limit your auto-ISO range to whatever you desire (e.g. 100-1600) and that does the trick ... only I don't like not directly controlling ISO so it's not really sustainable for me. I also note that the exposure meter does not appear on the top plate either, so any thoughts of how to get that to show up would be welcome as well.
2. Is there a way to fire the shutter without recording an image, other than by taking the card out? Say, for example, I want to show off the fast shutter and fps (but don't want to take cards out or record a bunch of nonsense images).
3. I'm happy the 7D II takes the additional focus screen (the Eh-S). I haven't gotten one yet, but expect to at some point. What are your experiences with this? And why does the B&H listing for the Eh-S state it is for "For Lenses With Apertures of f/1.8-2.8"? Is that just a general recommendation? I understand you can't reasonably use it with a slow aperture but I'm talking about on the fast end, e.g. my 50 L/1.2. There's not a problem with using the Eh-S is there, at 1.2, 1.4, etc.?
Thanks for any insight!