How good is 70D AF system compared to 50D?

[Pandypix]

? Heath Ledger. No candy bar in Australia that I know of but now we can eliminate me and Heath if my guess was wrong

We have a winner...for the male lead, at least. Now...what's the film? BTW, the actor is from Oz, but the candy is from the US: the Heath Bar.

The part of Cameron was played by the actor that played an alien named Tommy in sitcom named based on our place in the solar system.

10 things I hate about you not you but this is the movie
I wonder how many months I will play trivia in the forum before I get my new camera?

 

[Loswr]

Well played!! ;D

 

[justsomedude]

The 7Dmkii will likely be out of my price range.. But if the 70D has the same sensor as original 7D I assume it'll still be really good

I think the 70D will have a better sensor than the 7D, at least based on the specs:

7D

• 18MP
• 100-6400 ISO (standard)
• 12,800 ISO (expanded)
• WiFi: NO
• 3" fixed screen
• 920,000 dot LCD
• 8 fps burst

70D

• 20.2MP
• 100-12800 ISO (standard)
• 25,600 ISO (expanded)
• WiFi: BUILT IN
• 3" fixed screen
• 1,040,000 dot LCD
• 7 fps burst

Based on these specs, I think your 70D is a better by. And not wanting to start a holy war, I will say that I've never been impressed with the 7D (you can look back to some of my first posts here on this forum), and truly believe it is a lemon.

I'm one of the few (probably <5% of users) who never got a sharp photo from a 7D; and started hating photography because of it. Yes, I'm a pixel-peeper, and yes, I'm an OCD photographer. I want my images to be tacky sharp. So maybe I'm not a fair example of the average 7D shooter.

But in my limited experience with only three 7D bodies, each one failed me with its poor AF. Pretty much every shot I got from a 7D body resembled the infamous Darwin Wiggett "melted-hay" photos at 100% view. After months of swapping bodies with Canon Irvine, I finally parted ways with my 7D. Since that moment I felt as if the heavens opened, and I became a sane photographer once again!

However, I am excited about the prospects of a 7D MKII based on recent rumors posted here on CR, and anxiously await its announcement. I'm sure any AF issues have been resolved in the 4 years since the original 7D launched.