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Hello all,

I have just done a hard reset on my Canon 7d. I felt that I was just so bad at photography........my other half said that she could take better pictures on her point and shoot! I thought it was just my lens. Hence I spent today looking at pixels and photo's I had took and troubleshooting. I could never get the autofocus points in red (just black) and the photos were just out of focus (not a poor aperture setting) the whole thing.

Is this a common problem in a 7d?
Will the hard reset solve the problem in soft focusing? Or would i need to contact Canon.

I am so happy........ (you may tell)

Thanks for any help here,
Dazza
 
Thanks for that, it is a great resource!

I agree with the article that setting it up is a headache.
I am going to recalibrate my lenses tomorrow and after passing my exams this week I am going to find a good place to go and take some good pictures finally!!
 
Thank again..... a great resource to share!!

There are many tweaks on the 7d to improve focusing
 
dazza007 said:
Hello all,

I have just done a hard reset on my Canon 7d. I felt that I was just so bad at photography........my other half said that she could take better pictures on her point and shoot! I thought it was just my lens. Hence I spent today looking at pixels and photo's I had took and troubleshooting. I could never get the autofocus points in red (just black) and the photos were just out of focus (not a poor aperture setting) the whole thing.

Is this a common problem in a 7d?
Will the hard reset solve the problem in soft focusing? Or would i need to contact Canon.

I am so happy........ (you may tell)

Thanks for any help here,
Dazza
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Hi Dazza

I often think I can take better photographs with my S95 than my 7D, which is a bit of a bummer, but they are not the same thing really.

The 7D will crucify bad technique of any description, and the AF performance - while quite stunning, is also very dumb in that it does not know what it's looking at, only you do.

Also the squares in the viewfinder only show you some of the extent of the focus sensor lines, some of the lines overlap the adjacent boxes and some have gaps. This is probably the cause of 90% of the "why has my 7D not focused on the subject" threads you see on the internet.

There is a very interesting web page with regard to this I'll post a link when I get home.

If you are having bad thoughts about your 7D take some photos with it on a tripod, use your lens at it sweet spot aperture mirror lock up and live view focus to see what the camera is capable of.

My opinion is that 18mp on a crop body is really too much unless your lenses and technique are spot on, takes time to master, have fun :thumbs:

David
 
Here is the link for the autofocus points article.

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HTH

David
 
Here is the link for the autofocus points article.

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HTH

David
 
Thank you very much David.
I have bookmarked that article too. I will have to have a good look at that article with my camera in tow. There is alot I have to review with my camera as I have put photography on the backburner as I felt that I could not just do it. I have had my camera a couple of years and it has disappointed me no end.
Very Many thanks again.
 
Don't give up, the 7D is an awesome camera but a bit like a high performance car.

You would not expect to be able to get in it and drive like Michael Schumacher and it would be a bit rubbish for going to the shops.

Your wife has a "going to the shops" camera and as we all know for 90% of the tasks you need a car to do it's perfectly OK.

Try to race round a track (high speed AF, fast frame rate, and high ISO capability) you need the high performance car.

So get to know it really well and practice, you'll be rewarded in the end.

David
 
I found the move from 40D to 7D something of a steep learning curve but 2 1/2 years on I feel I've tamed the beast. Setting the AF up for the type of subject you're shooting and using the right focussing mode in the right situation is a must. I found in the early days that it was much more prone to camera shake than the 40D was, now I can comfortably shoot a 1 sec exposure of a non-moving subject and get a sharp result (with IS!!).

I think part of the problem is that spending so much (relatively speaking) on a camera you expect it produce awesome results out of the box, my experience with the 7D was that that wasn't the case. With a bit of effort however the results can be very pleasing.
 
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