tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post1234390781535505265..comments2023-10-02T00:47:44.045-07:00Comments on Black Is My Fav: Canon 7D Focus IssueBlack and not Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17110599226491506754noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-81383149734514515492017-06-25T19:56:18.066-07:002017-06-25T19:56:18.066-07:00I will never go back to Canon...I will never go back to Canon...Black and not Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110599226491506754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-67451595257139167662017-06-25T17:18:01.051-07:002017-06-25T17:18:01.051-07:00I have been through the gamete of micro adjustment...I have been through the gamete of micro adjustments and new lenses, and still continued to think it was my fault for soft and out of focus images. Today, I decided to search again online and found this blog. <br />I guess it has been the fault of my 7D all along!! AFter editing a set of event images today and viewing the info on two subsequent images, one blurry and the next clear but no apparent differences in HOW they were shot. Just one was horribly soft. <br />In fact, just yesterday during a wedding I found my previous micro-adjustments were off again and I set it again just a few points off. <br /><br />I hope I can afford a new body soon but find it disappointing that as big as Canon is, they cant warrant this body with a replacement when its their fault in workmanship. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13723892947345962977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-12037531898615895692016-02-08T12:02:56.828-08:002016-02-08T12:02:56.828-08:00Mine is a paper weight now. I was going to sell it...Mine is a paper weight now. I was going to sell it, but never got around to it. I have since switched over to Nikon.Black and not Pinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110599226491506754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-37708199999032278362016-02-08T10:09:34.122-08:002016-02-08T10:09:34.122-08:00I have come to the conclusion that the AF is just ...I have come to the conclusion that the AF is just crap on this camera. I have relegated mine to manual focus only at this point and using my totally antiquated 1D Mark II. Canon should have recalled this camera completely and instead left it in service for many years. Honestly I don't know what I am going to do. I don't have the money to buy another camera.Matt Cudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633210508707058765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-6681886897852494232014-06-18T17:15:39.298-07:002014-06-18T17:15:39.298-07:00Yes thank you for this posting. I have literally...Yes thank you for this posting. I have literally tore my hair out trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. I was baffled why one shot came out okay but the same exact shot, same settings, lighting, etc, was OOF!! I knew I did not move that much. It worked fine for a while but then I started noticing the soft photos and if using AF the OOF photos. I started investigating and damn there are a lot of people having the same issues so I am not crazy after all! I am going to the Galapgos at end of July and the 7D is NOT going. I just bought a used 40D since I am familiar with 10D, 40D, etc to take as I know at least I will have focused shots. To big a trip to take a chance on the 7D. What a shame. I am heavily invested in canon lenses so can't really make switch easily.NeptuneGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973093422103596712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7839717498215908015.post-80101709203758716142012-02-09T13:05:59.886-08:002012-02-09T13:05:59.886-08:00I commend you for your tremendous efforts and test...I commend you for your tremendous efforts and testing. I don't even want to begin testing and fighting with Canon. I went back to the dealer I bought my 7d from and he said "a little soft but normal" and tried to sell me the alignment target kit. I declined and taped a topographic map to my wall and carried out my tests like you did in your article, three shots at a time and setting focus ring before each shot, etc. Set my MF adjustment to +/- 9 (can't remember which) and got satisfactory results. In no time flat it's adrift again and it is, pardon my language, crap! Now I have to start with Canon, which I dread. So far I've ruined (yes, I've spent countless hundreds of hours trying to salvage the photos they were so badly out of focus!) a wedding shoot in Cuba; a journey of a lifetime to photograph icebergs (ruined!!!) and numerous other trips, all very poor image results. I've parked my 7d and because I am new to Canon equipment (7d + 24-105L) and that's all I own I will not add to the equipment and will consider going with another brand. Like I said, although I haven't started the process with Canon yet, I read enough on the net to scare me to pieces. Your story is nothing short of horror and I think that Canon 7d cameras are a BIG problem!!! Good luck and keep us posted. I believe a class action lawsuit would be a better way to go here for all the owners who have lost time and money from all of the disaster photo shoots and Canon failing to acknowledge and recall/replace their defective units...<br /><br />Wayne Butt, Newfoundland, Canada <br />email: photoblogtoday@yahoo.cawaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729437765697360804noreply@blogger.com