Would recommend anyone having in a canon crop sensor camera to buy a used copy of this as their first full frame camera. It's a well used copy, but I understand why professionals used to love it and still used by so many.
See the picture attached taken with this combo.The additional focal points make it so easy to compo se a picture, as you dont have to find a focal point and then re-compose, which happens so many times on a 7D. The biggest quality difference is in low light, the high ISO pictures looked so much better compared to a 7D. Took it out for a spin with a 100 400 lens which again was a second hand purchase, and it just felt such a natural fit. The first click and you love the shutter sound, it's so satisfying and feel like the camera telling you 'I got it, dont worry'. The first thing you notice is the even more deep menus and options. Canon does not expose the shutter actuation count in the EXIF data. I got the following message Uploaded on 12:48 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III had unknown shutter counts. I received a lot of good information on the file but the Shutter actuations was not included. It was an easy transition from 7D, but then you notice the changes immediately. I tried uploading a jpg file from my Canon 5D Mark iii to. So this was my step up to full frame after having a 7D for almost 8 years. A 5D Mark3 is an aspirational camera for any part time amateur and the new price is so high that it cant be justified.
