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Finally! my 7D on-camera flash finally gave in

On-camera flash on my 7D had intermittent problems, now the problem is permanent. This is a good news for me, getting even with  the Canon service center; in the past  rejected with a smile implying a con, failed to reproduce the problem  on the spot, surely  you’ve  experienced this embracing feeling, I would have my satisfaction now, rejecting the [...]

No, it does not work

The Canon 7D repair saga continues. It was not fixed first time! It goes back to the shop today. My camera still has the flash miss-fire problem. Isn’t is wired? Dear Canon, do it right this time, please. Or else…  I was about to switch to Nikon, but then 7D came out and I decided [...]

Curious thing about Canon 7D Service

Canon covers up problem with the Canon 7D camera. I came to this conclusion based on the repair report that I received with camera returned from a warranty repair. I bought the camera just before the New Year. On January 2nd it started to malfunction. I was shooting using this setup
Canon 7D Wireless Setup
It flashed [...]

Learning the ropes on the Canon 7D

Silent shooting mode has to be set to “disable” if you want to synchronize an external flash with a 7D (as well as 5D MK2 apparently). It is a documented, but fairly obscure feature.
Live view gives interesting advantage for manual lenses. At 10x magnification it is possible to achieve very nice focus without having to [...]

Canon 7D – New Think!

I sold my Canon 5D and bought a 7D instead. 7D is so much more as a camera, it is so much of a “new think” that even the guy behind the Luminous Landscapes went of an a rant about absence of a dedicated mirror lock button for absolutely nothing! This great guy (I am [...]

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