Having only joined the site 2 days ago i have been unable to find a forum heading for "say hello" so i guess it's ok to say it here then!! Greetings to all on 1x :)

Ok to business...i've had a Canon EOS 7D for about i month and i have had a number of images that show a ghost image from the previous frame during continuous shooting (most obvious with in-flight captures against a blue sky). I have been on the Canon UK website and they confirm that there is a problem and say that the ghosting is barely visible unless levels adjustments are made in post processing.....sorry Canon, but the ghosting on the images that i have are glaringly obvious to see straight out of the camera having done no pp work on them at all. There is a firmware update available (eos7d1.10) which i am hoping will cure the problem. I installed today but have not yet had a chance to test it.
Given that this is a pro quality camera, i'm quite surprised that the boffins at Canon did not pick up on this problem at the pre-production stage and it does make one wonder if the market pressures are causing the manufacturers to get sloppy. I have been using Canon cameras for many years and this is the most expensive camera body i have bought to date....i now have quite a number of images rendered unusable by the ghosting and have essentialy wasted a lot of precious time getting them.

Has anyone else bought a 7D and have you experienced similar problems? If you have, did the new firmware solve the problem?

Your feedback would be much appreciated.

Vic.

Why don't you first try it out? This bug surely was bad but well known and was fixed fast!
I have a 7D with the newest firmware and don't have any problems

Hi Sven, yep, i do intend to try it out!
Good to know that the latest firmware is ok though!!

Thankyou

my observation is that Canon in general has problems with quality (either they decide to make things 'cheaper' or simply have problems they did not anticipate), IMHO Olympus is solid, guess that Nikon and Sony are too...

If you say something like this you should fill it with details and facts!

Hi Robert,
Thankyou for your very humorous observations...lol, At present i have no desire to change to another manufacturers products in order to cure a problem with my 7D :-) (which i might add, is the only problem i have ever had with Canon's imaging products in over 25 years of use)
Sven has very kindly answered my questions.......yes, he has bought a 7D.....no, he has not experienced similar problems.....and yes, the new firmware does solve the issue of ghosting.

Many thanks

I would very gladly upgrade from Canon EOS 5D Mark I to Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the main reason is that Mark's II weather sealed body and sensor self-cleaning (I have problems with the dust on the Mark's I sensor and am annoyed by the dust in the viewfinder which cannot be removed by 'normal' means, the focusing screen is made of plastic), also I think that the build quality of Canon EOS 5D Mark I body is at least for a class below (rubber covers, not weather sealed, 'chap' battery doors, etc.) that of Olympus E-1 (which has glass focusing screen, excellent sensor self cleaning and is weather sealed and just well built). I am also not quite pleased with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, there is a serious vignetting and even some barrel distortion at wide angles.

Hi Sven Fennema,

every sensor get dirty after a while.

Now there`s many solutions photographers deal with that problem but the finest and best solution without damaging or smearing the sensor I`ve stumbled over on this website:

http://www.gletscherbruch.de/foto/sensor/sensorreinigung.html

Simply using a method many years ago was already used on "vinyls". It`s a liquid film removing dust 100 % without ever damaging the sensor or leaving residues.

Vinyl-liquid film is inexpensive and the method beats Canon-service cleaning by lengths in my opinion, apart from the fact that one saves money and does not have to wait a week to get the camera back.

Mybe you want to have a look at the website.

Regards

Here`s the english version:

http://www.sensor-film.com/

&

http://www.sensor-film.com/cleaning.html

That's kind you share, but I am not the one who had any problems, I'm a happy guy with clean sensor :)

Hm... kind of contradictive, isn`t it?

Kind regards

I have no Mark, I've got a 7D, this statement has been made by Robert and not by me -
Only that Robert included another quote from me....sometimes forum can be confusing here :)