Simply Amazing! Well worth the money!

My father n law has the current Canon 30d and his brother has the latest Canon Digital Rebel both have all the bells and whistles and both have fast 24-70 2.8 macro zoom lens and when we compared shots, the 7d Kicked "A"!!!! I used a Tamron 18-70 2.8 zoom lens and the shots were simply incredible! I did macro photos of flowers and various bugs and the detail was scary! All were done hand held with no tripods! I then used it in my studio, the 7d comes with a strobe sync port that made it easy to hook up my white lightning strobes a snap! In the studio the 7d blew away the canon. Photos of fast moving kids, and cranky adults came out perfect. And as a point and shoot in high shutter sync mode you get ultra razor sharp clear pictures and vibrant colors. I know there are those who will say NO Way but it is true! The 7d has numerous adjustment features that give you the tools to make each shot perfect! And if you need to tweak up your photos don't use the oem dimage photo editor use Adobe Photo Elements 6 or Adobe CS3! What professional would spend more than a $1,000 on a camera and hen use a cheap oem program to edit important photos? Get real! If you look you will see that on aAmazon .com that 7d sells for $1,689.00 when it retailed for $1,200.00! As an investment the 7d is gaining price since real photographers are realizing that the new cheap plastic digital slr's are not worth the money! Minolta flashes, lenses, and the ultra rare camera grip for the 7d are going through the roof in prices! And they will only go higher as the 7d and all its accessories vanish from circulation! Please know that on Oct 14th, 2007 ebay Item number: 110177931587, that a used 7d and 2 lens and 3600hsd flash sold for more than $1,475.00 on ebay recently! This happened even after the company has been out of business for 4 years! Please know that I have been taking photos for more than 25 years, the only thing I can say is way better is the hasselblad digital. But who has $25,000 for that?