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A new rebel is coming. How will it be better than the last?

Started Jan 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
WilbaW
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Re: A new rebel is coming. How will it be better than the last?

plantdoc wrote:

Based on recent experience, I would not buy another rebel without MFA.

Fair enough, not trying to change your mind, but I'm not so pessimistic. Everyone thought the 60D would be useless without AF MA but it turned out to be a fine performer with very few credible reports of trouble. I'm a bit of an AF perfectionist, and with my good lenses (L and recent EF-S) I've never had a problem with it. Something seemed to happen between the 7D and the 60D that make AF a lot more reliable. We saw it when firmware 2 came out for the 7D, and a lot of owners reported needing very little adjustment compared to the first version of the firmware. I get the same sense with from the feedback for the Rebels released since the 60D, so I would be confident that most Rebel owners don't need it, unless they own something like the original 100-400, which has a reputation for needing significant adjustment.

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