New Camera...What do you do?

[Iguanasan]

An excellent shot with excellent sharpness. I think you are going to enjoy that new camera! I'm guessing St. Patty's Day with all that green?

[AntZ]

An excellent shot with excellent sharpness. I think you are going to enjoy that new camera! I'm guessing St. Patty's Day with all that green?

Thanks Iggy. Focus seems much improved. My wife used the 7D today and got some shots in focus (she notoriously misfocused the 40D)
Not St Patty's, just the school colours, but very close to the that emerald green.
Just checked out file sizes of some of the raw images...30mb!!!

[Iguanasan]

Hehehehe... time to buy some hard drives

[Marko]

I abuse the crap out of my cameras so no coddling advice from me but now that I think of it (after reading your comment)

.....I do fully charge the battery before using the camera.....I take all screen protectors OFF so I can clearly see what I've just shot. I have a good friend that has kept his on for years to protect the screen...I find that foolish though. Plus I often zoom in on the shot to see if the focus is good and that's so much harder to do with a screen protector.

I usually do test the body with a lens I know works well. I also test and play around with the focus points to make sure they autofocus where they should. Hope that may help.

Lovely eye sharpness on your test shot and enjoy the new body!

[JAS_Photo]

THat's a great shot, Antz! Looks like the new camera will work out well.

[Hillbillygirl]

Congrats on the new acquisition, you will love it. That auto focus system works amazing on 7D, and it is an excellent wildlife/action camera. Had two of them myself, before getting the 1DMkIV's.
As for protection. If you are worried about marks and such you can buy a whole thin rubber skin for camera, and put screen protectors on all lcd's. I only use the screen protectors myself, and I am quite careful as I have waaay too much invested not to be. Take care of your tools and they will take care of you, and you will enjoy for years to come.
BTW, lovely shot.

[bucket]

Well check first if it's been physically damaged in some way. If not, then you can proceed to checking the different features and functions of your new camera. And there's no better way of doing this than by taking actual photographs in different situations.

[Barefoot]

...I take all screen protectors OFF so I can clearly see what I've just shot. I have a good friend that has kept his on for years to protect the screen...I find that foolish though. Plus I often zoom in on the shot to see if the focus is good and that's so much harder to do with a screen protector.

Look into the Giottos Screen Protectors.

Made of tempered Schott glass(someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe B+W uses Schott glass for their filters if that means anything to you) from Germany, Crystal clear and worth every penny. Heck, you won't even know its there because it fits so well.