My New Gear - Canon EOS 7D

Just got this recently and also bought second hand...see how poor i am? The 450D will become my second body. Before buying this i already tried the DSLR when tag along with my friend to wedding event he been hired. I got to try 7D with Tokina 11-16mm 2.8f and it was superb. First thing that i notice and it was a good feature is button at your thumb AF-ON can use as to focus the lens and the shutter button for direct taking picture. When you use different button it make taking picture more faster rather than normal half press shutter button to focus then full press to take picture. I didn't know about this and it actually can be done on my 450D also...geezz....how noob i am. So if u also want to try this on your 450D, this how it work, first go to

menu > C. Fn IV Shutter button / AE lock button. I choose AE lock/AF. It work when u push button at your thumb that have this * icon it will trigger auto focus. When you want to take picture just press shutter button. If you want to lock the exposure first, aim your focus to what exposure you want to lock and half press shutter button, recompose and full press to snap the picture. For me, by doing this setup you can learn and understanding more about how to not miss moment you want to shoot, exposure lock for taking picture like silhouette and compose the picture.

Okay back to 7D, second thing I like is able to change White Balance using kelvin from range 2500 - 10000 K and we can see it change real time at liveview. With this we don't need to test shoot couple of time to get what's the right White balance that we want (this also can apply when recording vidz). That was what I found for now and what I need is bigger CF card with high speed for the recording HD video and preparation for vacation to Krabi, Thailand.