What wants (needs) to more? 1

After 5 years and 32,000 images with the 50D, I stopped the time has come to look for an upgrade. Since I operate for mainly nature photography, there were really only two points that I missed on the 50D:
GPS and a faster / better autofocus. From the quality of the housing, the current successor to the 70D 50D is inferior miles. So I had a look at the 7D Mark 2. First you swallow, steep price.
However, if you look at the MSRP of the 7D to her then start (1649) If we imagine, let's see what they can. Technically you can get (apart from the sensor) a 1D X in the APS-C format. I have worked my first time through the menu after I have read the 550-page manual before buying (there as downloads Canon). Despite the enormous setting the menu is clearly structured and logical. Anyone who already owns a Canon will quickly come to grips.
As a first test, I have compared the color noise with my current camera. Despite the 30 percent higher resolution color noise in the direct comparison with the 50D is better by at least 4 ISO steps. The ISO 25600 and 51200 settings can forget that no one wants to really take advantage of, and it must be said that the color noise, very discreetly fails in itself, if you noticed it.
The often criticized lack of folding displays was for me when a friend of mine had broken through carelessness the folding screen in the woods too 60D-times off the table. For WiFi I have in nature / sports photography still can not see any meaningful use. Apparently can also live without owners of 5D and 1D X Mark3. The electromagnetic damping this case is simply too high (the camera need, turned upside down, much longer to get a GPS signal at all, because then the GPS sensor on the bottom of the camera is).
Also makes my opinion on this application a touch display no sense (trying times, playing in the touch panel Podenco's with 10 frames / second in the touch panel to catch, perhaps even the sun at your back: Have fun!). Better than the auto focus you will not get it right. For still photography, you can move the point of focus in Live View quickly using the Control knob.
The first tests with the autofocus was a great experience for me. It is tracked with virtually no delay and sits on the point, no committee at the pictures. Owner of the 7D are as safe quite a bit usual, but for me it is worth the price alone.
Not to forget the silent mode for nature photographers (4 frames / second), the shutter is then barely audible, being quiet a lot even at 10 frames / second as on the 50D with its 6 frames / second.
The GPS knows all the current satellite (also Glonass and the Japanese) and quickly provides the current position.
I can not say much about the movie function, I will hardly use.
For me, the camera has everything (and exactly) what I need. I recommend everyone Intesessenten to time down the manual to load and make yourself an impression of the possibilities:
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Who without WiFi, touch screen and folding screen can not live, just needs access to 70D.