I hear you guys- cant argue with your reasoning. Ill give it a try. I may not even have the time for much testing since its the holidays...more than likely its going back for an exchange within 6 days.

the 7d is going back to the (canon)shop, already boxed up, but i may pop that open to try this tonight. The 7d has issues...way too much iso noise, and softness fluctuates from shot to shot. i compared shots on a t2i rental from months ago to any/all of my 7d shots..7 loses. As of now, i dont trust a 7d, and i may toss it in favor of a 60d.