Roland I understand what you are saying about the afternoon light (photography as been my hobby for almost 60 years!) But the red cast on my images seems excessive. I have read elsewhere about critisism of the AWB not being able to cope in some indoor shots. However I have seen no reference as to any excessive Red bias.
But as I said previously it’s still early days for me with the 7D.
When I have time I will duplicate my shots with the 20D and do a side by side comparison.

David

The only filters that I usually use are UV filters to protect the front elements of my lenses. I don’t believe in buying expensive UV filters, I personally find the cheap ones work just as well. I have bought a few Fujiyama UV filters from Mr Yip before and they all worked fine for me.

I have not really encountered your problem about AWB of the 7D. However, for shooting landscape during late afternoon, it’s nature to have a warm reddish tint. That’s the color of the light and I personally actually like the warmth of the late afternoon Sun. If the camera AWB or if you purposely set a custom WB that is absolutely neutral to remove the warmth, it would not look like late afternoon light at all. But that’s my opinion and preference, maybe you prefer something else.

Yes, most TV that claims to be HD Ready rather than Full HD probably has a panel that has native resolution around 720p rather than 1080p. If you know what, you can actually spot the difference between a 720p and 1080p panel, but in general, most people can’t actually see much difference between 720p and 1080p.

Personally, I don’t see a great difference between the low ISO quality from 50D and 7D. I would say there are very similar. I would not say one is really better than the other. But the 7D is definitely better at high ISO compared to the 50D.