[Sonsey]

I havn't personally had any hands-on experience, mainly because I'm a Canon man myself, but innitial review's in magazines have been quite favourable and seem to show that Sony are in it for the long haul with new lenses allready being announced, I believe it also uses the same sensor found in the Nikon D80 - D200 allthough I'm not sure about this.

I'd get down to the nearest Jessops and have a play with it to see how it feels, but since it is based on the previous Minolta models it would be worth checking it's specs to see if the thing's you have issues with at the moment have been upgraded/changed... out of interest, what arn't you intirely happy with on the 7D?