Manny - Here's what I used to compare the 60D to 7D noise: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos60D/page19.asp
Sensor is the same size, so it's a fair comparison. My 7D to 40D comparison would just be what I've seen in my pictures. I've never had a problem with getting noise rejections on A.net with ISO 200 shots before, but with the 7D, that became a problem, and I had to use NR in my PP for the first time.
Fred - yeah, you have a point about FPS...really needed that 8 FPS at SXM :)
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