I thought it was rather nice getting a straight answer! That way, I know that I have not missed a setting and can try to complain about it and hopefully cause a change!
I have one in my hands right now! There is no indicator on the top of the camera in Manual and only a tiny indicator on the right hand side of the view finder. I called Canon to ask if this was a problem with my camera, but was told that it is one ...
I agree with you that the change is horrible. The indicator has completely disappeared on the top of the camera which makes no sense to me, either. I truly hope a firmware upgrade will get the indicator back wherre they were on the original 7D. Th...