Time to upgrade

[UjaiDidida]

Have you tested the 70D? I hope you happy with your upgrade.

 

[rojoloco]

I'm actually waiting on it to get here. I just ordered it off Amazon last night.

 

[TCampbell]

I see you decided to go for the 70D -- which will be a fairly substantial upgrade.

As for silhouette shots... you'll need to use fill-flash. That's normal and you'd have to do that with any camera. If you just want to fill in shadows, you can adjust the "FEC" (Flash Exposure Compensation) setting... e.g. -2/3rds or even -1 would work well. At that power level the shadows still appear as shadows... but they're only moderately dark instead of extremely dark. But if you don't want your subject to appear as a silhouette at all (but the sun is behind) then shoot at normal power.

Keep in mind the built-in pop-up flash has limited range. These things are usually good for subjects about 10' away at base ISO 100. An external flash would provide a significant improvement.