Hi, I understand the 30V has better autofocus. does anyone have experience with one vs. the other? Is it a big difference?
AF response has less to do with the camera, and a lot more to do with the lens. There are differences in AF speed of consumer Canon EF lenses vs the professional level L-series lenses. L-series lenses snap better with stronger power sources e.g. alkaline batteries over the flimsy 2CR5 or CR123A batteries.
Metering algorithms/lag and especially eye control focus, can affect AF speed, but again, the L-series lenses have their own algorithms to overcome body-side lag (to a point!).
There is no proven evidence that eye control focus / point selection improves the accuracy or speed of focusing.