Canon 5D Mark III - AF Servo field test ... with some action [pics!]

[piotr.c]

AF is amazing .. even when AI Servo and AI Focus were set with extreme lateral focus points 

All photos were taken with 5D Mark III with 70-200/2.8 L

16 hi-res action images from Cross Country - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotrczechowski/sets/72157629710911017/

12 shots burst


100% crops




PS. Wish buffer wasn't so narrow ...

[Wrathwilde]

Looks nice and sharp. You did some post process sharpening, and bumped up the contrast and color a bit as well, didn't you?

[Martin]

Brawo, brawo widze ze nowa piatka sobie radzi.

[piotr.c]

Sure I did

I alwyas do postprocessing... hate those plain photos directly from any camera

[piotr.c]

Brawo, brawo widze ze nowa piatka sobie radzi.

Check my blog for review ... in Polish

(Zapraszam na bloga, tam szerszy opis )

[Viggo]

This is why understanding the sport you shoot is everything. The shots with all the dirt in front are killer! Seriously good!

[piotr.c]

It was my first attempt with shooting sport ...   

[mrmarks]

Very nice work!

[cpsico]

AF is amazing .. even when AI Servo and AI Focus were set with extreme lateral focus points 

All photos were taken with 5D Mark III with 70-200/2.8 L

http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotrczechowski/sets/72157629710911017/


PS. Wish buffor wasn't so narrow ...

Looks very accurate thanks for posting

[Viggo]

It was my first attempt with shooting sport ...   

Then you have a true talent for being where you should be. Keep up the good work!

What did your Ai Servo settings look like?

[sach100]

looks fantastic!

what percentage of shots were missed (oof)?

[Janco]

I like I like! I'm wondering as well about more details to the AF settings since I need to learn a lot about the new focusing system used in 5DIII... for example, how was your settings to start focusing? Single point, zone AF and so on.... I guess for faster moving objects zone AF would be suiting, right? Does anyone know what happens if the tracked object gets out of the zone that was set in AF Zone? Will it still be tracked by the other AF points? Thanks for your help!

Edit: Forgot to tell that I've been looking in the manual already for answers but I haven't found it specified there. Maybe it's there but I didn't find it...

[piotr.c]

Then you have a true talent for being where you should be. Keep up the good work!

Thanks! I always try to think before press the shutter button even when things are happening really fast.

What did your Ai Servo settings look like?

There was AI Servo and AI Focus as well. Both doing well.

[piotr.c]

looks fantastic!

what percentage of shots were missed (oof)?

It's hard to tell. Usually there was from 4 to 7 shots OK from 12-15 burst. Biggest issue is not focus - it's the small buffer ... with 6fps it's so so so narrow ...

12 shots burst


100% crops

[Viggo]

4 shots out of 12? That is not very assuring.... I hope that's not the best it can do...