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stevevihon
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Building on a recent post from "thepankcakeman" regarding the AF on the 5D Mark II.
I am in the process of switching from Nikon to Canon (I recently sold my D300 and 17-55mm 2.8 lens) and would like to move up to full frame for better low light / higher ISO performance. Looking at the 5D Mark II, but I have read a lot about the poor AF. Most photos I take are of my four year old daughter (unwilling subject and often I shoot at home in low indoor light). Starting from scratch, so lens-wise, looking at a fast prime (50 1.2 or 85 1.2) or a zoom such as the 24-70 2.8. Fine shooting with the center AF versus multi-point.
For those with kids or those shooting action in low light, what has been your experience with the camera? I could wait for a new model with a better AF and suffer with my S95 (nice compact, but much slower/much lower hit rate than DSLR) or buy a low priced model such as a T3i as a stop-gap.
I am in the process of switching from Nikon to Canon (I recently sold my D300 and 17-55mm 2.8 lens) and would like to move up to full frame for better low light / higher ISO performance. Looking at the 5D Mark II, but I have read a lot about the poor AF. Most photos I take are of my four year old daughter (unwilling subject and often I shoot at home in low indoor light). Starting from scratch, so lens-wise, looking at a fast prime (50 1.2 or 85 1.2) or a zoom such as the 24-70 2.8. Fine shooting with the center AF versus multi-point.
For those with kids or those shooting action in low light, what has been your experience with the camera? I could wait for a new model with a better AF and suffer with my S95 (nice compact, but much slower/much lower hit rate than DSLR) or buy a low priced model such as a T3i as a stop-gap.