So I had an opportunity to use my 1DXII on an automotive shoot this week and I typically stick to the 5D4 because of the larger file size and smaller form factor. Well this was specifically an action sequence for the magazine cover and I felt action was the 1DX2's bread and butter. So I'm hanging out of the back of my car with this thing hanging from my neck and I decide to turn on Live-View and track the subject as I wanted to drop the camera lower and compose a shot where I could no longer look through the viewfinder - Dual-Pixel to the rescue! Wrong.
This is when I discovered that the 1DX Mark II DOES NOT allow for continuous focus during live view. It will track the subject, but the camera will not track the moving subject even if you hold down the AF-ON button or assign it to anything else..or change the frame rate, etc. I was really disappointed. This feature is something that exists on the 5D4 and 80D, but has been removed from my $6000 sports camera that I might want to track a subject in Live View...
So I'm making this post to see if anyone knows if I'm wrong and can tell me - "do this!" or if I'm right, knows why they would remove it from the camera. I was pretty excited to try this out and never really thought to even try it until that moment on the 1DX2...I've been using the feature a LOT with the 5D4 for overhead shots at weddings. Looks like the 1DX2 won't be the weapon of choice for those shots. :-(
Oh well...
Regardless, I got some spectacular shots and immediately ignored the issue and worked around it.
This is when I discovered that the 1DX Mark II DOES NOT allow for continuous focus during live view. It will track the subject, but the camera will not track the moving subject even if you hold down the AF-ON button or assign it to anything else..or change the frame rate, etc. I was really disappointed. This feature is something that exists on the 5D4 and 80D, but has been removed from my $6000 sports camera that I might want to track a subject in Live View...
So I'm making this post to see if anyone knows if I'm wrong and can tell me - "do this!" or if I'm right, knows why they would remove it from the camera. I was pretty excited to try this out and never really thought to even try it until that moment on the 1DX2...I've been using the feature a LOT with the 5D4 for overhead shots at weddings. Looks like the 1DX2 won't be the weapon of choice for those shots. :-(
Oh well...
Regardless, I got some spectacular shots and immediately ignored the issue and worked around it.