Agree 100%. The AF on the 7D was awful with it for some lenses and, for example, would not reliably AF with my 300mm f/2.8 II + 2xTCIII, as others found to their cost. But, that was cured with the 7DII and I found the 5DS R even better. The 7DII only has the centre AF for f/8, and only the centre point is a high precision one. Canon has the technology for upgrading the 7DII, and it is frustrating it doesn't do so.
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You are right about the 80D: it has been an outstanding all-rounder camera, and it has set a very high bar for what might well be the last Canon x0D DSLR. Though a body with this CR1 list of specs would certain qualify a 90D as the ultimate prosumer Canon DSLR, this specs list occupies enough of the potential 7D Mark III niche to lend support to rumors that there will be a single replacement, merging both the x0D and 7D series.yes, I figured you just slipped
I have pretty good luck with focusing using the 80D, I actually really am impressed with its focusing capability. I'm not shooting a lot of fast action stuff, but a lot of birds and some aircraft taking off and landing etc etc. I often use the center point at f/8 with my Sigma 150-600mm and my success rate I would guess is about 80% to 90% keepers. (in decent light). My 70-300mm IS USM L-Lens is on my 80D probably 90% of the time and I never have hardly any issues with focusing, either one shot or the center 9.
I'm not very familiar with using the 7D Mark ii but using the 80D now for almost 3 years, I really love the camera and it handles almost everything I throw at it. I've never had an issue with the 45pts being clumped together either. I personally think Canon hit a home-run with the 80D, it's really fun to use and a great camera.
At f/8 I would expect the keeper ratio to be very close to 100% in decent light with a 7D Mark II. I get 80% or better in bad high school football stadium light at f/2.8. The 80D is a very capable all around camera, in several ways superior to the 7D mark II, but its AF system is not at the same level as the 7D Mark II's.yes, I figured you just slipped
I have pretty good luck with focusing using the 80D, I actually really am impressed with its focusing capability. I'm not shooting a lot of fast action stuff, but a lot of birds and some aircraft taking off and landing etc etc. I often use the center point at f/8 with my Sigma 150-600mm and my success rate I would guess is about 80% to 90% keepers. (in decent light). My 70-300mm IS USM L-Lens is on my 80D probably 90% of the time and I never have hardly any issues with focusing, either one shot or the center 9.
I'm not very familiar with using the 7D Mark ii but using the 80D now for almost 3 years, I really love the camera and it handles almost everything I throw at it. I've never had an issue with the 45pts being clumped together either. I personally think Canon hit a home-run with the 80D, it's really fun to use and a great camera.
Considering the amount of lenses that are currently in possesion of so many photographers, it wouldn't make sense just to switch formats without giving the current owners of the EF-S some lovin'. I fully intend on selling my 6D and 80D to get the 90D, or whatever it's called.
You can use EF-S lens with a lens adapter on a 'future' 5M mk II, for example.
Sorry but CF is superior to SD. There's more to it than speed. I'll agree that SD is more convenient since lots of other gear has a SD card slot built-in but CF is better in many ways.
1. Sorry, CF isn't faster anymore. E.g. this writing speed test for EOS-R shows SD cards written faster than CF's maximal writing speed. Yes, I know those speeds aren't guaranteed, but one can avoid the situations in which they aren't.
I wasn't talking about CFast.
Oh, yes, pro cameras will use CF or CFast, as in they will have the later, and the former will disappear.
Turns out this was a surprisingly accurate rumor, excepting the aforementioned dubious things =)
Don’t laugh. But, I have just returned from the Ecuadorean Amazon and there was a guy there with a Leica M and one of those pretty little lenses at the top of a bird tower trying to take a photo of a sloth at 50m!
Nice camera, very, very wrong situation!
Napo EcoLodge. Galapagos and Ecuador were fantastic. We went from sea level at the Amazon to 4000m in the Andes. I have posted a few images in the Bird Portrait thread and in the 90D Full Specification thread.
