ahsanford said:
1kind said:
-pekr- said:
I just hope they don't remove DPAF.
Considering DPAF is showing up in newer cameras, I'm guessing its here to stay.
It's a core, ground floor 100% take-it-to-the-bank-going-to-be-there-on-day-one piece of tech that Canon will build it's FF mirrorless platform around.
The only way Canon's first FF mirrorless doesn't have DPAF is if some DPAF 2.0 with a different acronym is onboard instead (QPAF for quad-pixel, anyone?). DPAF or something like it is a hammerlock certainty based on the widespread push of that tech across almost the entire platform, especially in how it makes LiveView (aka EVF) focusing truly sing.
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Canon has already said that all new sensors will be DPAF, and will also have on sensor A-D conversion. Its a given until something better comes along.
Canon has a recent patent for the problem that affects mirrorless DPAF due to the shallow angle to the outer pixels. This would likely be necessary for a FF Mirrorless that used a short lens-sensor distance, since the angle gets shallower.
I agree that Manufacturers have a chance to get it right this time, Canon has been edging closer with DPAF, my 5D MK IV and SL2 could pass quite well for a mirrorless camera with a few tweaks, and Canon has now had 3 years to develop them.
If they get it right, it may indeed be true that all future new models will be mirrorless.
As far as FPS, its a combination of sensor readout speed as well as processor power. Sensor readout speed needs something like a multi layer back illuminated sensor to provide a good ground plane so the sensor wells can be emptied very fast. Processor power is linked to the technology used to fab the die and to the size of the battery, heat dissipation is also a issue, and small bodies do not do as well.