And I'm sure your return with shots your be more than happy with as I did this weekend shooting on my 6D MKII. Better to use a tool than discuss it and never have used it thinking your an expert because you believe everything in the press or on blogs.Luds34 said:ritholtz said:I think, DPR staff knows Canon AF stuff which needs user input for starting focus point when all focus points activated otherwise it picks focus point with nearest contrast/object. No option with Canon to pick face and track in view finder like Nikon 3D tracking which is a big feature for DPR staff. They even mentioned this 3d tracking in their recent Nikon d3400 vs sl2 article even with their 11 focus point system.Mikehit said:ritholtz said:Very disappointing AF performance which is the case with even 80d.
I would take that with a big pinch of salt - DPR have a long history of not knowing how to use Canon AF. Rishi has been on here before saying they use the Canon AF in the same way they do the testing with Nikon AF and quite few have called him out on this.
I am not saying the 6D2 AF is fantastic, just that DPR history does not give me much confidence in what they write.
They reviewed lot of Canon cameras recently. Like 80d, all focus point servo tracking struggled to keep up with subject face. Unlike recent rebels and 80d, live view tracking also bad on 6d2. DPR is pretty big on live view tracking which also fits their mirror less and face tracking expectations). They praised recent rebels for their live view servo tracking. 6D2 live view servo tracking went back to M2.
I'm leaving this afternoon for a long weekend at a lake resort out of town. I'm really looking forward to spending some more time with the 6D2. However with that said, so far I've found the AF to be spot on. Algorithms continue to get tweaked and improved, and processing power goes up with each camera. The 6D2 has no issue crunching the data it receives from it's focus points and continuously moves among them effortless as it tracks a subject. While it doesn't have the fancy/smancy iRGB size metering sensor in the 5D/7D/1D, the modest one they DID put in the 6D2 appears to have improved tracking as well.
The 6D2 is a evolutionary upgrade over the 6D, essentially the same or a little better in every way, except one area, AF tracking. It is a night and day difference between the two.
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