briansquibb said:
image2paint said:
Don't u just love people posting images of their pets, babies and children
and in a 5d mark iii forum haha even better.
Dog- this is an example of my centred weighted image ! See how good the autofocus is ! See !
You missed the point - according to the non 5D2 users this shot is impossible as the AF is 'useless' It is relevant as there is a clamour to move away from the useless system to a 1DX level AF.
This is not one of my pets either.
Brian, I agree with you. The AF isn't terrible, it's just "old" compared to a lot of current technology, in fact it was a bit old when it was released. The places where it falls down (in my experience), is in very low light (same issues I have seen with a 1D4 I used from a friend and I mean VERY low light), and in tracking fast moving objects (20+ mph). The in-focus rate is significantly lower than say my 7D in the action tracking modes (AI Servo). When you couple that with a sub-4 fps rate, it's really crippled for sports work.
Is this to say I have not had success using the 5D2's AF in sports? Hell no, I've gotten some excellent shots, and when in focus with a really good lens (i.e. 135 f/2 or 70-200 f/2.8), every single person can pick out which shot was a 5D2 and which was a 7D. 100% of the time.
What is true is that I get far more keepers in sports work with the 7D than the 5D2 due to it's more advanced AF and it's faster frame rate (relative to the 5D2). What's rumored for the 5D3 is going to improve it's abilities in this area, but if the frame rate is going to be 6 fps, that is not going to satisfy a lot of serious sports shooters (like me) who do get paid for some of that work.
Let's face it....6 fps is what a 50D could do. Unless Canon has a 7D update planned to be a "baby APS-C 1Dx", like the original 7D was a baby APS-C 1Dmk3, there is going to be a gap in the product line.
My wish is that this 5D3 has a frame rate of 8 fps (same as the 7D) and an AF and metering that incorporates advances from the 1Dx. I've said this a dozen times before here that it's a fantasy that it will have the full 1Dx AF....not going to happen, all reasons previously stated. Those clinging to this are in for a disappointment.
If it has 22Mpix, 8fps, an AF someplace between the 7D and the 1D4 and 1Dx, dual cards (CF only please!!!), some decent weather sealing, an 802.11n wifi option, and the nimble handling of the 7D, I'd reconsider by path down the 1Dx route. I could see buying two of them and selling the 5D2 and the 7D, and come in under the single 1Dx price after the smoke clears.
But I don't think its going to have the frame rate I need, there is a big difference between 6fps and 8fps. It means the difference between getting the horse exactly in mid-jump, or the cyclist is the right frame, or the kid kicking that soccer ball at just the right point of impact. It's why we have cameras like the 1Dx and the D4 that shoot 10-12-14 fps. The sports segment of photography demands its.
You know, you have to wonder.....if Canon had released a "5D2-Sx" say 2 years after the 5D2, and had just added the six hidden AF points as visible and made them cross type, improved the AF software from lessons learned, and bumped the frame rate to 6 fps using the Digic 4 processor, you have to wonder what people would be saying today about the "5D2-Sx".
