Spec Update
The 500D should have the following feature that were ommited from my first post on the subject.
AF will be in Movie Mode, it will be a contrast detection that performs as well as the 5D2.
I’m also told it may have a better liveview system and an articulating screen. I still have nothing definitive on those 2 features.
Lenses
I’ve been promised some lens information tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.
Photo T-Shirt Contest
Keep sending me pictures, I’d like another few entries!
The winner will be selected Sunday night.
I must confess to an embarassing thing
I didn’t realize the 5D2 had AF in movie mode until today. I never tried to do it when I’ve used the camera.
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Nice. A good “working” movie mode will certainly sell a few cameras.
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Wait….what kind of AF in movie mode?
When you push the AF-ON button during recordings it does a crappy back and forth “contrast detection” focus. Ever since I have been setting focus with the x10 live view then hitting record.
Yeah is this some automated AF? Of course, not that I would need that (ahem). I’d RTFM but I’m DUMB.
Any news on the lenses yet?
An articulating screen would make us scenery and (especially) river fans especially happy. The eternal problem of composing a shot when the camera is held (or, hopefully, tripodded) four inches above the surface of a lake could be solved for those of us who’d rather not use a Sony Alpha and be forced to buy second hand Minolta lenses off eBay :P
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