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uz2work wrote:
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After over a decade of reading posts on internet forums, I've come to the conclusion that those posts often tend to make differences in camera capabilities, whether they relate to AF, noise, or any number of other factors, seem to be much larger in magnitude than they really are. My guess is that this is because, when people spend lots of dollars to buy new equipment, they feel a need to convince the world that the new equipment blows away any other (older) equipment.
I've used both a 7D and a 1D Mark IV together for well over 3 years. While I have no question that the AF system on my 1D Mark IV is better than the one on my 7D, in real world practical application, the differences in my in-focus rates for the two cameras is very small. I've used both cameras to shoot subjects like birds flying toward me with very busy backgrounds, which should be one of the more challenging AF situations, and I use either camera with a similar high level of confidence that it is going to get me the shot.
I also find it interesting that, in 2009, when Canon released the 7D, the forums were filled with posts from those who were thrilled because Canon had finally put a very capable AF system in a non-1 series body. Now, 3 years later, posts would make you think that the 7D AF system is not at all capable, which certainly is not consistent with the real world results that many are getting from the camera every day in situations that provide difficult challenges for an AF system.
While I have no question that the 7D AF system could be improved, its AF is better than anything I could have dreamed of having a decade ago (especially at its price point), and, if I never end up being able to use a camera with a better AF system than the one on the 7D, I'll be just fine
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It depends though. For surfing I have a hard time finding my 5D3 to focus any better than the 7D I had at all. It really seemed like a tie (although they were shot at different events so it's hard to say, the event didn't seem to have easier lighting for the 7D though, although who knows what lighting any particular body likes). But for some field sports like soccer I find the 5D3 MUCH better (even my 5D2 did a bit better as often as not actually than my 7D for that, depending) often enough. My 5D3 always did at least as well as the 7D for soccer, usually decently better and sometimes, not all that rarely, radically better.
And even for one shot, my 24 1.4 II often had a much better hit rate with my 5D3 and even my 5D2 did better. And with 5D3+24-70 II I've had, literally, 100 shots in a row in focus, under indoor lighting, at f/2.8, in focus. Swap my 7D in there and never even wildly remotely close to 100 in a row in focus, not remotely, remotely close.
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