The buffer is horrible, yes. But it's not as horrible as initially thought. you get a second and a half of shooting in RAW/RAW+JPEG Fine, versus just over a second on a 60D and 2 seconds on a 7D. And it clears faster than the 60D with UHS-I cards. In other words, it's actually better than its direct competition and competitive with the class above.
It does track well. I shoot wakeboarding and capoeira quite often, and my in focus rate is nice and high, often higher than a couple of the 7D shooters at the lake (though that's obviously anecdotal). It tracked as well as the D300s I tried, though initial lock on was definitely slower and it has more of a tendency to focus on the background until you get used to the larger sensors (the sensors at each point are bigger than the D300 equivalent).
Whiteknight over.
I agree with you on the product lines though - I expect there'll be 6-7 DSLRs in the lineup, though the bottom two may get eaten by mirrorless cameras sooner rather than later.
Hmm, I don't know what to say.
I shoot MMA in dog crap for lighting areas, and the 7D doesn't let me down. different strokes for different folks. I certainly outperform nikon d300/s shooters.
alundeb wrote:
The evidence is very simple, you can trick an f/5.6 AF system on any Canon camera to attempt focus with f/8 optics just by fooling the camera with the reported aperture. The taping pins on a TC trick is an example of that.
That's not really evidence. AF at F/8 is inconsistent and very slow on any non-1D bodies. The sensors themselves are designed to detect phase differences at a given degree of convergence on the sensor. F/2.8 sensors are not sensitive to F/1.4 levels of OoP.
Anyhow, the only downsize to increased megapixel count, *ever* is increased filesize and reduced framerate that comes from the computational limits that come with that. You get less noise with increased MP assuming you're actually comparing them correctly.
Sp12 wrote:
That's not really evidence. AF at F/8 is inconsistent and very slow on any non-1D bodies. The sensors themselves are designed to detect phase differences at a given degree of convergence on the sensor. F/2.8 sensors are not sensitive to F/1.4 levels of OoP.
But even if it is inconsistent and slow, it very often works. That proves that f/5.6 sensitive AF sensors react to light from an f/8 lens.
Yes, in fact they will react with an F16 lens as well. That does not mean they are designed or capable of producing even adequate performance at that light convergence.
Sp12 wrote:
Yes, in fact they will react with an F16 lens as well. That does not mean they are designed or capable of producing even adequate performance at that light convergence.
...I'm not sure I'm understanding your point here. I've made plenty of fine images using what you claim is inadequate/incapable, and there are countless others who have done the same. Slightly slower, less responsive AF is still better than none at all.
alundeb wrote:
But even if it is inconsistent and slow, it very often works. That proves that f/5.6 sensitive AF sensors react to light from an f/8 lens.
but as he says, maybe it wouldn't do it well and the standard to which it would work would be far worse than on the old 1 series so even if they unlock it, it might not really be the same at all
M Vers wrote:
...I'm not sure I'm understanding your point here. I've made plenty of fine images using what you claim is inadequate/incapable, and there are countless others who have done the same. Slightly slower, less responsive AF is still better than none at all.
1D III + 100-400L + 1.4x actually has decent AF speed in normal light at least. I wouldn't be shooting barn swallows with it, but I've used it for dragons in flight, larger birds and normal wildlife activities.
Well if they could make a 100-400 f/4 that was under 2kg and $2K, maybe I wouldn't care so much about losing AF @ f/8.
skibum5 wrote:
with wider FOV it's easier to see where the bird or player is and should the bird or more likely player happen to come in close an din can come in much closer without getting clipped off (the latter much more common in sports than for birding though)
of course in this case the desnity is lower so cropping from FF 1D X is not the same as shooting with a 1D4, however the composing is easier and better
You make a good point, but different photographers like to work in different ways. I think for a lot of people the keeper rate will be lower composing in the finder, but the compositions will be stronger. It's very similar to the rangefinder/SLR preference. And therefore Canon may be making a mistake in not offering different types of cameras for different people, when they did before.
It's a shame, given they put the LCD overlay in the finder, that there isn't a mode to mask the image to 1.3 in the finder and crop it in the file. Nikon offer this (to 1.5 and 5:4). Maybe Nikon have a patent.
And JPEG shooters on tight deadlines will definitely want to crop in camera and therefore the 1.3 cameras.
skibum5 wrote:
well lacking EC in m+auto is a kinda of big thing
It is annoying that you can't do it, but for sports, I don't find it a huge difference from shooting in Av + Auto ISO + setting my min shutter-speed. EC does work in that configuration.
Pixel Perfect wrote:
1D III + 100-400L + 1.4x actually has decent AF speed in normal light at least. I would be shooting barn swallows with it, but I've used it for dragons in flight, larger birds and normal wildlife activities.
Yep, it's decent enough. Where it really struggles is finding the initial point of focus from one end of the focus scale to the next and in low contrast situations. Once it locks focus it tracks pretty well.
rolette wrote:
It is annoying that you can't do it, but for sports, I don't find it a huge difference from shooting in Av + Auto ISO + setting my min shutter-speed. EC does work in that configuration.
yeah i guess, i don't have a 1 D4 and that is the only one that allow that I think though
I think canon should just start offering bodies like dell offers computers. Build your own. I`d choose a 5D body, the sensor fromthe 1D X, a 6fps rate, and 7D auto focus. :-
Seriously, would love this 1D X but cant afford it. I would love to see this sensor in another body , like the 7D Ii or 6D or whatever brian
I think the 1DX will be a great camera, however I also think there are a lot of people that either have different shooting needs or not the budget for this price range. So it will be interesting to see what the demand will be.
As a professional photographer, I have used most of Canon's bodies and prefer most of my shooting with the 5dmkII, strictly on image quality and body size. I would love to see a smaller body like the 5dMKII fully weather sealed, around the same megapixel range, shoot 8 frames per second, and better autofocus.
