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 p.4 #20 · p.4 #20 · Why no 1DxIII "reviews" from Sports photographers? | |
adamx12m wrote:
I know the video is a bit of a stretch to determine the true accuracy of AF and image quality, so nothing here is intended to downplay this body at all but this is how I read into it.
At 3:50 it's only two frames a subject steps in front, nothing impressive there. 1dx2 + case 2. Case 4 can get a little jumpy sometimes switching subjects unintended.
At 4:10 hands in front of face, that's supposed be impressive? Canon AF guide would have said use the single point AF on the eye like the race car driver.
At 4:56 #6687 in focus on #19, #6688 #6689 in focus on #31 helmet, until #6693/94 where #19 is back in focus, #6705 looks sharper towards on the back of #26 favoring the closer subject. I don't see from this sequence how this is game changing.
At 7:10 shooting f3.5 probably from at least 50 yards away, that's about 9' of DOF so I'm not sure why this thought to be significant.
At 7:31 is confusing where initial AF took place during tracking from #8944, sounds like he used the default 'auto' case setting for everything.
At 8:16 #25 helmet is more in focus than #19 jersey, at #9255 #69 is front subject in focus, #9258 everything a bit soft, #9260 jersey in focus on #19. The rest of the following frames look ok.
All of this so far still mimics current results with the 1dx2. If you keep the subject framed on the primary AF points it will focus and track great, vary off just slightly and you'll find a few frame OOF shots. I've had sequences using center + 4 af points tracking a subject and if I failed panning accurately to keep those AF points on the subject it could take 2-4 frames to recover. When you think about tracking at high FPS the sensitivity of the AF is pretty insane to acquire, back/front focus, and acquire again in just tenths of second is amazing. Plenty of times I find my AF accuracy is user error. Canon removing Case 5 and 6 is also interesting, although he says it was rarely used for me they were my two custom cases I've tweaked.
I'm bit a perplexed by the video results given with at least 10000+ shots over 2 NFL games. More AF points look like a huge boost to zone AF tracking but for some sports it may not always be the best choice. Obviously Peter is not going to say anything negative about Canon, but saying "game changer" is not how I felt after watching. I know this a better body than the 1dx2 which is great, but it's not like Canon could not have tweaked the firmware in the past 4 years. I still think it's a tough sell for existing 1dx2 users minus the video features, but I guess we'll see how 2020 plays out.
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I have no issues with your findings/thoughts. I actually felt it was not bad, the video quality was awful and made some scenes tough to judge. I do not do sports so I do not have a good frame of reference like some of you may have. I have one on preorder and my wife still has a 1dx II, so I will be able to see first hand what actual improvements there may be. There is a lot of reviews/talk saying that this is no better than the 1dx II in some areas. Reading the white paper I just do not see it like that. I think the video side is a no brainer, for stills hopefully some nice improvements. I am not one just to say the camera is great because I bought it, I will bring out the negatives too. Hopefully we are getting closer to some good honest reviews.
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