i agree with you Bobby - my 30D has its 5fps @ 8.2MP, so a boost to 12 would not make me consider any differently.
i'm actually very eager to see how the ISO performance is (it's a camera of firsts for Canon)
who knows, i might end up with one myself someday! can't talk poorly about it until it has been put in the hands of the consumer and gone through various tests.
Edgar Maguyon wrote:
I read that this is inevitable for video capture using CMOS = shutter-rollover. P&S cameras dont have this problem in video mode because they have CCD sensors.
Just got home from a meeting where three Canon Tech reps discussed, showed and let us play with a pre-pro 5DMII.
One guy had just flown in from NY with the camera and also had a Video that someone made over the weekend with a Pre-pro 5DMII. There was a lot of production value, it was a finished video clip, however, the really impressive thing was it was all shot on a 5DMII with EF lenses. If no one had said anything everyone would have presumed it was an HD video done with production quality equipment.
When answering a question about HD video frame quality, they said that it would be good enough for newspaper reproduction. In fact they claimed that was a design criteria based on discussions they had with PJs.
They described the AF as being 9 points of cross sensors with the center sensor having another cross at 45 degrees so it has 8 arms.
In hand it felt just like my 5Ds and since it was a pre-pro camera I could not put a card in to make any sample images. Not sure if that was technical or policy.
the sRAW files are made by the DigiIV after the RAW file leaves the sensor buffer so for burst shooting it is always capturing a full file, it is only the saving process that reduces file size. Sounds like an incamera version of the option to import a smaller file than camera native resolution into Photoshop.
The weather sealing is on the battery door, back of camera around the screen and the buttons on top.
It's on my shopping list. Calumet Photo said they expect units for delivery in November, and were happy to take a pre-order.
It seems that in live view mode, it has not only face detection but also contrast-based AF, about which dpreview only says that it "allows much more freedom in terms of placing the AF point, but is considerably slower". But it doesn't become clear to me what that means in practice.
Also I'm wondering about Custom function III-7: AF point area expansion ...
tayo wrote:
What does "described as" exactly mean? At this point, we have to ask.
so is this true or did they just read the initial bogus (?) info off the canon USA site and pass it on, since that sounds exactly like the 40D/50D AF info and contradicts canon's japanese site....
i have a bad feeling they just read a mistaken transcript of 50D info...
but perhaps they did upgrade stuff to cross and speed things up etc. but then would RG and cnaon dpreview and canon.jp all be soooo totally wrong? And all the press info saying it carries over the 5D AF??
tayo wrote:
It seems that in live view mode, it has not only face detection but also contrast-based AF, about which dpreview only says that it "allows much more freedom in terms of placing the AF point, but is considerably slower". But it doesn't become clear to me what that means in practice.
Also I'm wondering about Custom function III-7: AF point area expansion ...
that means in ai servo you can either have center point only do servo, all points do it, or the center plus the hidden 6 expansion points (3 across above and 3 across below the center point, the outer 4 of them being regular precion and the inner two being high-precision if used with f/2.8 lens)
tayo wrote:
What does "described as" exactly mean? At this point, we have to ask.
+1...
It is kind of sad that there is so much noise on this one. Even official Canon websites initially claimed 9 cross AF points, but later this was changed in 1 center AF cross point + 8 single axis AF points (even confirmed by Mr. Westfall). What's the deal here
skibum5 wrote:
that means in ai servo you can either have center point only do servo, all points do it, or the center plus the hidden 6 expansion points (3 across above and 3 across below the center point, the outer 4 of them being regular precion and the inner two being high-precision if used with f/2.8 lens)
Thanks, that's probably whyI didn't remember it... on the 5D mk2, it's apparently only enable/disable.
bobbytan wrote:
You've answered your own question - this isn't a camera for sports shooters! Of course Canon knows AF is important .... but you can't expect them to give you everything in one body. If they do, who is going to buy the 1-series?
They could have upgraded the 40D/50D with the 6 assist points of the 5D... Not too much trouble IMO.
It is kind of sad that there is so much noise on this one. Even official Canon websites initially claimed 9 cross AF points, but later this was changed in 1 center AF cross point + 8 single axis AF points (even confirmed by Mr. Westfall). What's the deal here
IDK this is on their site now.
Autofocus Type TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor AF Points 9 (Cross-type)
Can someone please explain to me what the big news is about the AF and why some people think its not any good or at least a none worthy update. I am kinda new to the AF terms and concepts thanks
Autofocus Type TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor AF Points 9 (Cross-type)
Can someone please explain to me what the big news is about the AF and why some people think its not any good or at least a none worthy update. I am kinda new to the AF terms and concepts thanks
People hear that it has the same amount of af points and assume that technological advances won't come into play.
Of course the auto focus will be a big improvement on the first 5D which was fine anyway.
The negative comments are from those who either speculate on how good something will be or not then get emotionally heated over their speculation or those who just want to stomp their feet like a two year old and throw a tantrum because they really wanted a 1Ds3 in a 5D body.
