Re: 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points!
ggreene wrote:
That\'s right, I\'m only interested in the 1DX which uses the same AF/VF. Fully admit to not using either. I\'m just trying to imagine looking through my 1D4 and seeing no AF point to go by. This is not something that I want to be guessing at. Unfortunately, if you want to stay at the 1 series level you are forced into this as Canon is offering no other choices.
To be fair, the statement, \"no AF point to go by\" is not accurate. The selected AF point/group is distinguished by a thicker black border around the AF point, or a box within a box if you want to use Single-point Spot AF. But it is still much harder to find the selected AF point on the Mark III than on any of the other professional and prosumer Canon cameras I use now or have used in the past. To make it easier to see the AF point(s) I have been forced to use \"AF point expansion,\" which has four AF points highlighted with a thicker border (in the form of a cross or plus-sign) around a central AF point, but it doesn\'t make a huge difference. When I find myself having to or wanting to use single-point AF, the AF point is frequently lost more than half of the time and my eye is searching for it in the VF frequently.
Re: 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points!
ggreene wrote:
That\'s right, I\'m only interested in the 1DX which uses the same AF/VF. Fully admit to not using either. I\'m just trying to imagine looking through my 1D4 and seeing no AF point to go by. This is not something that I want to be guessing at. Unfortunately, if you want to stay at the 1 series level you are forced into this as Canon is offering no other choices.
To be clear, the statement, \"no AF point to go by\" is not accurate. The selected AF point/group is distinguished by a thicker black border around the AF point, or a box within a box if you want to use Single-point Spot AF. But it is still much harder to find the selected AF point on the Mark III than on any of the other professional and prosumer Canon cameras I use now or have used in the past. To make it easier to see the AF point(s) I have been forced to use \"AF point expansion,\" which has four AF points highlighted with a thicker border (in the form of a cross or plus-sign) around a central AF point, but it doesn\'t make a huge difference. When I find myself having to or wanting to use single-point AF, the AF point is frequently lost more than half of the time and my eye is searching for it in the VF frequently.
Re: 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points!
ggreene wrote:
That\'s right, I\'m only interested in the 1DX which uses the same AF/VF. Fully admit to not using either. I\'m just trying to imagine looking through my 1D4 and seeing no AF point to go by. This is not something that I want to be guessing at. Unfortunately, if you want to stay at the 1 series level you are forced into this as Canon is offering no other choices.
To be clear, the statement, \"no AF point to go by\" is not accurate. The selected AF point/group is distinguished by a thicker black border around the AF point, or a box within a box if you want to use Single-point Spot AF. But it is still much harder to find the selected AF point on the Mark III than on any of the other professional and prosumer Canon cameras I use and have used in the past. To make it easier to see the AF point(s) I have been forced to use \"AF point expansion,\" which has four AF points highlighted with a thicker border (in the form of a cross or plus-sign) around a central AF point, but it doesn\'t make a huge difference. When I find myself having to or wanting to use single-point AF, the AF point is frequently lost more than half of the time and my eye is searching for it in the VF frequently.
Jun 21, 2012 at 12:32 PM
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