robert_in_ca wrote:
I honestly don't get where you come up with this stuff.
I take his overly optimistic/enthusiast Canon support as an intentional counter to the overly optimistic/enthusiastic Nikon/Sony supporters posting here. For all their posts, take with many grains of salt.
gkinard1952 wrote:
This is pretty interesting, looks like with Canon having the better autofocus over the Nikon at present. I can nurse my two Canon lenses along a bit longer. Both are deadly sharp at f/4.. I am a bit old school. I like the F/4 lenses. Not sure how I will like the Mirroless cameras, but time to bite the bullet and try one.
From my experience, there has been zero downside transitioning to current Canon mirrorless cameras with existing EF glass, in respect to overall AF performance, compared to DSLRs. You will get better focus tracking consistency and higher hit rates (but it still remains dependent on subject and lighting conditions) and all it will cost you is a camera and the mount adapter. IMO it's the best AF upgrade you can make for the least amount of money. It will get you within ~95-100% of the competition. Based on your profile, your old glass is v2 and after ~2012, therefore the camera will achieve peak fps rates in EFCS/mechanical. And if that is not fast enough, at least Canon's mid-tier mirrorless cameras (R5/R6II) have decent e-shutter performance. In my case, with the R6II and 200-400/4, which is a post-2012 model that is fully supported, AF on all of the R mirrorless cameras I have evaluated (R3, 5, 6, 6II, 7), outperformed the 1DXII. The 200-400 even keeps up with the R6II's 40 fps photographing sports. Therefore I don't think you will be disappointed in the current state of Canon's mirrorless AF capabilities. Additional capabilities in the form of subject detection and tracking just make it all that much better. If you're considering the R5II, I'm confident its AF will be another step above the current models (3, 5, 6/6II, 7, 8).
The EVF will be a personal thing. It has pros and cons compared to OVFs. The R5's EVF is definitely better than the R6/R6II's in respect to brightness and displaying the wider dynamic range of high contrast scenes and by all accounts the R5II is improved. The downside, if going with a non-stacked sensor camera (R5/6/6II) will be the slight EVF lag when shooting sequences, which can be minimized but not totally eliminated by using e-shutter.
robert_in_ca wrote:
I honestly don't get where you come up with this stuff.
I take his overly optimistic/enthusiast Canon support as an intentional counter to the overly optimistic/enthusiastic Nikon/Sony supporters posting here. For all their posts, take with many grains of salt.
gkinard1952 wrote:
This is pretty interesting, looks like with Canon having the better autofocus over the Nikon at present. I can nurse my two Canon lenses along a bit longer. Both are deadly sharp at f/4.. I am a bit old school. I like the F/4 lenses. Not sure how I will like the Mirroless cameras, but time to bite the bullet and try one.
From my experience, there has been zero downside transitioning to current Canon mirrorless cameras with existing EF glass, in respect to overall AF performance, compared to DSLRs. You will get better focus tracking consistency and higher hit rates (but it still remains dependent on subject and lighting conditions) and all it will cost you is a camera and the mount adapter. IMO it's the best AF upgrade you can make for the least amount of money. It will get you within ~95-100% of the competition. Based on your profile, your old glass is v2 and after ~2012, therefore the camera will achieve peak fps rates in EFCS/mechanical. And if that is not fast enough, at least Canon's mid-tier mirrorless cameras (R5/R6II) have decent e-shutter performance. In my case, with the R6II and 200-400/4, which is a post-2012 model that is fully supported, AF on all of the R mirrorless cameras I have evaluated (R3, 5, 6, 6II, 7), outperformed the 1DXII. The 200-400 even keeps up with the R6II's 40 fps photographing sports. Therefore I don't think you will be disappointed in the current state of Canon's mirrorless AF capabilities. Additional capabilities in the form of subject detection and tracking just make it all that much better. If you're considering the R5II, I'm confident its AF will be another step above the current models (3, 5, 6/6II, 7, 8).
The EVF will be a personal thing. It has pros and cons compared to OVFs. The R5's EVF is definitely better than the R6/R6II's in respect to brightness and displaying the wider dynamic range of high contrast scenes.
