Hmm... Interesting phenomenon. I wonder what that bodes for future pro-level AF?
Probably one center AF point that can be turned on/off and 44 invisible and non-selectable assist AF points. What a BS... Basically he says the 5D AF is better for AI Servo than that of the 40D/50D. I wonder if he ever shot with these cams himself... Marketing c@#$. Or maybe true... which is an even bigger fart.
Well, I have a 5D, a 40D, and I had (briefly) a 1D3 - guess which one gave me the best hit rate when shooting AI-Servo. Yes, it was the 5D. The 40D, even at 3 FPS wasn\'t quite as good, and the 1D3 I had, despite being \"blue dot\", had issues so I returned it after putting over 1000 rounds through it to test its capability.
So yes, Chuck Westfall is on to something here. Of course the decision to keep the same (or similar) AF system was probably a marketing decision as well - it was certainly cheaper than including the 45 point system from the 1-series, and unless they had developed a 15-point AF system based on that of the 40D, people would not have liked giving up the 6 \"assist\" af points. I know that I wouldn\'t.
Ironically, AF is the only area where I expected a change, and there doesn\'t seem to be one - at least not a major change anyway.
I\'m quite curious about this new 5D2. I await some evaluations of the product to see if it exceeds the performance of the present 5D in important areas. It looks like it could be a winner, given its price point. The results will show if that\'s true or not.
Sep 17, 2008 at 08:38 AM
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