Pixel Perfect wrote: garyvot wrote: skibum5 wrote:
I think the AF is really the make or break as to whether it would be a fine buy or second body or pointless.
Presumably the AF will be competent--that\'s one major new feature in the camera--and one has to assume Canon will not risk a repeat the 1D3 experience, so it should work more or less as advertised.
But I wouldn\'t expect the AF to exceed or necessarily even match that of a (working) 1D3 or D3. I think expectations have gotten a bit high on this front. There will still be some daylignt between this model and the 1-series I think (though I could be wrong).
I strikes me that this model is a proving ground for Canon\'s new AF system much like the EOS-3 was 11 years ago. That experiment turned out rather well; maybe this one will too.
Maybe they have targeted the 1D AF peformance. That would be a huge step up from the 50D yet still leave it inferior to 1D III (when working properly)
I saw a link to a Norwegian photographer (birds/sports/people) who said that after a short test for a day it appeared to focus better than the 1D3.
Sep 11, 2009 at 04:06 PM
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