sanblas wrote:
regarding the 5dmkii focus
I would imagine for most shooters the center focus point is fine, however shooting weddings in crappy light with wide open primes it sometimes hunts too long...it also has problems on things IMO it shouldnt like text & dresses. I realize I\'m stressing an AF system with low light, wide open shooting where I need accurate focus or the shot is blown.
overall I\'ve been a little underwhelmed with the 5dmkii center point(the only point I use as the rest are worthless) and have actually been relying more on my 5d classic recently for low light work.
it stinks they gave us such a great sensor that can shoot in the dark, but such painfully mediocre at best autofocus
I need to send the mkii to CPS for a clean and check though, it could be sample variation and I have put about 40k shots on the mkii this summer
very odd that is would do worse than your 5D classic!
the other day i shot in my shady room under natural lighting at f/1.4 with both 7D and 5D2 and the center point af seemed very similar to me. oddly when i aimed at a painting out in the very dark hallway the 7D actually hunted and hunted and hunted and not the 5D2.
but i do need to test more, haven\'t used it nearly enough to say
Oct 04, 2009 at 02:36 PM
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