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by DChan on Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:31 pm
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:Looks like battleship Canon has turned. Sony better quit resting on their laurels by the looks of things.
https://youtu.be/VaYQ5yphhsE
Did he say "move the focusing point", some touch-sensitive button,..joy stick...? Darn :wink:
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:26 am
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DChan wrote:
Scott Fairbairn wrote:Looks like battleship Canon has turned. Sony better quit resting on their laurels by the looks of things.
https://youtu.be/VaYQ5yphhsE
Did he say "move the focusing point", some touch-sensitive button,..joy stick...? Darn :wink:

Watch the rest of the video, the camera does a pretty good job of following the subject he intended, much like the Sony.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:03 am
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:
DChan wrote:
Scott Fairbairn wrote:Looks like battleship Canon has turned. Sony better quit resting on their laurels by the looks of things.
https://youtu.be/VaYQ5yphhsE
Did he say "move the focusing point", some touch-sensitive button,..joy stick...? Darn :wink:

Watch the rest of the video, the camera does a pretty good job of following the subject he intended, much like the Sony.
True but it comes with a huge BUT - the only way to get that is to shoot in Live view which means you ahve to hold the camera out in front of you rather than to your eye or rig a contrapion with a Hoodman loupe like Fro did.  You don't need to do that with the a9....  If you shoot through the viewfinder on the 1Dx3 you don't get that kind of AF...
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:07 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
Scott Fairbairn wrote:
DChan wrote:
Scott Fairbairn wrote:Looks like battleship Canon has turned. Sony better quit resting on their laurels by the looks of things.
https://youtu.be/VaYQ5yphhsE
Did he say "move the focusing point", some touch-sensitive button,..joy stick...? Darn :wink:

Watch the rest of the video, the camera does a pretty good job of following the subject he intended, much like the Sony.
True but it comes with a huge BUT - the only way to get that is to shoot in Live view which means you ahve to hold the camera out in front of you rather than to your eye or rig a contrapion with a Hoodman loupe like Fro did.  You don't need to do that with the a9....  If you shoot through the viewfinder on the 1Dx3 you don't get that kind of AF...


Agreed, I think the takeaway from the demonstration is that Canon seems to be close to A9 mirrorless ability. Maybe the R5 will be a mirrorless version of the live view on the 1Dx...except with 40+ megapixels?
 

by E.J. Peiker on Tue Mar 10, 2020 6:18 pm
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Pretty significant flaw out of the shoot:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/307183896 ... burst-mode
 

by Ed Cordes on Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:21 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Pretty significant flaw out of the shoot:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/307183896 ... burst-mode
OMG! Can't manufacturers understand that it is these "flaws" that ruin their reputation the most.  A new product might need a bit of refining of a small item or another after much use.  However, a camera locking up like this is totally unacceptable.  Hopefully these are isolated early production issues and not representative of the entire inventory.  I am a Canon shooter - I have too much $$ in lenses to switch to anything.  I remember the 1D Mark III fiasco and hope this isn't a repeat.
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by Rocky Sharwell on Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:04 am
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Ed Cordes wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:Pretty significant flaw out of the shoot:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/307183896 ... burst-mode
 I have too much $$ in lenses to switch to anything.  I remember the 1D Mark III fiasco and hope this isn't a repeat.

I lost a lot of confidence in Canon with that fiasco - it sowed the seed for my switch to Sony
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by Lensmaster on Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:08 am
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Rocky Sharwell wrote:
Ed Cordes wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:Pretty significant flaw out of the shoot:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/307183896 ... burst-mode
 I have too much $$ in lenses to switch to anything.  I remember the 1D Mark III fiasco and hope this isn't a repeat.

I lost a lot of confidence in Canon with that fiasco - it sowed the seed for my switch to Sony
Have to agree, I got fed up waiting for Canon to start to jump ahead so happy I went the Sony route .
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by Neilyb on Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:35 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbGrCCS4GXU

I am guessing that a mirror flapping around at 16fps is still not a good idea. :(
 

by E.J. Peiker on Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:56 pm
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Neilyb wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbGrCCS4GXU

I am guessing that a mirror flapping around at 16fps is still not a good idea. :(
Nikon D600 issue in a camera costing 4 times as much.  Ultimately Nikon came out with a new model and replaced many D600's.
 

by Neilyb on Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:05 pm
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I remember a 1DxII owner telling me about always needing a wet clean after any high burst shooting. Same issue on two models is a little alarming. Have to say that most of the problem seems to be top of the image, therefore bottom of the sensor, so it makes sense that it is lube.
 

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