Canon 5D Mark II Akihabara : Akiba Interactive Review: Canon's 5D Mark II AF Test (Beta Version)

Posted on Sat Oct 25, 02:37 by Matt_K, Portland, Oregon
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Thanks for doing the AF test. I'm a bit unsure what the verdict means though. I get that the AF is not as good as the 1dMkIII (didn't expect it to be) but not sure if its better or worse than the 5d or 20/30/40/50d when the subject is moving. Do you have any way to quantify your statement "got some difficulties to follow if the photographer or the subject is moving." ? Is that for all focus points or just the outer?

Posted on Sat Oct 25, 05:45 by halc
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Thanks for the test.

I have a further suggestion for you to test.

Canon AF has not been the best under following conditions:

- lens wide open (f1.
- low light
- high ISO (ISO 6400)
- low contrast in the scene

Under these conditions, the AF may often 'hunt' and fail to lock or then misfocus.

Please consider testing under low light conditions (no subject under spot light) @ wide open and at high ISO.

Posted on Sat Oct 25, 10:23 by IppikiOkami, Atlanta, GA
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Agreed, what is your verdict over the 5d? i think that's the main question people are wondering

Posted on Sat Oct 25, 10:31 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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We will come to that later (with a shot by shot comparison)

Posted on Sat Oct 25, 11:43 by tenshi
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What about the video mode? Could you comment on the level of manual settings available in this camera?

Posted on Mon Oct 27, 12:36 by David_M, Photographe/Caméraman, Tokyo
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Matt_K -> no sorry we don't have it, because if the camera can't make point... it don't shoot...
For this we have just try with the center point. But it's not a big deal... it's just little bit difficult to follow.

halc -> we will try.

IppikiOkami -> we make the comparative 5D VS 5D Mark II today.

tenshi -> for now everything in video mode is automatic, we can juste change exposure bracketing (and the focus is manual)... but remember it's an beta version of firmware, and Canon toll us that the video mode will be better on final version. So we hope they will put more manual settings.