C100: Auto Focus coming! But when?

I see people like Joe Simon and Philip Bloom are testing C100s with the autofocus upgrade so maybe it's close to release.
 
Curnsie said:
I see people like Joe Simon and Philip Bloom are testing C100s with the autofocus upgrade so maybe it's close to release.
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Don't quote me on this but I remember on the announcement it was due to release in April of this year and it's $500 to do the operation.
 
I was at a Photography event this past weekend and the Canon Rep told me that the upgrade was available now. He said that Canon told him to ship his demo back for the upgrade. Other than that he did not seem to know too much about the upgrade.
 
Carroll B said:
I was at a Photography event this past weekend and the Canon Rep told me that the upgrade was available now. He said that Canon told him to ship his demo back for the upgrade. Other than that he did not seem to know too much about the upgrade.
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That doesn't necessarily mean that the upgrade is ready for us consumers. I'd guess that Canon would upgrade their demos before making it available to us, but it's still a good sign that they're almost there.
 
Are you guys canon CPS members? Does the CPS benefits apply to such an upgrade by any chance ( free shipping, 30% off...) ?

I doubt it very much but just curious...
 
So will the upgrade change the sensor completely? Will I still be able to use it as a "cinema style" camera in addition to having full auto focus, or is it one or the other?
 
Rayden said:
So will the upgrade change the sensor completely? Will I still be able to use it as a "cinema style" camera in addition to having full auto focus, or is it one or the other?
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The upgrade does not swap out the sensor. It unleashes the technology that is already in it and some tweaking. The user chooses whether to use it or not.
 
Erik Naso said:
The upgrade does not swap out the sensor. It unleashes the technology that is already in it and some tweaking. The user chooses whether to use it or not.
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Awesome. I'm assuming that it will only work with EF auto optics. Any specifics as to which ones it is limited to?

Ok nevermind. Read an article that stated that it would work much like the current 70d. Still not sure about that since the 70D uses a touch screen to pinpoint focus.

I guess my question is will the auto focus work more like the 70D or XF305?
 
Dual Pixel CMOS Technology AF will work with all EF lenses some better than others and even better with the new STM lenses. Canon will probably update their best lenses to STM to take full advantage of this new CMOS but for now only the 70D and the C100 have the Dual Pixel CMOS Technology AF sensor. The Sigma 18-35 AF works very well on the 70D so I would imagine it will also on the C100.
 
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