C100: Awesome video showing C100mkII tracking AF, Face Detection, Slow Mo

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Check out this great 3 minute video showing off the power of the Dual Pixel AF systems, especially when combined with the Face Detection capabilities of the C100mkII. Canon's AF is so good, i've never seen anything like it in a professional camcorder. It really is like having a focus puller assistant living inside your camera. The video also highlights the cameras slow motion features, and What do you think?


Eric Petrie
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Sony A5100 face tracking is at least as great as C100ii

Sony A5100 face tracking is at least as great as C100ii

eric@provideo said:
Canon's AF is so good, i've never seen anything like it in a professional camcorder.
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Yes, really great video, now Canon can do face tracking nearly as good as my Sony A5100 does. On the A5100 I can even touch a the screen to pick the face and pull the focus. The pull speed can be configured, as well as lock-on stickiness.
 
It's true, it's true. The AF technology is always more advanced on the consumer side way before the pros stuff. So many pro cameras are resistant to the idea of touch screen interface, which, as Miklos points out, has some wonderful applications. Really AF technology was nearly useless in the pro video world until maybe 4-5 years ago or so. Thats a great feature on the Sony A5100, to change the pull speed. Maybe on the C100mkIII? Kidding, kidding....

Eric Petrie
provideoandtape.com
Finance the Canon C100 for $129 a month
Finance the Sony FS7 for $248 a month
 
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Nothing will replace a focus puller, but I'm looking at other situations where you cant pull focus. Moving the camera and focusing is a hard with stabilizers like Ronin and Movi. I'm happy to see tech finally doing a decent job at AF in video mode.
 
There are a few really high end pro AF system that act as 'add-on's" to the camera itself. Those use laser, sonar or even magnetic field detection (an actor would have to wear a small magnet on his body) technologies. On major projects, a manual focus puller is actually a more affordable investment in that an experienced FP will get more shots than an electronic gizmo that can hunt.

On the other hand, consumer photo/hybrid cameras have long had a fairly effective AF system, especially for shooting wildlife (the so-called BiF - Birds in Flight - photography would be nigh useless without AF) and hiring a focus puller is far outside an amateur photographer's budget.

FWIW, GH4 still hunts in 4K but Samsung NX1 locks on much better. FS-7 is iffy, depending on the lens while the high end hybrids like D4, D810, 1D X are very good in the photo and 1080p modes. Consumer level hybrid cameras like Olympus OMD-1 and Fuji are better in the photo mode than in video due to the required processing power requirements.
 
Erik Naso said:
Nothing will replace a focus puller, but I'm looking at other situations where you cant pull focus. Moving the camera and focusing is a hard with stabilizers like Ronin and Movi. I'm happy to see tech finally doing a decent job at AF in video mode.
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Agreed many of us shoot alone and AF does have its place. it did look like a few shots were soft to me.
 
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