C100: C100 & C300 alternatives for gimbal and steadicam use?

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drummondb

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Hi there. My bread and butter cameras are C100's and C300's, but can anyone recommend some dual-pixel enabled DSLRs that might be good for more convenient gimbal and steadicam work?

Looks like the 1DX mkII has great tracking ability. But in the event I'd rather not spend $6K on a mostly stills body, and say I want to use a crop sensor DSLR to use many of my EF-S lenses, do any of the cheaper Canon DSLRs have touch-screen dual-pixel AF as good as the 1dXmkII?
 
drummondb said:
Hi there. My bread and butter cameras are C100's and C300's, but can anyone recommend some dual-pixel enabled DSLRs that might be good for more convenient gimbal and steadicam work?

Looks like the 1DX mkII has great tracking ability. But in the event I'd rather not spend $6K on a mostly stills body, and say I want to use a crop sensor DSLR to use many of my EF-S lenses, do any of the cheaper Canon DSLRs have touch-screen dual-pixel AF as good as the 1dXmkII?
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My experience is that the 5D IV has the same or very similar dual-pixel auto focus capability as the 1D X Mark II. I believe the 6D Mark II is similar but I don't have personal experience with that camera. The 80D also has DPAF but again, no personal experience.
 
The IV also has clog now.

I cancelled my c200 preorder for now - putting the purchase on hold cause of travel plans - but if the timing works out I'll be comparing the c200/c100mI/and 5dmiv clog1&3 against each other in some not-so-scientific tests in the next week or so.
 
I use an XC15 on a Zhuyin(sp) Crane for quick gimbal work. Just a consideration. It's a good match for the C300II.
 
I wonder how well the SL2/200D would fly on the Crane. It has dual pixel AF, a flip-out screen, and it's very light. Seems like it'd be easy to fly with one hand and still have another to tap the screen for focus.
 
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