New Canon 70D autofocus
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Ryan Lightbourn
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I always wondered why camera companies haven't made the follow focus obsolete in the indie/low budget world. Finally a step in the right direction for skeleton crews.
cookinghusband
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Hope they can update it asap
Samuel H
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This is a complete redesign of the pixel structure in the sensor. It makes sense that it would take them at least 3 years to get it into production, so the C line had to start without this. The next version of the cinema cameras should have this (unless they decide it's not important for pros).
cookinghusband
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I think canon's target customer is Cinema, not video journalist. I heard canon saying it many times, a Pro have a crew to to help them focus, so C300, C500 do not have AF?
Actually when in LV and started movie capturing if you keep holding the AF-on button it will keep following AF to the center of the screen or to a face lock-on by the face recognition. This technique worked since the 5D2 though not totally effective due to slow CPU, it work quite well on a 1DC with its much faster CPU( comparable or better than the 700D?). I think if ML give us an option to hold the AF-On button then it will work already, but there may be limits on exposure setting?
This is a test video I did soon after I bought the 1DC, I used a 70-300 DO. My eyes is getting too old to use the LCD for focus and finding the subject so I lost the subject, but focus is correct to where I pointed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSDp-nS9yMo
Actually when in LV and started movie capturing if you keep holding the AF-on button it will keep following AF to the center of the screen or to a face lock-on by the face recognition. This technique worked since the 5D2 though not totally effective due to slow CPU, it work quite well on a 1DC with its much faster CPU( comparable or better than the 700D?). I think if ML give us an option to hold the AF-On button then it will work already, but there may be limits on exposure setting?
This is a test video I did soon after I bought the 1DC, I used a 70-300 DO. My eyes is getting too old to use the LCD for focus and finding the subject so I lost the subject, but focus is correct to where I pointed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSDp-nS9yMo
Andrius Simutis
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Canon's target market is and has always been photographers. This new AF system is primarily intended for those photographers that shoot with the live view screen. Of course, it's also great for video AF so not really complaining here. I'd expect to see this implemented on the next revisions of all their cameras, still and video.
This new AF is primarily aimed at cinema users. That much is apparent from the making of "Handmade" video. Canon designed the AF not just to achieve focus but to do it in a pleasing way. You know, not jumpy.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/07/03/canon-videos-show-70d-focusing
Andrius Simutis
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True, it is very useful for video and they will market that, but if this AF created even a slight hit in IQ for stills they wouldn't have included it. I think the real impetus in developing this AF system was the EOS-M. That's not to say that this won't work for video or it's not a good thing, just that I don't think that video focus was their primary concern for a stills camera.
payal_choksi
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will this be a full frame camera?
If you're talking about the 70D, no it's an APS-C sensor
cookinghusband
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You can do it on the other EOS too, just not as fast since they have less CPU power.
Sorry a bit off topic.
have you work out a good workflow for the 1DC post production yet?
Samuel H
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Back to the 70D autofucus... it looks awesome
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?310424-Hands-on-Review-of-the-New-70D-Camera
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?310424-Hands-on-Review-of-the-New-70D-Camera