XF305 Autofocus

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djkoz

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I am looking for a good video camera that will handle autofocusing. I know that autofocusing is not recommend in most situations but I have a situation where autofocusing may be an absolute requirement - filming actors while on stage and quickly moving amongst them. I was going to buy the Panasonic AC160 but current owners indiacted that the autofocus may not be as efficient as I need. Is the Canon XF305 any better?

Can you point me to other reasources regarding this issue for the XF305?

I saw videos of the Canon 70D DSLR autofocus in action and it looked amazing but I am not, at the moment, at least, seriously considering a DSLR.

Thanks in advance for your comments.
 
DJ, I have the XF300 and am very happy with the autofocus. I am a manual focus person but there are times when you need AF. It works on the XF series. I would not use it if it did not work well. My personal opinion is that the XF series is about the best you can get for 1/3" outside of light gathering. I am hopeful Canon will release an update at NAB this year that is more sensitive.
 
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