5D Mark III AI Servo is impressive

Gregg.Siam wrote in post #14766438
...that were soft and had less detail


only joking

You read my mind.


Not joking lol

My 1DIIN has pretty damn good autofocus (better than the 7D I tried), but I have to say that the 5DIII does beat it, it's awesome.

Andy_S_T wrote in post #14766796
My 1DIIN has pretty damn good autofocus (better than the 7D I tried), but I have to say that the 5DIII does beat it, it's awesome.

The 5D3 probably does, and should, it is 7 years newer and costs 4 times as much. But you have to agree the 1D2N still smokes the 5D2 and similar 9-pt AF systems.

In my opinion FWIW the 1D2N smokes virtually every other Canon, apart from the 5D3, 1Dx and 1D4.

Andy_S_T wrote in post #14766796
My 1DIIN has pretty damn good autofocus (better than the 7D I tried), but I have to say that the 5DIII does beat it, it's awesome.

How long did you have the 7D and which AF modes had you tried?

I have had 2 1D3s and 1 1D4 currently, along with 4 7Ds. I find that the 7D, if set up correctly in the CF settings, and the right mode for the right situation, does quite well. Sure the 1D series is "more confident" and "authoritative" on its AF, but the 7D, sharing the same AI Servo algorithms as the 1D4, does quite well.

Cars/planes aren't hard to focus, simple. Not saying that AF on 5dmk3 is not good. I did some runs with my son coming on his little bike straight at me and I am impressed with 5dmk3. Now I need to run same tests with my 8 yr old 1dmk2 to see if I get worse or better results. My gut feeling is that 1dmk2 is still going to hold close to 5dmk3.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #14766932
How long did you have the 7D and which AF modes had you tried?

I have had 2 1D3s and 1 1D4 currently, along with 4 7Ds. I find that the 7D, if set up correctly in the CF settings, and the right mode for the right situation, does quite well. Sure the 1D series is "more confident" and "authoritative" on its AF, but the 7D, sharing the same AI Servo algorithms as the 1D4, does quite well.

I had it for a week, can't remember the modes as it was not long after they were released, just used it like I would have done with any other camera. A friend lent it to me as I was thinking of buying one to replace my ageing 1D2N, thought the autofocus was good, not as good as the 2N, but a million times better than my 5D(original). The autofocus wasn't why I didn't buy one though, I just didn't like the IQ, especially when compared to the 5D, and I really wanted to keep the twin cards, for the application I was going to mainly use it. But until the 5D3 was released I was still thinking about it.

The 5D3 however has ticked all the boxes in the autofocus, IQ and low light abilities. I would like a few more fps but you can't have everything.

Just curious as I have had opportunity to shoot fast moving sports, birds in flight, bugs in flight, etc, and the 7D has been able to do most everything, right alongside my 1D4. I was well versed with the 1D series at the point I bought the 7D, and it took about a week or so to go through all the settings and AF modes on the 7D to decide which was which. After one month, I was very comfortable with it. Not the greatest IQ with these pics across the last few years, but that is more glass and settings than sensor.

Again I was just more curious than anything, and there is no doubt the 5D3 with 61pt AF is very, very sweet. Canon finally addressed the #1 issue people have raised on the 5D series over the years.

7D Samples (I would show 5D3 samples, but I don't have one. )

Here is my test. Wish I knew how to make animated GIF file.

Couple more

Nice!

If you have photoshop, there is a method there to combine frames into a gif.

For example with CS3: http://www.wikihow.com …-GIFs-Using-Photoshop-CS3

This sequence would make a great animated gif, I would think. His expression is hilarious too, very cute. The helmet has to go though, he needs something more manly, like a transformers helmet or Batman, or something.

Thanks. Time for him to get a new bike and a helmet.