7D Mark II - Focus Discussions

3rd frame

^^ Very nice captures...

To day i finally had the chance to put the 7D 2 to the test.
I went to a bird cabin,light was ok!
Used a 300 F4

When i got home i was really shocked!
This is sooc !
What have i done wrong?
Or am i having a dud?

Am i gonna miss my faithfull 1D3?

looks like your lens is front focusing and needs calibrating
check out dot.tune for MFA http://www.fredmiranda​.com/forum/topic/11872​47/0

Guardijan wrote in post #17503610
To day i finally had the chance to put the 7D 2 to the test.
I went to a bird cabin,light was ok!
Used a 300 F4

When i got home i was really shocked!
This is sooc !
What have i done wrong?
Or am i having a dud?

Am i gonna miss my faithfull 1D3?

If you post the exif info, it will be easier for folks to help you.

Interesting comment...one that I think I share. Care to elaborate on this a bit?

thx
PP

cutwater wrote in post #17503630
If you post the exif info, it will be easier for folks to help you.

The EXIF data is available.

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: EF300mm f/4L IS USM
Image Date: 2015-04-03 12:29:16 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 300mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.0
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
ISO equiv: 640
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Jan Mijzen

ppmax wrote in post #17503694
Interesting comment...one that I think I share. Care to elaborate on this a bit?

thx
PP

With surrounding AF assist point expansion( 4 or 8) is activated, the resulting images were not very sharp, also initial focus acquisition is quite slow.

Guardijan wrote in post #17503610
To day i finally had the chance to put the 7D 2 to the test.
I went to a bird cabin,light was ok!
Used a 300 F4

When i got home i was really shocked!
This is sooc !
What have i done wrong?
Or am i having a dud?

Am i gonna miss my faithfull 1D3?

I don't think it's front focusing, we need to know more about your settings, but I would guess that the camera chose a focus point on the closer object (the tree branch) which for many AF settings is the default behavior. 1D3 would do this too if left to it's own devices.

Guardijan wrote in post #17503610
To day i finally had the chance to put the 7D 2 to the test.
I went to a bird cabin,light was ok!
Used a 300 F4

When i got home i was really shocked!
This is sooc !
What have i done wrong?
Or am i having a dud?

Am i gonna miss my faithfull 1D3?

Looks like front focusing. f4 will give very little depth of field, unless the bird was about 20 feet away.

I think I see both air movement and camera movement in that shot. Even the "in focus" parts are not clean.

Guardijan wrote in post #17503610
To day i finally had the chance to put the 7D 2 to the test.
I went to a bird cabin,light was ok!
Used a 300 F4

When i got home i was really shocked!
This is sooc !
What have i done wrong?
Or am i having a dud?

Am i gonna miss my faithfull 1D3?

How much of a crop is this, if any? Can you post it with your AF point showing? Like Cyber, I think the camera picked up the closer area to focus on.

I think I got my AF tuning about good, or very close to now. But, shooting today, I saw 5 frames in a row front focused by quite a bit, for "no apparent" reason.
I was in AI Servo, Case 2, tracking a Nutria. I could have/maybe should have used One Shot, but I wanted to see what AI Servo would do.

I even had the sensitivity set to -1? or whatever the lowest is, I forget. I don't see any reason for it to front focus that much outta no where.
Then again, AI Servo on this camera, even with Case 2 set to the lowest settings, seems a bit twitchy/too fast yet sometimes.

Ive noticed AI SERVO on subjects in water seems to pick up the water rather than the subject, especially when contrast is poor. I avoid using SERVO unless its a bird in flight or a subject moving fairly fast on the ground, and if in water best only to use SERVO if contrast is very good. Seems to be an issue perhaps with this camera ?

Hey Guys,

I went through this topic and I am now a little bit concerned about this matter since I am about to take my 7D mk II within next couple of days, just wanted to know that whether the focus issue has been fixed or not? because there is no chance to revert faulty device back ...

thanks in advance