As far as the imaging sensor is concerned, that is true for now.
Rob Galbraith's analysis on 1DMk4 AF performance
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As far as the imaging sensor is concerned, that is true for now.
flipfreak
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yes. u know those suns move really fast. 10fps is a must. i regularly use it to shoot my nails and make time lapse videos.
night86mare
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the sun moves so fast, are you sure the AF will be able to catch it
screambitch
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i don't normally come to Canon's side. but i was following this article since last night. and when i saw the post about shooting fast sunrise and sunsets.
well lets just say that guy made my morning. hahaha. showed all my friends! LOL
well lets just say that guy made my morning. hahaha. showed all my friends! LOL
night86mare
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best? in what respect? there are more things than your obsession with "perceived iq and noise" parameters, when it comes to imaging sensors. there is even the factor called price. if you have forgotten.
Looks like someone never got over his D2 days. I feel sorry.
Anyway, maybe RG is onto something, maybe not. Maybe there is some QC issue, maybe not. Maybe 1D4 cannot track red colored jerseys in bright light, maybe not. And here is the irony. Who knows what is going on?
Anyway, maybe RG is onto something, maybe not. Maybe there is some QC issue, maybe not. Maybe 1D4 cannot track red colored jerseys in bright light, maybe not. And here is the irony. Who knows what is going on?
night86mare
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yes, i read that one.
loads of "chimping chimping chimping" words in there. :bsmilie::bsmilie:
Dithiolium
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And hopefully it can track properly, or you will have blurred sunrise/sunsets.
If everyone listens to RG, hold off purchase of 1D4. Canon will be forced to lower its price then I can afford one.
I envy your deep pockets. :bsmilie:
night86mare
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to capture those fast moving chinese lions? :bsmilie::bsmilie:
marios_pittas
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No no. for fast moving sunsets only Nikon D3 will do, with their 51 point 3D tracking AF system couple that with a 105mm AI f/2.5 and you will leave the Mk4 in your trail... At least that's how I shoot... sweet...
Maybe RJ's review never considered my requirements...
Anthony Lee
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Hey, I use 5D with 105f2.5 AiS to shoot sunrise and sunsets using my eyes to track only.
I do feel it is a waste of effort debating canon systems with non canon users who do not have extensive experience in the system.
Yet another thread by the gear masturbators and measurebators. I'd doubt if any but Jed here have any serious professional experience with any camera system that extends in to sports or other areas where serious AF speed is needed.
It doesn't matter a single shred which body is the fastest, it's not like 99.9% of you are ever going to push a camera even close to its limits, especially most of the gear measurebators who do nothing but bellyache, whine, pout and whinge about everything that really doesn't matter where a camera system is concerned. I'd like to take a few of you out and see just how good you really are, manual focus lenses, 6fps motordrive and 36 exposures. Most of you would fail miserably.
Most of you aren't fit to call yourself photographers, instead you're spoiled little brats with no clue and behave like 5yr old schoolboys standing in a circle seeing who's got the longest d*ck.
Rant over.
It doesn't matter a single shred which body is the fastest, it's not like 99.9% of you are ever going to push a camera even close to its limits, especially most of the gear measurebators who do nothing but bellyache, whine, pout and whinge about everything that really doesn't matter where a camera system is concerned. I'd like to take a few of you out and see just how good you really are, manual focus lenses, 6fps motordrive and 36 exposures. Most of you would fail miserably.
Most of you aren't fit to call yourself photographers, instead you're spoiled little brats with no clue and behave like 5yr old schoolboys standing in a circle seeing who's got the longest d*ck.
Rant over.
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First rant for the day.. but it's not even over yet :devil:
I've been bashing against the gear wankers / measurebators for over a decade both here and on it's Singapore based predicessor AP.
you forget too quickly and readily that it is the hobbyist/gearhead that purchases more cameras, more often than the professional. in short, the masses of stupid consumers and gearheads you are whining, pouting and bellyaching about are canon's loyal 'fanbase'. they contribute more in terms of R&D funds that you have,. so what if they stir up a ruckus about some strange spec in the camera? they do so because that is what they are interested in. thats all. while you on the other hand, prefer to don the holy mantle of the pro photographer and peer down on every 5 yr old school child and feel smug about yourself.
everyone likes different things. it is no less or no more 'noble' to appreciate the technology behind it all than the aethetics of picture composition. how many canon engineers who create this work of tech are photographers?
have some respect. understand this is a faceless forum but theres no need for whiners like you who come in and look down on mere mortals. you dont hear about gearheads whining about stupid photographers do you?
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Incorrect. What you don't know is that those in the professional end of the game quite often spend vastly more than amateurs do on gear over a working lifetime. Most of us have no choice but to update regularly and frequently due to the levels of abuse metered out to our equipment. Next, Singapore is an abnormal society when it comes to Photography, no other location on earth that I have been to (and that's a hell of lot mate), has such a high proportion of Pro level bodies in amateur hands, even in Japan I'd suspect the levels are lower (educated guess). As camera manufacturers do not release sales figures for individual bodies your statement is untennable at best and Bull$hit at worst. The average sub 1.5K amateur body probably contributes about 1/20th of the money to the R&D budget of a professional body and I'd estimate that globally 85-90% of professional bodies and long lenses are in the hands of professional photographers, not in the hands of amateurs.
Secondly I do not feel smug about it. It peaves me no end to see people who would normally be intelligent rational beings fall in the the most basic trap of the photographic industry, gear wankerism. It doesn't just apply in the amateur ranks, there are plenty of professionals who fall in to this category as well.
Thirdly, you need to learn a bit about the way a person advances in photgraphy. Gear measurebation has been with the industry (including amateurs) as long as it's been in existance. However since the advent of the Web the level of wankery has increased exponentially each year. The reasons for this are simple and closely follow the accepted "ages of reason". I'm going to assume you don't know what they are and educate you a bit about it and photgraphers in general.
When you are absolutely new you know nothing so the whole world is an eye-opener. This applies to any new hobby or indeed facet of life. It's nearest equivalent in the ages of reason is the baby.
Next comes the aquisition of basic thinking skills and some spatial skills. This is akin to a newbie photographer making their first attempts at photography and coming to grips with the fundamentals such as exposure, lighting concepts and the basic technology of shooting.
Skip a couple of stages and you get to the age of youth. This in real life is where everything is very black and white, you THINK you know it a lot and your reasoning is it's either right or wrong. This is the same as the gear wankery / measurebator mindset with one noticable difference. Knowing about equipment specifications is the easiest part of photography. Comprende, it's simple, it's black and white and it doesn't require you to know very much about anything, just be able to regurgitate other views and accept them as the truth and nothing but the truth.
Few amateurs (and some professionals) ever really get much beyond the gear wankery stage, those that do discover enlightenment, where they come to realise the greatest truth of the whole photographic world. Equipment doesn't matter a damn 99.9% of the time. What matters is your ability to extract the maximum out of what you have got and any resonable quality camera or lens is capable of exquisite work in the right hands.
You are the one who needs to learn some respect, not me.
Capice?
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