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Bodley
Mar-02-2006, 08:17 AM
Thinking about getting a backup camera for my 1DmkII. I am spoiled by the 1DmkII focus system but can't afford 2 units and little more portability would be nice too.

Looking at the 30D and 5D, how do the focusing systems compare? Will the 30D have the same system as the 20D?
MarkM6
Mar-02-2006, 05:31 PM
Thinking about getting a backup camera for my 1DmkII. I am spoiled by the 1DmkII focus system but can't afford 2 units and little more portability would be nice too.

Looking at the 30D and 5D, how do the focusing systems compare? Will the 30D have the same system as the 20D?

Can you tell a newbie on what makes the 1DmkII focus system so special?

:lust Will it make me go "wow" like the very first time I hold Nikon F4 and slightly press the shutter-release??? I had N90 back then...
DanielB
Mar-02-2006, 05:52 PM
Thinking about getting a backup camera for my 1DmkII. I am spoiled by the 1DmkII focus system but can't afford 2 units and little more portability would be nice too.

Looking at the 30D and 5D, how do the focusing systems compare? Will the 30D have the same system as the 20D?

from what i've been told the 30D's system is very much close to the 5D's:thumb
Bodley
Mar-02-2006, 06:41 PM
Can you tell a newbie on what makes the 1DmkII focus system so special?

:lust Will it make me go "wow" like the very first time I hold Nikon F4 and slightly press the shutter-release??? I had N90 back then...

Super Fast and Accurate. Especially important when shooting action.
Bodley
Mar-02-2006, 06:42 PM
from what i've been told the 30D's system is very much close to the 5D's:thumb

So how much of an improvement is this over the 20D?
gluwater
Mar-02-2006, 06:59 PM
Pathfinder recently touched on this subject. Hope this helps.
The Original thread (http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=28250&page=2) goes a little more into the subject.

I do find the autfocus on the 5D is very similar to the 20D, and way poorer than the 1Series cameras. The 5d is not a sports shooters box. It is happier in a slower venue. I tried using the 5D to shoot birds in FLA, and found it missed a lot more shots due to AF than my 1DMkII.

For low light shots the 5D really rocks. I shot a ton of night shots at Disney Land in Orlando and was quite pleased with it. If I am not shooting sports or birds, the 5D is my tool of choice. But for birds, or faster subjects, it is not.