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Re:Six ingenious ways how Canon DSLRs used to illuminate the... by omnimus on Monday March 16, 2026 @11:19AM (#47400182)
On the other hand in actual usage i don't think that they are really that different. It's useful for sports/wildlife for focusing closest moving target (and speed of AF on these cameras was not that quick so you were hunting focus anyway). Otherwise selecting some offset autofocus point is pretty niche. With more static subjects majority of photographers would use the single middle point, focus and then recompose.

It's only with advent of smart focusing of mirrorless cameras with people/faces recognition where there is a big difference.

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Re:Six ingenious ways how Canon DSLRs used to illuminate the... by yial on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @08:45AM (#47411894)
I started to write a stupid comment about how insanely fast the focus on the EOS R5 C is- only to remember it’s a non reflex !

The difference in focal time between my 5D mkii even with the best lenses, and the R5 C with a cine servo or vcm is insane. The R5 feels instant and only ever searches if it’s been locked to an inappropriate point.

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