300rd - how good is the AF in real world on 5D II?

qianp2k wrote:

Nice shots! I do enjoy your photos from time to time.

As we have seen from numerous photos from 5D2 in various action areas from airshow to car sports, 5D2 center point with the help of 6 hidden points has no problem in snapping individual shots in AI-servo mode.   5D2’s center point is basically the same as in 7D and 60D.  Canon just crippled 5D2 in burst rate, buffer and mirror/shutter refresh speed.

thx

neither the 5D II nor the MK III are speed deamons - 4-6 fps are still far off when it comes to really fast action. I hope the 7D II will be a nice addition to the current (reasonable) budget FF Canons in autumn this year.

That said it is amazing (for me) how good a more then four year old rather cheap FF camera can get for action images. The 5D II was surely not designed with sports and action photography in mind. That time the 1D series was the answer to that question. Not to far in the future the 7D II might be on a reasonable budget the right answer for this kind of application.

The AI Servo accuracy is quite amazing too - I did some tests on bike racing with 4 fps until the buffer was filled. Every single image of the 15 images was sharp to the point.

Better then I'd have expected with all the bashing and claims of users in the various forums.

That's the reason why I always encourage everyone to get his/her own hands on the gear before believing the hype.