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How is the SL1 for Shooting Outdoor Sports?

Started Mar 14, 2014 | Discussions thread
Phhoenyxx
Phhoenyxx Senior Member • Posts: 2,507
Re: SL1 probably better focusing than XSi ...
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PeterJon wrote:

The local camera shop employee told me the 100D/SL1 had a far better/faster AF mechanism than my old XSI and would be more than adequate.

the SL1 has a f/2.8 sensitive center focus point ... this may help focus faster when using the center focus point and f/2.8 lenses or wider ... the XSi makes no mention of the center focus point sensitivity ...

the SL1 also shoots at 4 fps versus the 3.5 fps of the XSi ... not that much of a difference ...

in live view, the SL1 focuses much faster than the XSi due to the newer phase-detect sensors ... might not matter since sport shooting is usually not done with live view ...

And after doing some research, it seems I'd need a 70D or 7D to do much better in that department.

yes .. 7 fps (70d) or 8 fps (7d)  is much more useful for sports ... as are the 19 focus points versus the 9 of the SL1 or the XSi ...

I suppose the 700D is a possible compromise if the AF speed is considerably better.

same 9 af points (and sensitivity) as the SL1, but 5 fps is a slight step up ... essentially same af speed ...

hope this helps ...

FWIW, the 650D/700D have 9 cross-type AF points, the SL1 only has 1 (center).
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