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Screen blackout worse on M3 than M2!
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sheedy
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I looked into the viewfinder blackout time on the M2 as I very nearly upgraded because the slow blackout time on the M1 made me sellit. Do a search on the vf blackout time on the M2 - it appears to be very quick, but it isn't, it just shows the image taken and freezes it onscreen for almost the same amount of time as the M1's screen is black. Try and find videos on the M2 where something is moving in the frame when a photo is taken.
The M3 video by comparison looks much better.
The M3 video by comparison looks much better.
It looks like the M3 does freeze the view but for a shorter time than the M2.
...was able to get rid of the problem satisfactorily?
Supposedly there is an option to switch OFF the display of reviewing on the LCD after each shot (which in theory should allow a substantial speed up), but is it sufficient - if working at all?
jpr2
Supposedly there is an option to switch OFF the display of reviewing on the LCD after each shot (which in theory should allow a substantial speed up), but is it sufficient - if working at all?
jpr2
I suppose that depends on your use. I personally have not had a problem with the between shots time on my M after turning off capture review, and others have proven that the M2 has even less time between shots so I would imagine in actual usage the M3 should be fine.
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rrccad
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screen blackout depends on a few factors:
your image review / preview settings. continuous versus single shot mode, and the speed of the SD card.
with a slow SD card in an M .. you can get an atrociously long black out time.
also this is with touch shutter - which is usually a non issue for screen blackout - how many times in a second are you touching the screen to get the next shot anyways?
On that video, the M is around 4-5 times longer, and it looks like the M2 is around 1 second, making the M3 around twice as fast to recover from a single shot touch shutter from the M2, and 4 or so times faster than the M.
However with settings changes, my blackout goes down to .5 seconds, and I believe the M2 shows a corresponding adjustment as well - but probably not as dramatic.
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bigdaddave
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Devastating? Really? Earthquakes are devastating, this is a minor inconvenience...actually devastating IFF this turns out true
jpr2
007peter
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Yup, I agree that M3 appear to have worst lcd blackout.
depends on what one seeks & plans - IFF this is as bad as it looks like for the moment (sure, needs confirmation), then such a bad blackouts negate about all what I'd want from a MILC:Devastating? Really? Earthquakes are devastating, this is a minor inconvenience...actually devastating IFF this turns out true
jpr2
- a lag-less performance;
- and a good tracking abilities with at least passable AF'ing speed+accuracy for fast, dynamic action shooting;
- or in other words - an excellent resposivity for non-static scenarios
...a failure to achieve them might indeed turn out to be devastating for career prospects of a CEO or two
jpr2
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rrccad
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the M has far worse "standard" blackout - have you ever used an M?depends on what one seeks & plans - IFF this is as bad as it looks like for the moment (sure, needs confirmation), then such a bad blackouts negate about all what I'd want from a MILC:Devastating? Really? Earthquakes are devastating, this is a minor inconvenience...actually devastating IFF this turns out true
jpr2
whether or not such a bad blackout will also turn out catastrophic to C's plans to conquer certain markets, and to gain a dominant position there is of course much more complex,
- a lag-less performance;
- and a good tracking abilities with at least passable AF'ing speed+accuracy for fast, dynamic action shooting;
- or in other words - an excellent resposivity for non-static scenarios
you're using single shot touch shutter for fast moving AI servo scenarios?
not really.but...
...a failure to achieve them might indeed turn out to be devastating for career prospects of a CEO or two
mountion <> molehill.
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speedync
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What is this blackout you all speak of? Just tap the shutter button & the camera is instantly ready to shoot again. Well, that seems to be how my M works
so, lets assume the best case scenario:
- a quickest SD card that M3 can accept and to utilize at its max. ability;
- the capture review turned off;
- and of course no video - I do not use video anyway, so a pure STILL photography;
- also, with EVF mounted and the LCD switched off, so no touch screen either to mess up my UI;
- high FPS rate,
- continuous tracking of a target that moves at or recedes from the camera;
- and lets be lenient here, so... in a prefect light (we can always see how it'd fare in low light & high ISO scenes later on
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jpr2
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rrccad
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there's a video of it floating around in continuous AI servo / shutter. there is no blackout.
have you used an M?
this is really a non issue.
M's are the step in between really smartphones and DSLR's. the intent from the ergonomic aspect is as such. I suspect canon added the external EVF because their biggest competition in japan for that market has either no EVF or an external EVF (A5000/NEX-5 series and E-PL6/7). canon will most likely have the performance similar to that of a rebel - but not of a 7D Mark II.
if you walk into using an M or possibly an M3 like a DSLR you will most likely be frustrated.
while this is certainly more externally controllable than an M, most of the interface will be very smartphone centric if you want to get the most / easiest way of operating.
Most people that have had issues with the M was because they expected to be like a DSLR, instead one of the smallest APS-C MILC produced at the time.
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tedolf
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Gotta maintain those Rebel sales!
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rrccad
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canon sells more rebels than anyone sells MILC's.. so why wouldn't they?
Pfff......
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