SL2: A great addition to any Canon kit

jwilliams wrote:

BirdShooter7 wrote:

I can't see the logic in withholding AFMA. It like saying, hey, buy this camera if you don't care if your lenses focus accurately or not...

When every other serious camera out there was a DSLR and didn't have AFMA it was no big deal. Nobody had an advantage over canon. Not true anymore.

Probably 3 reasons for not having it on lower models.

1 - afraid of unknowledgeable users screwing up their cameras AF

2 - they don't take mirrorless benefits vs DSLR seriously

3 - another reason to upsell the customer

Autofocus micro-adjustment was one of the biggest pre-purchase issues for my SL2 purchase. As noted in other postings, I was hoping that Canon would switch to mirrorless EF mount with the SL2 and 6D2 releases. I can’t make the M line’s limited lens selection and EF adapter work for my usage other than ultra compact backpacking and hiking and social outings. That said, I much prefer the M line’s LiveView shooting style with Touch AF for accurate focus. The actual AF operation is on the slow side, but the overall focusing and composing time is much, much less for my style of photography (non-moving subjects like buildings, landscapes, products, etc).

As far as AFMA, I agree and prefer for all Canon DLSRs to have AFMA, however, I have not found it to be the solution as it is still limited to one or two focal length settings and a single focus distance. When critical focus is required I still use manual focusing through LiveView. Again, I am hoping for a Canon EF mirrorless to be released in the near future. Without that, then I can’t imagine my 15-years of using Canon will last more than 2-3 years.