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Do Canon DSLRs have a better autofocus than the M6 or 350d in low light?

Started Oct 31, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: Do Canon DSLRs have a better autofocus than the M6 or 350d in low light?

noisephotographer wrote:

Hello,

the Canon M6 has an extremely bad autofocus in low light at f/5.6 or f/6.3 (ef-m 15-45), actually completely unusable at dusk, it won't focus at all. Even average lighting conditions (Iso 2500, 3200 with f/5.6 or f/6.3) are very often problematic. I compared the autofocus with a 350D (Ef-s 18-55 at f/5.6) and my first impression is that the 350D's autofocus isn't really better in low light than the M6 (at f/5.6), maybe about the same.

So I would like to know:

Does the Canon 200D or Canon 77D have a better autofocus in low light at f/5.6 than the 350D or M6?

I mostly use single-point AF (using more AF points doesn't make a significant difference).

350D is pretty old tech. Any recent DSLR's PDAF will run rings around mirrorless though. I don't own a 77D or 200D, but I still use my 70D for fast action, and have used it on a lot of evenings and nights.

R2

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