Will you choose ( T7i ) or ( Canon SL 2 )

Jim wrote:

Easy Rider wrote:

apple2015 wrote:

9 point , are they easy to shoot ? instead of 45point

Depends. If you're not doing sports or BIF, 9 AF points only one cross type is just fine.

I have the 100d with 24mm F2.8 STM, great all rounder and street shooter.

Before I had a Nikon d5300 with 39 points, 9 cross type and a Fuji X-100 T with many.

100D shoots just as well.

Agree with you but if you ARE doing action shots (people, cars, aircraft), the additional 45 cross points comes in VERY handy.

Jim

Agree that there are several ways to skin that same cat  .

Myself, I actually find the additional AF points to be much more useful when shooting subjects other than fast action.  For action shots I've always had the highest hit rate when using a single AF point (usually the center AF point).

When using multiple AF points (or even Zone AF), too many times I've seen the AF stray to an unintended part of the subject.  Plus (IME) AF acquisition is noticeably slower with more than one active AF point.

Take the case when shooting BIFs against even a plain blue sky.  The (multiple/zone) AF points can often pick up on one of the wingtips instead of staying on the eye.  Drives you crazy.  To avoid this I try to improve my tracking through practice instead, and track with one AF point as perfectly as I can.

My reward...

Juvenile Snowy this past winter.  A zillion degrees below zero.  Un-cropped.   Click on "original size"

Multiple AF points would have likely zeroed in on the near wing, or been sucked in by the high contrast far wing.

But as always, YMMV. 

R2