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weak points of Canon M6

Started Apr 11, 2019 | User reviews thread
Rock and Rollei Senior Member • Posts: 2,899
Re: weak points of Canon M6

fstopx2 wrote:

Alan Sh wrote:

fstopx2 wrote:

The focus thing has always annoyed me, that I have to push another button to lock it. My ancient T2I does not do this.

I do know the lens is constantly focusing due to continuous focus.

You do know you can turn that off, don't you?

Alan

Yes I know. On the original M I left it on because the focus was very slow. I have turned it off in the past when using EF/EFS lenses.

So the question is this - if you turn off the continuous focus does it behave like a DSLR at that point or no?

I honestly don't remember if it does or not.

Short answer: yes.

Longer  answer; continuous focus made the M usable by acquiring focus before you took a shot, largely negating the slow focus issue. All 4 DPAF models focus pretty much instantly, so the disadvantages of continuous focus massively outweigh the advantages under any shooting conditions I've yet found.

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