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M50 AF question for AF nerds

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phazelag
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Re: M50 AF question for AF nerds
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Today I got there after practice and the fluorescent lights were off and it was even darker!

Comp day it will be brighter. I did use 6400, 8000, and 12800 today and even though it was noisy the higher shutter of 1/250th helped. On comp day or when there is more light I will use try 1/400 ish. I have found that in alot of dance I can clear sharp eyes even 1/160th, but I am taking your advice and will be bumping shutter and ISO up and using faster lenses.

Today in this darkness none of the AF modes worked well when she got closer to me at high speed. When she was 100ft from me, the AF was fast in all modes, but as she got closer to me the AF would not lock on sometimes until after she passed.
The M50 does have the High Speed (Speed Priority) and the Low Speed (tracking priority) so I used the low speed in servo mode. I found that center zone AF mode was the best for this.

The single point was OK, but easy to lose her, and tracking mode just couldn't track her at all. So Zone was the most reliable. But all work better with more light.   Today with any lens when she close to me the camera could not lock on in any mode until it was too late.

I appreciate your input and help. I was wondering if maybe a 7D Mark 2, 77D, or 80D,70D body would do better with regards to AF in low light? I know the M50 has more points, but I recall the 7D M2 being great at AF and there are like new used ones available pretty cheaply?

I may just more change to a full frame system, but I am not sure how long or often I will need a true light vacuum!

I will spend more time editing competition photos but these are what I tested today. It was basically black like a dance floor in there.

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