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After 50 weddings with the R3's

Started 9 months ago | User reviews thread
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Re: After 50 weddings with the R3's

noggin2k1 wrote:

Good (when upgrading from the R5's)

  • 1 battery lasts a whole wedding without having to think about being conservative and switching the cameras off
  • The electronic shutter implementation is utterly flawless. I've never since had any banding, and don't even need to think about settings/shutter speed for it

This is the main reason to switch along with being able to shoot silently all the time.

  • The AF can see in the dark. I'm yet to find any scenario where it's struggled to focus

That's amazing. Even in the dance floor?

  • I'm yet to hit the limit on dynamic range

Not so good

  • I find eyeAF doesn't really work for weddings. I imagine it's great for motorsport, but at a crowded wedding - it doesn't quite nail the focus in the places I'm looking for.

Now I would like to ask you a question here. Why do you say it doesn't work for weddings? For example the photos you posted here the eyeAF could have been used no?

Do you have the same opinion about this regarding the A9? Did you use the eyeAF on those situations with the A9?

Isn't there an option that, say imagine the following scenarios (I am not familiar with canon mirrorless):

You have your normal AF button either the normal shutter: AF + Shutter function, or BBF: for focus and shutter: button for both or just shutter.

Now this along  with the option of a single point or slightly expanded single focus point/box (like one central box with the other 4 expanding it slightly).

When you focus BFF for example it focus normally being a face or not. Then if you have programmed another button to do eye/faceAF and here is the point I am trying to reach, will the camera not lock on that face/eye that the square or expanded box was and then you can adjust the composition even if you are in a crowded place? This is the main questions.

I got the A9 to try and kept it but can't adapt to it but I found that the scenario I gave here is possible with the A9. I have 2 subjects, I point the AF box to the person I want press the button programmed for eye/face AF and then it locks the eye and then even moving the camera around it stays with that person.

Essentially the question is if the R3 can do this? Would appreciate a response.

That's pretty much it. I've still got some work to do on sorting out my AF settings, but that's all on me. I really can't see what else I'd want from a camera, other than improved high ISO performance - but I've not seen anything that has a notable "real world" performance better than the R3, so "hopefully" that stops me spending on bodies for a few years.

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