Canon R7 and Autofocusing Performance

Kenny08 wrote:

Thanks for the welcome! It's good to be back in the Canon realm of photography - I shouldn't have in the first place. I don't want to go on a bashing thread here, but it's been very disappointing being in the Nikon boat for the past few years - they are slow in development, and to the point of watching molasses drip from a spoon. They have many on the fence with their 200-600mm zoom lens announced more than 4 years ago, and to this day, still no indication if it's being released or even real.

I am not surprised that they continue to fall behind.

Anyhow, back to the original thread - that's great to hear about your feedback on the R7. Since you have the R5, I'm assuming you've been able to have some comparison between the 2 camera bodies as it relates to autofocusing. Is the R7 on par, or close to the R5 in terms of tracking and AF?

Hi Kenny,

In my experience - my camera is the R5, but I set up Karen’s R7 and, as it’s a relatively new acquisition, I’m having to ‘test’ any changes (frequently  ) - they are very well matched for AF - sometimes the R5 locks on quicker/ tracks better and nails the shot, sometimes the R7 does.  The R7 is most definitely not a poor relation when it comes to AF performance.

We shoot raw.  The raw files from the R5 tend to hold together better once the ISO climbs (6400+) but the R7’s raw files are surprisingly good.  You can crop from either camera to a staging degree (but the R7 is already closer to start with).

Phil