Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sports photographer Brad Mangin posts enthusiastic assessment of EOS-1D Mark IV AF - by www.robgalbraith.com

Here's some feedback about the Canon 1D Mark IV's AF function. Canon has been haunted by the Canon 1D Mark III autofocus fiasco and this news about the Canon 1D Mark IV superb autofocus has brought them back in the competition.


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In a blog entry today, top-notch U.S. sports photographer Brad Mangin has written an enthusiastic assessment of the EOS-1D Mark IV's AF system, based on his use of a preproduction body at an NFL football game this past weekend.

Mangin, who refers to the EOS-1D Mark III and its AF system as "a complete disaster," says the EOS-1D Mark IV, by comparison, "performed flawlessly" as it captured many more properly focused frames than its predecessor.

The post includes a link to a RAW CR2 taken with the camera, which can be processed in Canon's Digital Photo Professional 3.7.3 or other software that supports EOS-1D Mark IV RAW files. Note that the CR2 may not download properly in some browsers if left-clicked; to workaround that, right-click on the photo containing the link and choose your browser's save-linked-file-to-disk option.

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Look Sharp: Brad Mangin's blog entry on the EOS-1D Mark IV

The Canon EOS-1D Mark IV is now shipping in various countries worldwide, though as of this writing it has not been released for sale in the U.S. or Canada.

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