A little late to the party, but my wife picked this up for me this Christmas. I'll be keeping my 30D as a backup body and to potentially due some timelapse work in the future to keep the shutter count down on the new body. She bought a whole kit at Sam's Club which included a few odds and ends (the 18-55 and 55-250 STM included). I'm already really liking the DPAF when shooting video. Now I need to upgrade the tripod and pickup a slider.
You are a very lucky man to have such a good wife. That's a great camera, cant wait to see some videos from it. Beefie
I don't think any of the prostaff guys are using DSLR's as their primary cameras, though I know Trevor was talking about it. They're pretty tough to use for the solo self film types, but if you were going to try it with a DSLR, this is the one to do so with. It's autofocus is great
We used the DSLR a lot for filming but mostly b-roll stuff. He picked up the canon XA20 this past fall that I got to use for the first time and its a nice camera for sure. Hopefully we will get some kill footage of turkeys this spring.
Thats a sick camera!! Im gonna check out some video now with this cam, but i cant wait to see what you put together with it! Have fun!
Yeah what Fitz said. I'm not ProStaff, and I don't film my hunts, but I may try with this. The AF is hands down the best (aside from the 7DmkII) for self filming in a treestand situation, and I would go as far as to say the 70D is a bit better in that situation due to the articulating screen. I plan to do my shorts with this as this is really my interest. I also have an interest in getting into some real estate videography locally which is also a reason for upgrading. Not to mention the gain in ISO performance and resolution alone was worth it from the 30D. I can't wait to strap my 70-200mm F4 on it and see what I can do. I think I will still shoot a lot of video with the Sigma pictured in the OP when I know I can MF as it's just an all around sharper lens than the STM lenses, but that STM sure makes a major difference when you start the AF in video.
If you're going to shoot a ton of photos, especially wildlife or sport, I switched the settings for back focusing. Instead of holding the shutter button down halfway to activate the autofocus, I turned that off and use the AF-lock button with my thumb for focus. Takes a few minutes to get used to it, but it allows you to quickly focus and recompose without losing your focal point. Best little mod I've done so far.
Do you have your shutter set to metering start and the AE lock set to AF start? I just changed it and it's definitely different. Might be something to try out. Sent from Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Yes. That's how I have mine set. I love it for shooting wildlife. I never have to worry about accidentally re-focusing.
