Canon Autofocus

[Joseph Hutson]

Great news Joseph, make sure you don't forget to pack them all for Dubai...

But of course. That's why I prioritized them...

Hopefully China works out too!

 

[Stacey Spears]

can you assign two focus points and switch between them using either the touchscreen or side handle, like a follow focus?

Rack focus is one of the options. You select your first focus point and press enter. Then select your second focus point and press enter. Then you half press the record button and it will focus on one. Press again and it will switch focus to the other. This only works on 1.7.9a and 1.7.10a at the moment.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

But of course. That's why I prioritized them...

Hopefully China works out too!

Cool.

Yeah hope so too Joseph, but there you will stand out even more, not just by the heat he he...

 

[Martin Widerberg]

So, Rack focus, can you control the speed between focus points?

 

[Joseph Hutson]

So, the question seems to be:

Do you want: (1) More Canon Autofocus abilities or (2) Playback?

I'm looking forward to 2.0.2a.

 

[Stacey Spears]

I have not seen a speed option for rack focus.

 

[Stacey Spears]

Do you want: (1) More Canon Autofocus abilities or (2) Playback?

My vote is for option 3, more timelapse! I know people who have lost rentals on playback, so it makes sense that it is the priority.

 

[Patrick Lavaud]

This Autofocus abilities must consume a lot power, especialy on "continous" and "touch track". Any test done with a Redvolt ? Will be very interesting.

 

[charles lim yi yong]

maybe we need autofocus like the one the panasonic GH2 has - a sort of tracking.
u select a tracking point and it keeps it in focus!
examples
http://vimeo.com/24231841
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zgtuuQ9HSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTemSgJuVB0

 

[Sam Taylor]

Joseph, thanks for the video demos, appreciated!

 

[Stefan Antonescu]

Christopher, did you have a chance to play with the continous AF ?

 

[Tim Nitsch]

Christopher, did you have a chance to play with the continous AF ?

+1

Im also interested in the Continuous AutoFocus.

 

[Mark Andersen]

Maybe I need to read a manual, just fiddling around with it I can't figure out how to make it all work.

 

[Tim Bradley]

Maybe I need to read a manual, just fiddling around with it I can't figure out how to make it all work.

Mark, Pleas let us know what you think of the auto focus abilities after you have worked it out.

 

[Mark Andersen]

I still can't make it work, i set up for the "double tap thing" but to no avail. i have 2.0.2 installed. maybe it only works with the previous ver. Its not a huge deal since I would'nt really rely on it but it could be the start of some cool tools, like setting two points in a memory and moving between then. any way if anybody figures out the focus thing I'd like to hear about it.

 

[Stacey Spears]

You need to run 1.7.10a for autofocus.

 

[Mark Andersen]

Ok, thought something like that was up. I guess I'll wait for a later update. Don't want to give up playback.