Thinking about full frame

koffiejunkie said:
It's not the number of points that's the issue. The 40D/50D has 9-point AF too but it kicks the 5D(mkII) AF's butt. The AF points on the 5D(mkII) are closer together, relative to the frame. This, to me, makes it less useful in terms of selecting one of the side points to do something in portrait mode. It also has only one cross-type AF point (center). The AF on the 40D/50D are all cross type, they're spread better, and in my experience, the AF is faster. The other thing that I would have expected on a body of this class is that spot metering should be on the selected AF point. In short, the 5D(mkII) has the same AF the 10D had that it was based on. Things have evolved since then...
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You'll need a 1D body if you want that unfortunately, it's also missing from the 7D.
 
It seems the Nikons do. Both the D300S and the D700 have the following:

Spot metering

The camera measures light only in a circle 3 mm in diameter. This is tied to the currently selected AF area point unless dynamic AF or a non-CPU lens is used when it defaults to the center of the frame.
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And guess what? So does the D90:

Spot metering

The camera measures light only in a circle 3.5 mm in diameter (about 2% of the frame). This is tied to the currently selected AF area point unless dynamic AF or a non-CPU lens is used when it defaults to the center of the frame.
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C'mon Canon - you're holding out on us!
 
bwana said:
If Nikon offers you more features you need, switch.
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he he - "need" is a tricky word when it's a hobby. This is more like being secretly jealous at the neigbours' new car :)

I still don't like how the Nikon's controls work - awkard to me.
 
I think it is fine when you still don't have that many lenses but if you need to change those out also then it is going to become very expensive.

and from what I hear Nikon lenses are more expensive locally than Canon.
 
Krypty said:
I think it is fine when you still don't have that many lenses but if you need to change those out also then it is going to become very expensive.
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I don't have many lenses but the ones I like/want Nikon doesn't have. 24-105 f/4L is one but the 24-120 f/4 ED was just announced. What I read on-line isn't positive but then neither are comments about the 24-105L so I'll wait and see. The other one I'm still looking to buy is the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM. Nikon has a lens like this but no VR. I like IS/VR :(

Krypty said:
and from what I hear Nikon lenses are more expensive locally than Canon.
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They're just generally more expensive.
 
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