09-06-2018, 06:15 PM
No, Tonia I've never shot Canon apart from my old Canon S80.
From what I can gather though unless I got it wrong from DPreview; the so called joystick, can toggle through seven modes of AF using the rear dial......thus necessitating a manoeuvre.....then a wheel turn...up to seven clics
The D500 can be configured to 4 modes of focus (out of eight I think).....in my case I have preset the back button focus to do single point focus, the FN1 button is configured to group, PV button does 3D mode, while the center button of the joystick does auto area mode.
As well the focus point can continue from where it was on the last mode......it's instant and seamless!
The buttons function like back button focus normally does, thus they activate AF as soon as whatever button is pressed, so you can go to 4 different modes instantly...one soul press....
..without having to joystick press rear wheel to choose.....two extra steps less than the Canon.
.....correct me if I have understood it wrongly........the 7D MKII is a very fine camera!
From what I can gather though unless I got it wrong from DPreview; the so called joystick, can toggle through seven modes of AF using the rear dial......thus necessitating a manoeuvre.....then a wheel turn...up to seven clics
The D500 can be configured to 4 modes of focus (out of eight I think).....in my case I have preset the back button focus to do single point focus, the FN1 button is configured to group, PV button does 3D mode, while the center button of the joystick does auto area mode.
As well the focus point can continue from where it was on the last mode......it's instant and seamless!
The buttons function like back button focus normally does, thus they activate AF as soon as whatever button is pressed, so you can go to 4 different modes instantly...one soul press....
..without having to joystick press rear wheel to choose.....two extra steps less than the Canon.
.....correct me if I have understood it wrongly........the 7D MKII is a very fine camera!