By site editor Dan Chung:
Inter BEE 2013: Testing the Canon C100 Dual Pixel CMOS AF from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
Newssshooter’s Jonas Schönstein was allowed to shoot some test shots on the Canon booth at Inter BEE 2013 with a C100 newly equipped with the new Dual Pixel CMOS AF system. Lenses used were a Canon 50mm f1.2L and 28-300 f3.5-5.6L.
The image was recorded to an Atomos Samurai Blade Prores recorder with overlays left on so the camera setup can be seen.
I have to say I am tremendously impressed with the results. It seems quite responsive without looking like a mechanical movement. In our tests we let the camera try to track the subject continuously to see how well it coped, but I think my preference would be to set the autofocus to only active when the Push AF button is pressed. It is however a shame that the AF box is currently locked to the centre of the frame and is not movable.
