Originally posted by surfar XT3..XH1 mainly for video.I have Tamron G1 150/600(2kgs) and Sigma Sport 150/600(3.25kgs). I do surfing mainly.Its slow action so RS hasnt been a problem. I use a Manfrotto monopod that has 3 stabilising feet(A$200ish). Its slightly more advanced than XT3 but A$1000 more costly.
Thanks for all the info! One of the
key differences between the XT3 and XT4 seems to be the IBIS, but there's also a bigger battery and a different LCD screen mechanism. Both cameras apparently suffer from overheating. Have you experienced that with your XT3? I would imagine that for surfing you'd mainly be shooting early in the morning before the wind picks up.
Quote: Panasonic are developing the GH6 but they stick with contrast detect AF which can drift in and out of focus.Plenty of pros use it but they focus manually. Some bridge cameras could suit what you want to do,Sony and Panasonic have their 1inch sensored models.Nikon has the P950/1000 models that ZOOOOOOOM a long way with a tiny sensor.Check out Fro's review of the P1000. YouTube has many reviews of all the gear,some is helpful.
Manual focus with the GH5 is one of the things I was referring to when using a "cinematography" style. Carefully planned and practised shots with careful focus transitions (or no change in focus at all). Since I generally want to use this second camera for video (the primary camera for stills being a Pentax), I wasn't looking at a bridge camera. I'd probably prefer to stick to a camcorder over a bridge camera because U find the ergonomics better with video and I'm more used to it. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Originally posted by automorphism Have you looked into some of the later Olympus cameras? They use a different AF system that might be better for your needs. Also...it seems that tracking airplanes might not need the most advanced AF, or does it?
I've tried AFC on birds in flight and planes, and I haven't found it to work very will with the Pentax DSLRs I've tried (K7, K5iis and K3). I get a better hit rate just by half depressing the shutter then fully depressing it. A plane is a big target so I expected it to be easier to track, but even my Panasonic camcorder struggles at airshows. With birds, the camcorder is annoying because there's no choice of AF modes - I can't set it to centre spot to pick out a bird in the middle of trees or branches, and the camera generally focusses on the trees not the birds. I haven't looked at Olympus because it was
reported that they were going to stop making cameras.