750d and 760d

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Hi all,

I am looking at either the 750d or 760d. To be quite honest they are both stretching my budget, however a reviewer on youtube mentioned that the 750d was unable to focus on moving objects coming towards it (i.e. sports, pets etc) and that the 760d could - I did ask why on the youtube video but no response, is there a special feature I need to look out for? as this is an option that would make the camera useless for me if it couldn't focus on moving objects.
 
Welcome to the world of camera auto focus systems where one mans 'fine' is odtne another mans 'totally unusable' it's all a bit of a grey area but SLR's have been able to focus on subject moving towards them for years, it is a more challenging task for the AF so it might miss a few more shots but to say something as recent as a 750D can't do it is laughable.

Oh and my advice if you don't know if your really going to be into photography would be buy something cheapsecond hand and give it a go first at leas that way you cn sell it on at a small loss if yofind carrying a big heavy brick around annoying.

Obviously though you need a super complicated million cross point system covering 107% of the viewfinder or you won't even be able to focus on a stationsary building ;)
 
Very odd, he shows the 750 failing but doesn't show the 760D managing it in the video... He could have also made a honest mistake and reviewed the burst mode in both cameras using different AF settings?

They claim to both have the same AF system as the 70D, but the 750 does not support servo AF in in live view mode (see http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-rebel-t6s-t6i) so there must be some differences, even if it's in the firmware.

EDIT: Ah! if you watch the video he is shooting in live view mode - using the touchscreen LCD not the viewfinder - which confirms the above. This shouldn't be an issue if you are shooting with the viewfinder though, I can't see why you would shoot anything that requires continuous focus with the LCD screen. The only time I really shoot with the LCD is on the tripod, at stationary objects/scenery.

Having said that given they have the same processor and AF system, Canon must have gimped the AF in firmware? (which sounds crappy to me).
 
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Genoma said:
Having said that given they have the same processor and AF system, Canon must have gimped the AF in firmware? (which sounds crappy to me).
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but not unusual Canon have been doing weird stuff like this to separate models for years like the silly situation where DPP4 supports my ancient 5D mkii's RAWs but not the much newer EOS M files and the only thing stopping it working is the camera model recorded in the exif!
 
I've plumped for the Sony A6000 - one thing which resonated with me was 'the best camera to use is the one you have with you at the time'

I know I will carry this much more than the DSLRs.

Had it a day got some great pictures this morning, was really impressed as I have no clue what I am doing.
 
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