The finale of Philip Bloom’s Mega Video Auto Focus Test is finally here with his real world tests. According to Bloom Sony lenses autofocus better in video than Canon ones do, but Canon lenses are more mechanical so they are better for manual focus videographers. The only CDAF camera in this test that does well at all is the Panasonic GH4, but the phase detect haters have a noticeable advantage. Below I listed everything he tested or talked about across his 3 videos, but I might have missed some, because the test is crazy big. Bloom doesn’t really pick a favorite, but he seems to favor the Sony and Canon cameras, but Sony updates their line-up more frequently than Canon.
- Sony a7RII
- Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
- Sony a6300
- Sony a6500
- Sony a7S II
- Sony FS5
- Sony FS7
- Canon C100 Mark II
- Canon C300 Mark II
- Panasonic G85/80
- Panasonic GH4
- Sony AX53
- Samsung NX1
- JVC GY LS300
- Canon 5D Mark IV
Adapters
On the Sonys he uses the
- Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2
- Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8
- Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8
- Sony 24mm f/1.8 ZA
- Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS
- Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM
- Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
- Canon 35mm F2 IS
- Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
- Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH
- Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8
I wish he included the Fujifilm X-T2 in the test, but he hasn’t done a lot of Fujifilm work in the past.
