{"id":175906,"date":"2023-11-28T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=175906"},"modified":"2023-11-28T19:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:14:19","slug":"is-canons-quad-pixel-af-ready-for-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/is-canons-quad-pixel-af-ready-for-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Canon’s Quad Pixel AF ready for production?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Internet has previously published articles about the new\u00a0Quad Pixel\u00a0autofocus system , which\u00a0Canon\u00a0has been working on for quite some time, and which is positioned as a natural evolution of the current dual-pixel autofocus (DPAF).<\/p>\n

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What is QPAF?<\/h3>\n

Canon’s current DPAF splits the pixel in half and uses the difference in the signals of one half and the other to determine how far away the subject is.\u00a0Using this information, you can calculate the distance to focus on the subject.\u00a0However, this method may not be accurate if the lines of contrast you are focusing on coincide with the pixel separation, as then the signal difference will be minimal.\u00a0This means that these sensors are generally better suited to focusing on vertical lines rather than horizontal ones, which they may have trouble with.<\/i><\/p>\n

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TheCameraInsider\u00a0reports that the main characteristics of the upcoming Canon cameras, EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, have already been published.\u00a0It is claimed that QPAF will be at least part of the EOS R1 presentation.\u00a0It is also reported that the EOS R5 Mark II will most likely receive QPAF.<\/p>\n

If Canon is truly going to make an impact with its flagship mirrorless camera, it will have to wow audiences with innovation, and the QPAF is the right step in that direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Canon is truly going to make an impact with its flagship mirrorless camera, it will have to wow audiences with innovation, and the QPAF is the right step in that direction. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":175910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-175906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-photo","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}