UWOL 51 - Tales of wonders and woes

[Bob Safay]

Trond and Phil. I got the XF705 on the 16th of April so I am still in the process of learning it. I did love my XF300, but after almost 7 years I needed to upgrade. Some of the things that I miss, and that I think Canon should have said in their announcements are:

1- the XF705 does not have the capability of interval recording. So if you do a lot of time lapse forget it.
2- no power save button
3-you can only shoot 120 slow motion in 1920x1080 4-2-2, 10 bit HEVC. No slow motions in 4k, but you can also get 60 slow motion in 1920x1080 4-2-0, 8 bit HAVC
4-they took away the front record button
5-Battary lasts 2/3 of the time


what I like are:
1-WOW the color is awesome!!
2-it is the best auto focus system on the market today.
3-Touch focus on the screen is unbelievable
4-image stabilizer is much better
5-at 1,140mm (3x) the image is pretty damn good!
6-I got to try out the IR on some deer at the Okefenokee swamp and I was surprised at how clear the IR images were.
7-The fan is 100% quiet. Absolutely no fan noise




I will do a more in-depth review after I have had it a little longer