NO!

It doesn't make sense because it's only one thing that seriously bugs me. The advantages Canon gives me still outweigh a switch to Nikon. And there's also the risk that some things at Nikon appear that are even worse to me. You always find a way to work around a problem. On my trip in autumn on which I shot 10.000 images I only used the Center AF point every single time (well, I shot some frames to confirm that 61-Point mode is unreliable). Sounds crazy? It's not and I tell you why. To be honest I think I probably got more shots the way I wanted them instead of the off focus ones I would have got with Canon's inferior AF system anyway, even if Auto mode worked alright. Canon neiter has 3D tracking nor face recognition so every time I take a portrait at wide apertures I would get a sharp nose and blurry eyes because the Canons can't focus on the eyes by themselves, they still idiotically choose the closest subject in the frame and that's the nose tip. Boo! By using the Center AF point and getting used to it you become pretty fast with reframing. So as terrible as this AF problem is objectively, I found my way to deal with it. And with many of my shots shots much more likely the way I wanted focus-wise instead of the usual hit and miss with the inferior Canon AF (for portraits at least). Easy!

Still, I'd love to rely on the 61-Point system from time to time, especially with landscape shots where you got lots of points you would be ok with if the AF system picked them. But unfortunately until Canon fixes this issue that not just me considers serious, the Auto AF is totally unreliable especially when used with lenses wide open.

See how this story goes on, will keep you posted.

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