daniel.k

if you enabled AF+MF you can change the focus accidentally by turning the focus ring of the lens slightly. This of course will de-focus the picture. Daniel

not yet, I did all my test shots with f/8. However, I discovered the problem with real-life photos taken some days before my test series and there are also quite a few blurry ones taken with more open aperture. Daniel

ha.... you are aware of my German topic cool anyway ... Daniel

I´m using AF-S for all my tests, as well as I´m using in everday´s life (I´m more into landsacpes than into action). Shutter priority is set to Focus (!) and it is not really visibly in EVF/LCD. Only if I really zoom in deeply.... which I usually don´t after each shot I found out some more details today: - problem does NOT exist at all if I use manual focus, even if I took a series of 100+ pictures - problem DOES exists also if I took close-up pictures from my computers screen (approax. 40-50cm distance) - problem does NOT exist with all my lenses on my new X-T10 - problem DOES exist with another X-T2 I tried today with my local Fuji dealer - according to a forum in my home country I´m not the only one having this problem (although these guys don´t really want to talk about it ... "holy cow"-issue I just took a few close-ups with the X-T2 and the 18-55 from ym computer screen and I found the same issue. 75% are sharp, 25% are blurry. FRUSTRATING! Daniel

Hi guys, I´m new to the forum and unfortunately I have to start here with a major problem with my - more or less - brand-new X-T2 (bought early October 2016). I´ve used a X-T1 before and was more than happy with it. However, only the best is good enough I decided to buy a X-T2. After some test shots I was quite impressed but did not use the new camera so much in the beginning (no time at all). I went to London a week ago and this was the first real-life test for my X-T2. Back home I was extremely disappointed: about 1/4 to 1/3 of all my photos were blurred! So I set up a test series at home with different lenses, different settings at different times. Finally, after a few hundred pictures, I found that the problem remains with almost every lens I used. All these lenses are working pretty well on a number of other cameras (tested with X-T1, X-T10, X-M1). So it is obviously not a lens issue. Looks like my X-T2 has a serious problem. I went to my local Fuji dealer this morning and was able to do a lot of test shots with another (brand-new) X-T2. I´ve used my own lenses and also some new lenses provided by the dealer. Result: almost the same! A lot of pictures are not really sharp! However, it depends a lot on the settings... but otherwise not so much Here is what I found (so far). The issue occurs: - camera is used free-hand or on a tripod (no difference!) - OIS is switched on or off, free-hand or tripod, all combinations mixed (no difference!) - more likely with short focal length, but also noticable with longer focal lengths - obviously only with shorter exposure times. I could not reproduce the problem with long exposure times! - with most of my lenses (XF 18-55, XF 10-24, XC 16-50) but only rarely with the XF 55-200 - the problem is visible in JPG as well as in RAF So finally it occurs in most real-life situations which makes the X-T2 more or less unreliable to me The most confusing thing is that the brand-new X-T2 provided by my dealer this morning shows the same problems! So it is for sure not a problem of my lenses (they are working perfectly with other cameras) and it´s obviously not a problem of my(!) X-T2 only. At the moment it looks like it is a problem of the whole series... or at least of a (early?) sub-series. It´s safe to say that it is not a problem of the camera settings (I used AF-S with priority on focus, single frame focus, fixed ISO and aperture values for all my tests and I did the test shots in a row, with only fractions of a second delay). Totally frustrated I bought a X-T10 this morning to have a reliable camera for my next photo trip to Oman next week. When I´m back my X-T2 (maybe togehter with one or two of my lenses) will be sent to Fuji for inspection. Tested all my lenses (under comparable circumstances today) with the new X-T10 and there are all pretty sharp. Without exception. So... long story short: Does anyone has similar problems with a X-T2 ???????? To make it more visible, here are some test shots. All JPG out-of-the-cam, 100% crop (!) good one: http://danielkaempf.com/pics/X-T2/XT2_10-24_OK01.jpg blurred one from the same series, taken a second later: http://danielkaempf.com/pics/X-T2/XT2_10-24_BLUR01.jpg good one: http://danielkaempf.com/pics/X-T2/XT2_10-24_OK02.jpg blurred one from the same series, taken a second later: http://danielkaempf.com/pics/X-T2/XT2_10-24_BLUR02.jpg To me it does not look like a focus problem (because nothing at all is sharp in the blurred images) but more like a "shake" or OIS problem... although it also happens if OIS is turned off and the camera is used on a tripod. Any ideas? Same experiences? I´m really confused and pretty disappointed by the X-T2 ... and a little bit happy with my pin-sharp new X-T10 (which - of course - can not be a real replacement and cost me another few hundred bucks ). UPDATE: I just took another series of test pictures. All on manual focus. All(!) pictures are pin-sharp, even after 50 shots. So it looks like there is an AF issue with the X-T2..... Best regards, Daniel