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more kids photos XT20 with 56 1.2

XT20 18-135

Yes. I got one series in focus, i got another one with nothing in focus. I think it has to do with Face Recognition on/off. 1) We know that Fuji turns of PDAF if you use Face Recognition. That remains from XT1. So you can have either PDAF or Face Recogntion. If you want Face Recognition, you are in Contrast AF land. 2) However in CAF when you choose low (3-5fps) the camera will still allow you to select face recognition, but not the eye choice. In CAF high (8fps) the camera will not allow you to select face recognition period. Does it mean that Fuji tells you you can track at 5FPS by face via Contrast AF method on XT2, but you cannot track at 8fps by face via Contrast AF method?

I have an always running 4 year old. With my Nikon D750 it is very easy, just put the camera in CAF mode, choose 3D AF, and press the shutter button and voila, you got a series of perfect in focus photographs. Doesn't get easier than that. With Fuji XT2 not so simple. Was trying different zone sizes, etc. Still searching for perfect AF setting to work with

What lens did you use?

Actually 56 1.2 on APS-C is like 85 1.8 Full Frame in terms of DOF, not 1.4. So using 56 1.2 at 1.2 give me same DOF as using Nikon 85 1.8 on my D800.

Well those of us who had used other mirrorless cameras extensively like Olympus m43 for example kind of learn To rely on the feature Becuse it works amazingly good and dead on the closest eye. In continuous af mode too btw. Sony does pretty good in that regard as well, take a6000 for example. While those who always used dslrs maybe are not familiar with the feature, it has been in mirrorless for a while. What's ironic is I remember fuji at one point was one of the first if not the first who invented the feature in their point and shoot cameras about 7-8 years ago

Well such function (focus on closest eye) has been working properly on Olympus bodies for several years at least since my first omd em5. Fuji needs to fix it

this was with 35 1.4 by the way

Couple of people contacted me that the new Face Recog in FW4 is not accurate in that when you pick 'auto' eye, while it supposed to focus on a closest eye, it picks the other eye. I have not noticed it so I had to check myself. When the face is not parallel to the plane.... I tested it (not extensively though) and I think these people found a possible issue with the firmware. Here is a photo I took at night time the other night. I set the Face Recog on "auto" which is, in accordance with Fuji description, means the closest eye. Yet it clearly focused on the farthest eye. Has anyone else noticed it, or nobody uses Face Recog anyway in order to have PDAF on?

I had two XE1 which each would freeze. Flysurfer acts like he is surprised about it. Even Dpreview, the largest photography site in the world, acknowledge in their reviews of first Fuji X cameras that they freeze and software crashed in them. But they loved the cameras anyway.

Face Recognition on a Fuji does not work in Continuous AF mode. That's a Fuji thing. Works fine in all the m43 and Sonys.

Patrick thank you very much. went to the park with my 3 year old today. He was running and I changed my XT1 with same 56/1.2 to MS only. Every shot in focus at 1.2!!!! He was running, and everyrthing was in focus! MS only, no Face Recog, CH. The only thing is Continuous High is rated at 8FPS, but I was not getting 8FPs clearly, even though my shutter speed was close to 1/4000.... I was getting at most 4-5fps (more like 4) but all in focus, camera took time focusing between shots with that 56/1.2 which is not the fastest focusing lens. But I was getting everything in focus, so thanks again. I was using 5X3 boxes which I think is the largest Fuji allows you in accordance with their new Firmware 4.0 AF chart for continuous AF

Great to know thanks. I might have had ms plus es by default. What about es only? Notwithstanding jelly effect, does xt1 do tracking with es only? Or has to be ms only so u are limited to 1/4000 (and sounds like 5x3 central zone) when tracking?

Listen, lets not kid ourselves. Fuji put plenty of official firmwares that had plenty of bugs. Remember when XE1 was freezing from ttime to time???? Flysurfer is full of it.