AF-C lens dependent?

[mcewena]

I bought an XS10 with the 16-80 kit lens last week but decided the 18-55 was a better fit for me so the bricks & mortar camera store swapped them for me (and refunded the difference).   I'm happy with that decision but now my memory is telling me I used to be able to choose AF-C while in auto mode, now I can't.   It works fine in program mode but the option is grayed out in both menus if I switch to auto.

Am I imagining things about the 16-80 that weren't true?

New lens set to auto and OIS turned on, latest firmware.

 

Thanks,

[Greybeard]

You mean when the drive dial on top of the camera is turned to Auto?

In that mode the camera always chooses - as far as I can see it always chooses AF-S - lens doesn't make any difference.

[mcewena]

4 hours ago, Greybeard said:

You mean when the drive dial on top of the camera is turned to Auto?

In that mode the camera always chooses - as far as I can see it always chooses AF-S - lens doesn't make any difference.

Yes thanks.

I'm not sure which is the more upsetting idea, that I'd somehow downgraded to a less capable lens or my memory of how the other one operated is that short

The confusing thing is face/eye detection sort of mimics AF-C on the display and is available in auto.   Most of the menu restrictions in auto are logical but I wish there was a matrix published in the manual.