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Hi guys, same here.

Made a couple of AF tracking tests for what it matters for me the most:

- wide open 
- dark subject 
- backlighting

e.g. bride entering the church

In this case I have me entering the kitchen ... what I found is that (as also suggested here) disabling the electronic shutter makes a HUGE difference. As shown below it is not enough to have MS+ES (failed tracking pic), you should really be on MS (good tracking pic in the comments). Frankly speaking this is misleading, I would mark it as a bug.

Setup:

- XT1 FW 4 
- 35/1.4 at 1.4 
- iso 1250 
- 1/125

- CL

Overall AF improved quite a bit in this sector, well done.

What's your experience in tricky situations?

 

 

[MS+ES] https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205788148795502&set=pcb.688872611217517&type=1&theater

[MS] https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205788148835503&set=pcb.688872611217517&type=1&theater

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it does work, but only using cdaf instead of the faster pdaf.

 

ES or MS+ES = No AF-Tracking

MS Only = AF Tracking is possible

Face Detection ON = Tracking is possible, but only with CDAF

Face Detection OFF = Tracking is possible, with PDAF and CDAF

CH = Tacking is possible only using the part of the sensor covered by phase detection pixels. Zone AF only with 3x3 or 5x3 box (no 5x5).

CL = All new AF-Tracking options are enabled.

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ES or MS+ES = No AF-Tracking

MS Only = AF Tracking is possible

Face Detection ON = Tracking is possible, but only with CDAF

Face Detection OFF = Tracking is possible, with PDAF and CDAF

CH = Tacking is possible only using the part of the sensor covered by phase detection pixels. Zone AF only with 3x3 or 5x3 box (no 5x5).

CL = All new AF-Tracking options are enabled.

I did a test this morning of the new firmware, using the 16-55 f/2.8 lens. The lighting was very poor and subject was backlit, a situation which used to cause this camera a lot of problems. The camera was in CL mode, auto ISO (varied between 400 and 800), f/2.8, 1/125 shutter and I used the central af point (smallest size) aimed at the school badge.

 

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-1.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-2.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-3.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-4.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-5.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-6.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-7.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-8.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-9.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-10.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-11.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-12.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-13.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-14.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-15.jpg

http://sandsphoto.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/backlit-16.jpg

 

You can draw your own conclusions, but I was impressed with the improvement.

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ES or MS+ES = No AF-Tracking

MS Only = AF Tracking is possible

Face Detection ON = Tracking is possible, but only with CDAF

Face Detection OFF = Tracking is possible, with PDAF and CDAF

CH = Tacking is possible only using the part of the sensor covered by phase detection pixels. Zone AF only with 3x3 or 5x3 box (no 5x5).

CL = All new AF-Tracking options are enabled.

 

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