I'm not really sure yet ... it is entirely possible that the issue disappears when zoomed in one notch. I will have to run the tests to see ...The only thing that made my eyes widen was the PF in the top of the forest shot, wow looks like spilled purple paint all over the sky and trees, I guess this isn't a landscape camera eh?
Um ... let's not forget that the F70 and F80 have CA quite rarely ... I have not done any serious testing for CA ... and you guys are foaming at the mouth along with Paul and Dave over the first shot I took at 24mm
There is very little in common between a 24-360 and a 35mm fixed lens
Uh, please, please dont lump me within that group. Please!Um ... let's not forget that the F70 and F80 have CA quite rarely ... I have not done any serious testing for CA ... and you guys are foaming at the mouth along with Paul and Dave over the first shot I took at 24mm
Very very true. As you can see though, my wants and desires firmly lie in the 35mm end of the spectrum.There is very little in common between a 24-360 and a 35mm fixed lens
As I wrote in another thread, I didn't see much difference in the AF performance between the F70 and F300, with the only caveat being that test shots were done on a slightly overcast day. Bright daylight may be what the F300EXR needs. On the other hand, in some very casual testing indoors at near the minimum focusing distance and at greater distances but in very low lighting, the F70 focused pretty well on all shots but the F300 confirmed focus several times (about 5% or slightly more) when focus clearly failed. For shooting in normal situations the F300 did very well, but I'm still waiting to see what the F300's PD AF is all about.
Isn't there some strange power saving option where you can choose between Bright Display or Hi Speed A/F setting? Does this make any difference to A/F speeed, either way?
I've written about that one before ... it is a range limiter of sorts and causes misfocus under surprising situations ... like shooting through windows. I don't use it.
I did a quick test just to see what it does ... much has improved:I've just received my F300exr.
First impressions (compared to F30 & F31fd):
- It seems I'm not going to loose too much against F31fd in terms of noise (maybe also better for chroma noise) though something more in terms of details. My very first impression is that I'm not going to lose more than half a stop about iso performances;
- Videos are on the dark side compared to the older models and it's visible it suffers the low light showing more digital noise. The audio seems to be good but I wait for a better Kim's test in some concert
The last entry in the Setup Menu is Power Management which has three options, Power Save, Quick AF and Clear Display. I keep my F70 and F300 set to Quick AF. LCD Brightness is at the top of the 3rd page of the Set-Up menu for both cameras. I suppose I should check the AF speed using one of the other settings but so far I've only used Quick AF. This setting is probably only used for Contrast Detect AF, not the F300's Phase Detect AF.
