Xs1 / hs30

hi everyone i have a hs 30 and like taking pictures of racing greyhounds but i dont like how the viewfinder freezes in hi speed mode my question is does the x s1 freeze as well or is this a problem with cameras with evf?

bluerover64 said:

hi everyone i have a hs 30 and like taking pictures of racing greyhounds but i dont like how the viewfinder freezes in hi speed mode my question is does the x s1 freeze as well or is this a problem with cameras with evf?

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Better if you will use continuous shots and track those dogs while holding the shutter.

-=[ Joms ]=-

Hi i should have put freezing evf in hi speed photography??

bluerover64 said:

Hi i should have put freezing evf in hi speed photography??

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When taking burst or continuous shots, there is definitely a lag in EVF (because it is not Optical). EVF will freeze at the end of a burst shots or successively(few ms) in each shot on continuous mode so it is important to continuously track i.e move your camera relative to your subject direction.

Here is just one example of continuous shot.



-=[ Joms ]=-

I already use a class 10 card if i use a faster write time card would matters improve? also is the xs1 better in this regard

bluerover64 said:

I already use a class 10 card if i use a faster write time card would matters improve? also is the xs1 better in this regard

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I tested the HS25 and found that the freezing of the EVF was very bothersome.

Now I am testing the X-S1 and find it less bothersome. But it still happens. I wish I had had them side by side, but Fuji only sends me one at a time.

What I have really noticed is that Fuji bridge cams make it very difficult to shoot moving subjects because the AF system is slow and unreliable when the contrast is changing (as it must for a moving object.) And that seems to be what freezes the EVF.

YMMV

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Hello,

My experience with the X-S1.

There is some freeze before the picture is taken (burst mode or not). If you have everything in manual (no AF, no AE, no Face Detection, no Face Recognition, etc), the freeze will probably diminish/disappear. At first, the freeze bugged me. Now, I live with it.

There is also an effect that is sometimes known as the slideshow effect. In burst mode, the camera displays the previously shot picture and not the "real time" image. If you are shooting at 10 frames per second, the previously shot picture is not that old. If you are shooting at 3 fps, it gets very annoying. (Anyway, even at the 10fps setting, after the buffer gets full (after about 10 images or so)l, you will end up at 3 or 4 fps.)

Check the reviews on dpr. I think the section is called performance. You'll see that even cameras as OM-D or Sony a77 have slideshow effect at some stage.

Bottom line. If it bugs you and you make the switch to the X-S1, don't expect a "perfect" camera as regard "freezes".

Cheers