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AF Performance update with 1.3 NX1

Started Jun 9, 2015 | Discussions thread
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paulnelson88
paulnelson88 Contributing Member • Posts: 539
AF Performance update with 1.3 NX1
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I have ran the NX1 through every test you can imagine. Before the big update it would only nail about 50% of the shots now with 1.3 and 1.31 which I have not tested 1.31 it is nailing everything. SAF doesn't hunt anymore and zone af locks on fast. As many of you know I shoot extreme sports from MMA to Ultra Runners so I encounter every kind of condition, my go to camera is the Nikon D4s it has never failed me except when it rained on me for 11hrs straight it did finally get water inside of it.

I still have to shoot in jpeg when a bunch of runners are coming at me due to the slow raw buffer but that's OK the jpeg shots give me enough room to beat on the colors some. The DR is really good I am able to pull up the shadows just as good as my Nikon's which says a lot.

The 16-50S lens is just as fast as my full frame Tamron 24-70 2.8 VC and the 50-150mm is very fast but the only thing that really bugs me about this lens it's not sharp at 150mm 2.8 I have to stop it down to F4 to get it sharp. It does not have the compression that my Nikon 70-200mm VR2 does but it is much cheaper price wise and it's much quieter for video.

Cheers to Samsung for bringing such a great camera to the market and really committing to making it even better! Now if they could bring out more lenses...

 paulnelson88's gear list:paulnelson88's gear list
Nikon D810 Samsung NX1 Samsung NX500 Sony a7S II Nikon D5 +26 more
Nikon D4S Samsung 50-150mm F2.8 S Samsung NX1
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