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NX500 - Disappointed by AF performance

Started Sep 14, 2015 | Discussions thread
otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
Re: NX500 - Disappointed by AF performance
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IIRC, with your settings, the camera used only phase detect auto focus, not contrast detect like your nx100 and my nx1000. AFAIK, you need Accuracy setting to use phase detect to get you very fast to probably the exact focus and then contrast detect kicks in to focus precisely. Why Samsung has issues with backlit subjects is beyond me, panasonic has only contrast detect and still they are able to track as good as PDAF in stills (video af on panasonic is on the other hand mostly useless).

I too am drawn to nx500, especially after helping parents of one kid video exactly the same situation with their nx500 (indoor birthday, candles like fireworks, stuff) with just kit lens at 16mm in 4k and I was amazed at images pulled from video (af was also spot on, but 8MP, f/3.5 and wide angle might have helped).

Will wait for next firmware update to see whether they will finally enable constant focus peaking...

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