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NX500 - Disappointed by AF performance

Started Sep 14, 2015 | Discussions thread
Mr.NoFlash Senior Member • Posts: 2,374
Re: cameras with good AF performance

telefunk wrote:

This was the exact reason I returned the Sony A6000, Nex 7, Canon G7X. Even my Sony RX100III often misses focus too often at full tele, in full daylight.

Now I don't think I will consider the NX500. Bummer

Can anybody make a big sensor camera that can reliably GET THE SHOT?

Big backlit window in the middle is not excusable - then do point the camera to another object at same distance. The problem is: The exposure adjusts to the bright background light during AF and the AF cannot see the other things. Maybe the Nx500 is a bit more problematic in this regard than the other NXes. Also, please no continuous AF except in a sports situation outdoors for what cont AF is meant for. Cont AF is not for people sitting on a table.

But there is one company who invented really something good regarding AF: Panasonic. I do not know if Panny masters this special scene, but if you search best-AF big sensor non-dslr cam, try Panasonic m43 newest camera or the LX100. Sensor is 20% smaller but that is what you have to accept.

On the other hand, mirrorless APS, here Samsung is comparably good. See the good situations for mirrorless AF: Touch-AF, face-detection; and on exposurewise easier scenes mirrorless AF is more exact than DSLRs. But maybe the Nx500 is not the best AF of NXes.

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