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E-M1 vs. A7II Thoughts

Started Jul 28, 2016 | Discussions thread
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Re: E-M1 vs. A7II Thoughts
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SonyArtisan wrote:

  • The remote camera function is better in some ways but has a major flaw. There is no face detect when using the remote app as there is with the A7II and AF works terrible in certain circumstances. For example, I could not achieve focus with the 40-150mm fully zoomed. I continuously pressed on different parts of my face and it would focus on the foliage behind me. I couldn't get a single sharp shot in this situation. Very disappointing and a bit of a dealbreaker in itself since I use this function all the time with my girlfriend for better quality "selfies". The A7II, even with an adapted Canon 55-250mm STM achieved perfect focus every time via face detect.

Are you sure you weren't just tying to focus on something closer then the minimum focus distance? Or sometimes I find it doesn't like to focus close if it was previously focused at the other extreme, you kind of have to coax it back in 1 or 2 smaller increments. You may also not have been chasing areas of contrast?

Just some ideas.

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