E-M1 vs. A7II Thoughts

simonallam wrote:

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.

Yes, I was about 20 feet from the camera. The A7II with Canon 55-250mm STM (and cheap Viltrox adapter) had no problem using face detect and there was plenty of contrast. I was a bit shocked and confused that it struggled so much in this situation. I attempted to focus several times on different areas of my face. It looked as though it locked focus but all of the test shots I took were completely blurry. Very strange and disappointing since I use this feature frequently. Sony's remote camera implementation also has its quirks but hasn't yet let me down in terms of focus and the face detect works well