Robin Wong G9 Review - Thoughts?

slartz wrote:

drj3 wrote:

If one uses SAF the majority of the time and often photographs things in very low illumination, then SAF performance would be far more important than CAF performance.

For those of us who find SAF rarely offers any advantage over CAF and almost never use it for stationary or moving targets, CAF performance it far more critical.

This is a kinda "obvious" statement. But the reality is that MOST people use a combination. I use CAF when I shoot kids running around, wild life or BIF. I use SAF for pretty much everything else. How much is that in percentages? Depending on time... I'd say usually 80/20 for SAF, but in 2015-2016 I did two trips to Africa where CAF was obviously a huge part of the deal (and my older EM1.1 delivered, albeit barely in that perspective...).

I think most people focus on CAF because SAF is much easier and generally very good in most cameras today. My EM1.2 has terrific SAF, and is only getting a little slower in really dim situations. Would I be happier for even better SAF? sure... but it's a "nice to have feature". Whereas in therms of CAF, my EM1.2 is the first m43 that makes it to a performance that does not make me cringe for my old Canon 7D. So.... being better here would be awesome. Being good here as the EM1.2 would be very good. Being just a tad worse - maybe agreeable. More than that - deal breaker for me.

I DO think, that a lot of people (and to some degree me included) put a LOT into the CAF performance (again, because it's a touchy subject in m43). The point I tried to make earlier, that while CAF is important, unless you are MOSTLY looking for an action camera, it should be treated as one more thing to consider, esp if it's "good enough" for most tasks. The feeling I'm getting from all the reviewers here, is that it's definitely "good enough". Which means it's not becoming a deal breaker, which means I can look at all the rest...

I do think either the E-M1.2 or G9 will perform very well for most users and I haven't yet decided if I will get the G9.  I will wait to see more reports on its CAF performance.  However, I really don't know why I would want a far more expensive camera aimed at sports/wildlife photography instead of one of the other excellent mFTs cameras other than the for better CAF performance.