Robin Wong G9 Review - Thoughts?

drj3 wrote:

slartz wrote:

Brian Wadie wrote:

""The continuous AF is one of the best I have seen on a Micro Four Thirds camera" - This is also interesting in his conclusion. He does not say it out right, but he essentially claims the new DFD C-AF is better than the PDAF on the EM1.2..."

"One of the Best"

Not

"The Best"

So he just as easily be saying it now matches or comes close to the EM-! mk2 PDAF system?

Please note - I am in the process of ordering a G9 so have no axe to grind, just pointing out what he said vs your interpretation

yeah... u are right.... reading too fast and missing stuff. I take it back

so we still don't have a direct test comparison of CAF between EM1.2 and G9.... although I think from everything we are seeing - even if the EM1.2 is better, it is probably very marginally so...

If, on the other hand SAF is much better in low light, it kinda balances it out unless you shoot mainly BIF.

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.

Interesting comment.  Before I had my G80 I shot in SAF all the time on all my Panny bodies including when shooting BIFs.  This was mainly because I felt SAF focused quicker and more accurately.  Since I've have had my G80 my dial is  almost permanently on CAF because I can't feel the difference and despite being not as worried as some over the importance of CAF, I guess I might just as well have any benefits it brings.  If the G9 is even better I'm not SAF has much use.