Panasonic G7 Camera focus problem with example

alcelc wrote:

Noted the hunting at the end of the clip. A second or so when you zoomed and found focus again? It is not very bad hunting TBH. Not ideal but that could be better than some others already. Get a newer and uppercase model could expect improvement.

I almost got the Panasonic GX85 but it has a similar method of focusing. I choose the G7 camera has I was going overseas and needed a light smaller camera than my Canon 70D camera.

I did n;t have too many problems in the camera wanting to refocus when I was taking some video shots overseas but the parade seemed to being out the worst in this camera. It may have been due to the low lighting conditions as it was a dull overcast day and this camera uses contract to focus correctly.

I have other video clips taken of the parade where I alter the zoom slightly and there is no refocusing when I have stopped zooming so there doesn't seem to be a pattern after looking at my video clips of the parade. I do notice that at times the camera is refocusing during the zooming and when the zooming stops it does not try to refocus which I don't mind.

If I kept recording the little girl in the parade then aa second ot two it would have correctly focused again. There are a few cases where it has failed to refocus after going out of focus which is the worst thing the camera can do. I start to panic as I could be missing a good video shot.

Brian