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Panasonic DFD

Started Apr 15, 2017 | Questions thread
Kawika Nui Contributing Member • Posts: 905
Re: Panasonic DFD
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TwoMetreBill wrote:

DFD is a gimmick that delivers very poor results.

" I’m thoroughly impressed by what Panasonic has achieved with the Depth From Defocus (DFD) for continuous AF." (https://blog.mingthein.com/2018/01/22/review-the-2018-panasonic-lumix-g9/)

For stills you will be lucky if 75-80% of your shots will be in focus.

My own average is more like 95%+, normally shooting burst or 4K video (G9). Maybe you got a bad copy?

If you are serious about video, you will be focusing manually anyway.

Not if you are shooting fast-moving subjects coming toward you or moving away from you. Sports and action video is "serious" too, you know.

No matter what you pay, all video systems hunt on AF. This is true even for 6-figure video gear.

I'll never be able to afford 6-figure gear, but you are right. You can see it even in feature films with moving subjects. Not a lot, not often, but it is there.

Switch from Olympus to Panasonic for AF and you will regret it.

Only if you stick with Olympic lenses. "Using Olympus lenses, you will not have the benefit of DFD for the S-AF and C-AF capability of the G9." (Ming Thien review cited above.)

True that Panasonic is superior for serious video.

Agreed.

Serious means manual focusing, post processing with high end software, shooting on a tripod...

Someone forgot to tell all the award-winning sports and action videographers about the tripod requirement.

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