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X-H2S subject tracking miss

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Mikeywcu
Mikeywcu Senior Member • Posts: 1,055
Re: X-H2S subject tracking miss

FCi wrote:

I don't pretend to know anything about birding or taking photos of birds, this was very much a coincidence.

On a recent walk in a park, a Robin decided to land and hop around about 10-15 meters away so I decided to take a few shots. I had the X-H2S with the 70-300, and switched over to bird subject tracking. The OSD kept showing a focus lock on the birds eye, but then kept focusing on the grass behind it.

X-H2S with 70-300, bird subject tracking on

X-H2S with 70-300, bird subject tracking on

Admittedly the robin wasn't fully in the sun. After several moments waiting for the camera to actually lock on, I gave up and turned subject tracking off, relying on wide-tracking instead to lock on to the bird.

X-H2S with 70-300, wide-tracking AF

Tried turning subject tracking back on...

X-H2S with 70-300, bird subject tracking on

X-H2S with 70-300, bird subject tracking on

It was very strange, as the indicators for AF were right on the bird and its eye. It was a bit of a disappointing performance, but it's early days on this camera. Perhaps a firmware update will make subject tracking more reliable.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I’ve had this same thing happen with the 70-300 and the 1.4TC. It’s annoying. And I was shooting zone, which is more reliable than wide. Hopefully it’ll get tuned up. For the most part, it hits focus easily.

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Fujifilm X-H2S Tokina AT-X Pro 100mm f/2.8 Macro Leica Summarit-M 75mm f/2.5 Carl Zeiss C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM Carl Zeiss Planar T* 2/50 ZM +11 more
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