X-H2S subject tracking miss

Mikeywcu wrote:

Greybeard2017 wrote:

Morris0 wrote:

Powerdoc wrote:

Mikeywcu wrote:

We took the kids for a spontaneous trip to DC to hit the Natural History Museum. People eat right outside of the museum, so the birds get close. We sat and had ice cream, and someone had left a crumbled cracker in the dirt. I had the xh2s and the 33 1.4, and I couldn’t believe the degree to which it struggled to recognize the birds, especially since they were within two feet. Zone focus, using the joystick to put focus right over the birds…still…many misses.

The bird is like a cameleon same colors , same pattern as the ground. AI does not yet doing miracles.

If Wide Area was used, the camera focused on the closet thing with contrast as it was told.

Morris

But wide/area wasn't used - single point was used for the first two and zone for the last two. Your theories make a lot of sense when not using subject tracking but I think we are all expecting too much from a low powered processor - a small section of code - and FujiFilm software development. We all look at those photos and its obvious where the birds are - the camera just isn't that clever.

I can agree with this. And I was using subject tracking with single point and zone (switched to see if it would improve). I’m also fine with the fact that the birds blend in well with their surroundings. Again, I wasn’t heartbroken…just surprised at how it struggled to pick them up.

Hi Micky,

What AF-C settings were you using and were you using AF-C?

How big was the focus box or zone box?

Are you confident that the bird did not move out of the selected focus area before you dropped the shutter?

Morris