X-H2s three weeks in...

FuzzyDice wrote:

anadon5000 wrote:

So with all of that said, do you (or anybody out there) find eye af would have a really high hit rate (like a Canon/Sony) with kids without setting af to confirm focus first? at something like 10fps ? And does that confirm-first method feel laggy? Really dying to finally get a Fuji and it’s awesome AWB/SkinTones/colors w/ great eye af like Sony, etc… or close…. Thanks!

That’s the issue isn’t it.

So consider this

Canon EOS R6

Mechanical 12 FPS

Electronic 20 FPS

Prone to Rolling Shutter

Sony A7 IV

10 FPS Max

Electronic is Prone to Rolling Shutter

Fuji X-H2S

Mechanical 15 FPS Max

Electronic 40 FPS Max 0 Blackout with AF

Rolling Shutter is not a significant issue at all.

So, if you can drop to 15 FPS Electronic with a 100% hit rate, and you’re only dropping about 11% of the frames at 40 FPS Electronic Shutter, then I would say it is already ahead of the competition that is in the same price range.

Oh and Confirm AF was about 15 FPS, so that’s pretty damn good. Also, I can shoot Electronic shutter without worrying about distortion. This is a crop sensor A9 II or A1 class camera.

I'm not sure if what I'm about to say is entirely relevant to the above but I found it to work superbly for sports. When shooting football (soccer) on my X-T4 I would have to turn off Eye AF as it was more a hindrance than anything else. However I finally got to a match at the weekend and on the X-H2S I left Eye AF on and it worked brilliantly. I haven't done a deep dive but, at a quick glance, out of the ~1200 shots I took just one, yes ONE, was OOF. I was running 30fps in x1.25 crop mode (just so I could do a direct comparison with the X-T4).

The other caveat is I was using it in Focus release priority which I know is not what was asked above but I just wanted to share my own findings in case they are in anyway useful.