Do I have a defective 56mm f1.2 R WR (Version II)?

RobertMachin wrote:

syrcular wrote:

Noticed something interesting today after doing a little bit of experimenting. I turned off Shutter AE, and just used the AE-L button to lock exposure, if I needed to and noticed that the camera performed a lot more stable in AF-C with the 56 lens. I'll have to do some more testing, but I noticed the camera locked on much quicker in burst mode, than when I had the exposure lock triggered by the shutter button.

Bumping this up.

This deserves more exposure, as everyone is raving at the moment on how the af on the new lens is so much better...

Curious to hear also if decoupling AE from shutter is a worthy trick for more keepers in AF-C.

I would say so.  I still get the focus lockup effect at times so I’m considering swapping out my lens to see if it’s my copy, but from my experience I have had mixed results.  At times the lens is definitely much quicker to lock than the older one but when in AF-C mode it can at times get a little unstable where sometimes it hunts slightly until it locks focus on its subject and while in burst mode it may just lock up on focus until you press the shutter on and off again to lock it back in focus.  Im hoping to test another copy to see if it’s just the general behavior of the lens or if it’s my copy.

otherwise the image quality on this lens is gorgeous and I will say I like it better than the older one.