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

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
OP syrcular Regular Member • Posts: 237
Re: Do I have a defective 56mm f1.2 R WR (Version II)?

Erik Baumgartner 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.

Exposure remains locked at the first shot in continuous mode with the SHUTTER AE option set to ON for AF-C, not OFF. Tracking should work better locked as the processor will only have to deal with focus.

I know.  I’m purposely setting it to off.  Exposure is a bit laggy and doesn’t always click to the right exposure upon shutter click with AE in my experience and sometimes requires a few shots before it hits the right exposure.  When Shutter AE is on and I’m shooting fast moving subjects if the camera exposed wrong my engaging the shutter during burst locks AE and doesn’t allow to correct itself.  By taking it off the shutter I’m giving the camera more time to adjust exposure during the bursts and if I see an exposure I want to lock, I hit the AE-L button instead.  
it just works better for me and I see improved performance this way and a lot more keepers.

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