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

syrcular wrote:

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

syrcular wrote:

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.

Hmm, I don't have an X-H2, but the exposure stays put - exactly where I set it for the first shot, If you want the camera to adjust exposure continuously (which is also fine if the situation calls for it), hitting your AE Lock button should similarly prevent that from happening, no?

Sorry I think you may be misunderstanding my intended goal. I want the camera to continuously adjust exposure and I don’t want to have the shutter lock exposure. I want to decouple auto exposure lock from the shutter so that I can engage AE independent of burst shots.

So I have turned off AE on shutter and when I want exposure locked I’m using the AE-L button so that I can engage it separate from the shutter. The reason why I do this is because I don’t trust AE to work all the time so I would rather manually lock it when I’m happy with what it lands on but by mapping it to shutter it locks the moment you hit the shutter whether it’s an exposure you like or not. That’s why I map AE-L to the a separate button and not the shutter. I am currently doing this with this setup and it’s working quite well for me.

OK, I think I get it. So you want the camera to continually adjust the exposure before the burst, but not during it. And you want to independently lock in the exposure where you want it before pressing the shutter button? If so, that makes sense, I often do that when the light is very uneven and/or the subject is back-lit etc., otherwise I'm usually fine just framing the shot, adjusting exp.comp to where I want it and pushing the shutter button. If you aren't already aware, once you've locked exposure with the AEL button, you can still fine-tune it continuously with the exposure comp. dial before shooting - very handy if the light is all over the place. The camera will also automatically compensate (when possible) if you want to change any of the individual exposure parameters while AE locked.