A2 Fpcus issues (again)

[Andreas_F]

Vance,

Roughly, what is the percentage of OOF pics you got? I see this in a minority of pictures, but it is of course still annoying - especially if it's a unique shot. I had a series of pics of my wife and youngest son; each one was in perfect focus, except the one photo, which was composition/facial expression-wise the only acceptable picture - frustrating!
Andreas

Disclaimer: I LOVE this camera.

I have just returned from China, and took about 600 pictures with
the new A2 as its first real test. I am a bit concerned about this
focus issue. Here is an example:

Virtually every concern I have had about this camera so far has
ended up being attributable to user error or education, and I'm
hoping the same is true here. But I get photos like the above A
LOT. Any ideas?
And how does it happen that nothing is in focus? Nothing closest
to the camera, and not the furthest horizon?

Thanks,
Vance

 

[PatrikD]

but does anyone think this has any co-relation with the diagonal
banding that are clearly there? ISO 64???! Gees.

My thoughts as well. It seems to me that the diagonal noise at ISO 64 is an indication of a defective camera.

PatrikD

 

[thielges]

Sandy - Where does one look for the A2 focus distance in Exifer ? I see "subj. distance range" which has vague values like "close view" or "distant view" (seems to be binary !). Then there's "subject area" which has a value like 37725 which I don't understand.

I kind of wish that EXIF also recorded the settings for antishake and focus mode which would help me understand the "operator error" problems in some photos.

Thanks,
Bart

Try downloading Exifer (free). You will get focus distance for JPEG.

http://www.friedemann-schmidt.com/software/exifer/