Autofocus and face detection

[Erik Johansen]

Since the month of may (or before) you have rantet about the X100; from the very low to the very best.

Most of your rants have been typically your userfaults; even before you got the camera.

O yes, my X100 have trouble to AF in a coal-cellar; so has my 7D....but the little one gives me totally more ceepers than any digital camera I´ve owned........and that is a lot...........

Are you one of these who never satisfie?

Go out, take some pics., or sit still waiting for tomorrow.

I'm probably over-simplifying what I think is an over-exaggerated auto-focus issue. Probably ½ of my initial photos with the X100 were out-of-focus, but I started noticing what it was that caused them to focus properly. As mentioned in one of the above posts, you just have to press the shutter button ½ way and allow the camera to focus... the red box turns green and I'm getting great shots now. I was guilty of pointing & shooting thinking I had a focused shot because the camera would fire. In fact, the X100 fires focused or not and that'll mislead you into thinking everything's setup ok. Anyway, it works for me. I'm getting better shots than I'd been getting with my Nikon D80.

In anything less than perfect light, my red box stays red. No focus can be achieved. Maybe after 5 or 6 tries I might get focus. Or I might not. Not at all what I expect from a $1400 camera.

Have you tried to use an external flashlight? Or turning your X100 vertically? Or using and external flashlight AND turning your X100 vertically? It might work because as you read here in this thread the X100 does not have a problem with autofocusing!

I have just started trying to shoot vertically when the auto focus fails. Seems better but too early to say exactly.

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