p.47 #2 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
dandrewk wrote:
That's not the same as turning off the camera between shots. If you don't turn off the camera and wait for sleep mode to engage, that's at least 10 seconds (minimum setting) that the camera is drawing power from the battery. Extrapolate that over the course of usage the battery still has juice and it will mean many more shots per battery.
The several times I've been out with the RX1rII it can mean doubling the shot total per battery.
But as Fred pointed out previously, on the RX1R-II, if you let the camera go into sleep mode, the focusing distance is retained upon awakening, which is not the case if you turn it off. So, it comes down to how one wants to use the camera.
p.47 #3 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Seems it doesn't need to be a black/white issue with regards to turning the camera off....
If your going to be expecting to take another at any moment; leave it on
If your just walking and don't anticipate taking a shot, then switch it off.
Seems silly to ALWAYS turn the camera on/off between each and every shot, a few hundred times a day
Likewise, seems silly to not turn it off when your not expecting to shoot anything.
Realistically though, one simply needs to get a feel for how much battery consumption they have in their own style of shooting, and then carry the required number of battery spares to meet that.
If its 50 shots and you take 200 shots a day, then get 3 spares (which stacked together are about the size/weight of one larger mirrorless battery)
If you get close to 200 shots per charge, and your shooting style is maybe 50 shots a day, then you can likely not worry about the battery, provided you charge it before leaving the house.
Likewise, if one really refuses to carry spare batteries, for principle or whatever, there are those cheap external chargers for cell phones and such. Can plus it right into the camera if your stop for lunch and top off the camera for the afternoon.
p.47 #4 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Is anyone noticing that AF in continuous mode just jumps straight to focus whereas in Single shot mode it seems to rack back and forth (albeit fairly quickly)
p.47 #5 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Surelythisnameisfree wrote:
Is anyone noticing that AF in continuous mode just jumps straight to focus whereas in Single shot mode it seems to rack back and forth (albeit fairly quickly)
If this is so, I wonder if there is a difference in accuracy. AF-C may emphasize speed, while AF-S emphasizes precision.
p.47 #6 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Does anyone know if the Fotodiox hand grip which fits the RX1 and RX1R will also fit the RX1RII? I called Fotodiox but they didn't have a camera to test...so they were of no help.
p.47 #7 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Just like any camera really. AF-S is going to confirm focus is locked (ideally on the right subject, but at least something), while AF-C simply is going to try to focus, and continue focusing on what it thinks is the right subject, with no real assurance it's actually in focus. This is most evident when trying to shoot a moving subject and the number of OOF images that are produced.
I generally use AF-C for everything though, with AF on a different button than the shutter, this way I don't need to wait for a lock/green box confirmation, and it generally works just fine. As I mentioned, just because you get a green box in AF-S doesn't mean it's always going to be what you wanted in focus
p.47 #8 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
millsart wrote:
I generally use AF-C for everything though, with AF on a different button than the shutter, this way I don't need to wait for a lock/green box confirmation, and it generally works just fine.
Millsart, do you have a way to make this work comfortably with Eye AF? Since you have to assign Eye AF to a button and hold that button down to engage it, I can't figure out how you could also have AF on a button and hold that one down too. I guess you could have AF set to the AE button and use your thumb and set Eye AF to C1 for your index finger?
p.47 #9 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Doesn't eye AF work just with the holding of the button assigned to eye AF? On all the alpha cameras I can have them set up where the AFL button is normal AF, usually set to small point, and then the back center button is set to eye AF, which when it can't lock on an eye works as face detect AF.
Shouldn't need to hold down the main AF button and then also the eye AF on top of that I don't think.
If that is the case on the RX1, I guess you would need to assign AF back to the shutter and keep it half pressed while also holding eye AF, which sounds a real PITA
p.47 #10 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
I just tried it - you're right. I've got Eye AF assigned to the AEL button. I've been engaging AF with a half press of the shutter button and then holding the AEL button when I want to focus on an eye. But there's no need to do that when I'm holding the AEL button down AF engages.
p.47 #11 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
I would setup focusing on the AEL button this way with shutter button you can continual shoot as the AEL button keeps following along. This way the shutter keeps going without any interference with AF on the same button.
p.47 #12 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
millsart wrote:
Doesn't eye AF work just with the holding of the button assigned to eye AF? On all the alpha cameras I can have them set up where the AFL button is normal AF, usually set to small point, and then the back center button is set to eye AF, which when it can't lock on an eye works as face detect AF.
Shouldn't need to hold down the main AF button and then also the eye AF on top of that I don't think.
If that is the case on the RX1, I guess you would need to assign AF back to the shutter and keep it half pressed while also holding eye AF, which sounds a real PITA...Show more →
Yes, that works as long as it can find an eye to focus on. It's shockingly good at doing so, but in dark situations or if the subject is backlit, it may not find an eye right away. I'd hate to depend on that, and besides I'd much rather keep my other finger on the shutter button.
The way I do it - AF is kept with the shutter button. I've never been a back button focus person. AEL button is for Eye AF. It's not at all hard to hold the camera this way, and if you have a thumb grip the AEL button is easy to find.
p.47 #14 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
GMPhotography wrote:
Dan if it does not find a eye it does do continuous AF at least on my A7rII it does. I'm not sure on this though
I just checked and yes, you are correct. Hitting the Eye Focus button, while in continuous AF does indeed activate AF. I am almost always using single AF, and EF won't do anything unless it finds an eye.
p.47 #16 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
while in AF-C mode, is there any way to actually do back button focusing? I cant figure out how to de-couple auto focus from the shutter. Pressing back button while in AF-C actually makes it STOP focusing while i hold it. Kind of reverse back button focusing?
p.47 #17 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
I don't want to answer this because don't want to confuse the A7RII has a position switch up and down . up position is just AF down position I have set for eye AF. Shutter button just fires. The RX II I don't think it has that up/down switch
p.47 #18 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
GMPhotography wrote:
I don't want to answer this because don't want to confuse the A7RII has a position switch up and down . up position is just AF down position I have set for eye AF. Shutter button just fires. The RX II I don't think it has that up/down switch
That's exactly how I use mine but I do it in reverse. 'switch up' is eyeAF (when in a hurry, I associate 'up' with 'eyes') and 'switch down' is regular AF.
Unfortunately on the RX1RII there is no switch so the 'AEL' button is ergonomically a good choice.
p.47 #19 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
Thanks Fred was trying to see what the RX folks had to do since it don't have that switch. So my guess is using AEL they way you have it is for Eye AF only. So you use shutter button for AF normal and release as well. So effectively not really a back focus button unless the eye AF does not see the eye it automatically just uses normal AF. I'm I assuming this correctly.
p.47 #20 · Announced: RX1R II with 42MP sensor and EVF
GMPhotography wrote:
Thanks Fred was trying to see what the RX folks had to do since it don't have that switch. So my guess is using AEL they way you have it is for Eye AF only. So you use shutter button for AF normal and release as well. So effectively not really a back focus button unless the eye AF does not see the eye it automatically just uses normal AF. I'm I assuming this correctly.
As far as I can tell, there is no way to use the back button (AEL) for regular AF on the RX1 series. So, regular shutter button for AF and AEL button for EyeAF.
