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 p.3 #1 · Value proposition of Voigtländer for Fuji? | |
gdanmitchell wrote:
I’m shocked that you can’t get good enough AF in photos of your daughter. I wonder how your camera’s AF is set up and/or whether there is some other challenge related to technique, lighting, etc. (And if the issue is Fujifilm’s AF — which I doubt, read on — then maybe a different brand would make sense rather than giving up AF on Fujifilm.)
There’s a lot of nonsense on the web about Fujifilm AF. The truth, to generalize, is that it works just fine, though the best AF from Sony, Nikon, Canon can be faster and more consistent with more challenging subjects. (No, your daughter is extremely unlikely to be in that category.)
What does that mean in the real world?
For example, if you are photographing moving wildlife (thnk birds, which can be quite challenging even with the best gear) the increment of improvement over Fujifilm from the other brands can be meaningful, particularly in challenging light. Shooting active sports might be another example.
On the other hand, if you are shooting more typical subjects (landscapes, people posing for photos, vacation photos, family events, etc.) Fujifilm AF is typically just fine — plenty fast and plenty accurate.
Some people who are prone to hyperbole will try to frame the difference between Fujifilm and that others as “Sony/Canon/Nikon are great! Fujifilm sucks!” That’s inaccurate and misleading.
More accurate would be something like, “Fujifilm AF is good and effective, but Sony/Nikon/Canon are still a bit ahead.”
Heck, I do street photography, some of it at night, with Fujifilm and the AF works fine....Show more →
Oh, the AF works fine with my 35/2 and 23/2 and I agree that for day-to-day it is fine for most things. But I was not getting the results I wanted with wide open portraits with my 56/1.2, in terms of accurately focusing on the eye and iris in particular, until I used manual focus. Perhaps the newer cameras are better. My point about keeping up with my daughter was actually in regards to my ability to keep manually focusing. Nobody here is saying that Fujifilm sucks.
Operating from my phone, I can’t easily quote other posts — but yes, I’m confident in my ability to take family snaps with Fuji going forward. Only a shoddy workman blames his tools! (But he might choose manual focus from time to time.) Indeed, the XT-3 is lovely to use.
And to correct a small point: I believe non-chipped lenses do in fact work with some but not all of Nikon’s new manual focus aids. Would be nice to see Fuji adopt some similar features: even though focus peaking and magnification works for me, it’d be nice not to have to automatically reposition the magnification point, as that is a bit of a faff.
Thank you all for your comments again. As we’ve gone some distance from the original point of why one might purchase Voigtländer lenses for Fuji, here’s a point I was musing last night: would Fuji introduce a range of MF-only lenses aimed at enthusiasts? If they were smaller, faster, and lighter than their AF range, they might find a new market niche. (I do think it’s unlikely, but right now I’m into the idea!)
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