I decided to buy a LA-EA2 and the 16-50 2.8 zoom. There are times when I need to shoot things where autofocus is a big plus.
I gave it a good workout over the weekend, and discovered that, at f2.8, with the drive mode set to continuous, I am getting between 2-3 frame per second. However, if I stop down to anything at all, that speed drops in half, to just a bit better than one frame per second. Apparently on each shot, the lens opens up, focuses, then closes back down. This is pretty slow!
Now, I should add that if I set the drive mode to speed priority, it fires off a fast burst, whether or not the lens is stopped down. So I guess that speed priority is the solution I would need to use if I want to grab a few fast frames, but of course it is not re-focussing during that burst.
I\'m thinking about the best way to use this lens to shoot dance. Low light, lots of movement... Of course, I might be shooting everything at f2.8 anyway, so I could get 2-3 frames per second that way with focus in between each.
Any advice for me on this?
Mar 11, 2012 at 11:35 AM
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