Good points, but in Lloyd's case the vast majority of his work is with manual focus Leica, Zeiss glass on the D3X, D3S, IR converted 5DII (IIRC) and the M9. I agree that AF is only good for so much, BUT that said, if as someone said earlier, you pay into an AF camera system, especially one in this snack bracket, one would expect it to work well - within the context of it's intended use and capabilities (e.g. single center point AF system or 'True Focus' vs the 101 point/85 mode AF systems on some SLRs).
In his latest update he (Lloyd) quite obviously loves the IQ (vs the D3X) when manually focused. His issues with the S2 don't pertain to the obvious results expected when combining Nth percentile lenses with a CCD large sensor lacking an AA filter -- something you'd see in any MFDB system bolted to top glass.
They deal with the AF system accuracy and predictability of behavior, the switchology & interface decisions given the camera's positioning as a 'tweaner' or uberSLR on 'roids' for outside studio use and claims of perfection in the optics (e.g. "...wasting money on software (correction)") when, as good as they are, they are not free of issues.
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In his latest update he (Lloyd) quite obviously loves the IQ (vs the D3X) when manually focused. His issues with the S2 don't pertain to the obvious results expected when combining Nth percentile lenses with a CCD large sensor lacking an AA filter -- something you'd see in any MFDB system bolted to top glass.
They deal with the AF system accuracy and predictability of behavior, the switchology & interface decisions given the camera's positioning as a 'tweaner' or uberSLR on 'roids' for outside studio use and claims of perfection in the optics (e.g. "...wasting money on software (correction)") when, as good as they are, they are not free of issues.
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In the S2 defense on AF and something to bear in mind on most of these reviews which a lot of them are not shooting MF on a regular basis. So on one hand it may smoke something to them than on the other a royal piece of crap. Be careful how you interpret what is being said. This goes with any review on any brand but many times 35mm shooters get a MF in there hand and expect miracles not realizing the DOF restrictions and how software plays more a role in MF. BTW I have not read the review but from the comments I read some things are apparent.
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