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S Is For Show Us Your S2 Shots
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gogopix
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GMB...a nice image array showing the flexibility of the S2. I like your travel 'eye' and variety!
I do most of my shooting while traveling, and am curious what percentage of the time you find the auto focus grabs the point you want. Coming from MF Contax and RF MF, I have tried the S2 a few times and it is better, but I still hear the "I mostly use MF" from the pros.
That said, I also hear that the AF has improved with the firmware changes (I still want spot AF!!!)
I am off to Italy for a trek, with the S2 (I am leaning in that direction) and wondered how often the AF would suffice. On previous trips, for landscape and pano I found better performance with focus at infinity (NOT hyperfocal distance; it works in therory, but as Robert has shown here a number of times, HF distance can be a poor compromise, esp for wider lenses.)
Anyway, just curious. I tend toward MF out of habit (doing this for over 60 years!
) but sometimes the AF is needed to get a fleeting image.
reagrds
Victor
I do most of my shooting while traveling, and am curious what percentage of the time you find the auto focus grabs the point you want. Coming from MF Contax and RF MF, I have tried the S2 a few times and it is better, but I still hear the "I mostly use MF" from the pros.
That said, I also hear that the AF has improved with the firmware changes (I still want spot AF!!!)
I am off to Italy for a trek, with the S2 (I am leaning in that direction) and wondered how often the AF would suffice. On previous trips, for landscape and pano I found better performance with focus at infinity (NOT hyperfocal distance; it works in therory, but as Robert has shown here a number of times, HF distance can be a poor compromise, esp for wider lenses.)
Anyway, just curious. I tend toward MF out of habit (doing this for over 60 years!
) but sometimes the AF is needed to get a fleeting image.reagrds
Victor
Hi Victor,GMB...a nice image array showing the flexibility of the S2. I like your travel 'eye' and variety!
I do most of my shooting while traveling, and am curious what percentage of the time you find the auto focus grabs the point you want. Coming from MF Contax and RF MF, I have tried the S2 a few times and it is better, but I still hear the "I mostly use MF" from the pros.
That said, I also hear that the AF has improved with the firmware changes (I still want spot AF!!!)
I am off to Italy for a trek, with the S2 (I am leaning in that direction) and wondered how often the AF would suffice. On previous trips, for landscape and pano I found better performance with focus at infinity (NOT hyperfocal distance; it works in therory, but as Robert has shown here a number of times, HF distance can be a poor compromise, esp for wider lenses.)
Anyway, just curious. I tend toward MF out of habit (doing this for over 60 years!
reagrds
Victor
Don't know if this will help in any way, but I discovered something about the S2 while shooting weddings, and posted it on Red Dot where it apparently has made a difference for a few other S2 shooters. It seems to help a lot in achieving faster focus and less focus errors.
"Here's a tip regarding the S2 that takes note of how the camera works. When you turn on the S2, the lens starts up and sets itself at the focus distance you last used. If it was @ 5', then the lens sets itself to 5'. Now, for those that have used a manual focus system in past, one effective technique was to set the focus at infinity prior to a shot because for most images (other than close-ups), the lens has less distance to travel to achieve focus. If you have a lens with distance markings like a M optic, look at how they progressively get closer and closer covering greater distances as you approach infinity.
So, one technique that can improve AF speed is to manually set the focus to infinity before you turn on the camera. If a subject is moving toward you, the lens only has one way to travel as the subject successively gets closer. It isn't traveling from a close setting to a farther one and maybe over-shoots it and has to return (hunting) ... it is simply faster to move from infinity for a great majority of shots.
Try it. With practice, it's pretty revealing."
-Marc
gogopix
Subscriber
Marc,
That makes a lot of sense; I'll try it!
BTW, sometimes the hardest critics uncover the best results, and I had watched your struggles, and then accommodation then support of the S2. Seeing the images you get didn't hurt!
Anyway, thanks for sharing. As I said, all the numbers and pixel peeping aside, when pros and serious photographers just get satisfying, and sometimes darn impressive results, it can't all be skill...must be something in the equipment that's working! :salute:
Thx again
Victor
That makes a lot of sense; I'll try it!
BTW, sometimes the hardest critics uncover the best results, and I had watched your struggles, and then accommodation then support of the S2. Seeing the images you get didn't hurt!
Anyway, thanks for sharing. As I said, all the numbers and pixel peeping aside, when pros and serious photographers just get satisfying, and sometimes darn impressive results, it can't all be skill...must be something in the equipment that's working! :salute:
Thx again
Victor
Victor,GMB...a nice image array showing the flexibility of the S2. I like your travel 'eye' and variety!
I do most of my shooting while traveling, and am curious what percentage of the time you find the auto focus grabs the point you want. Coming from MF Contax and RF MF, I have tried the S2 a few times and it is better, but I still hear the "I mostly use MF" from the pros.
That said, I also hear that the AF has improved with the firmware changes (I still want spot AF!!!)
I am off to Italy for a trek, with the S2 (I am leaning in that direction) and wondered how often the AF would suffice. On previous trips, for landscape and pano I found better performance with focus at infinity (NOT hyperfocal distance; it works in therory, but as Robert has shown here a number of times, HF distance can be a poor compromise, esp for wider lenses.)
Anyway, just curious. I tend toward MF out of habit (doing this for over 60 years!
reagrds
Victor
I now have the microprism screen in my S2 but in 90% of subjects/situations the Af works more reliable than my eyes with manual focus.
For anything not moving I find the AF very precise for most subjects, and I feel I do know which subjects could be tricky for the AF.
Regards, Tom
GMB
Active member
just curious: why was it in Solms?My S2 is back from Solms
Photo Lawyer
Member
Java, would you mind telling us a little more about your technique (your photographs are terrific). For instance, are you using the autofocus in these portraits and recomposing, or are you using manual focus. And, are these tripod shots? (They look to be handheld, but thought I'd ask.)
RVB
Member
Hi all,first post here from an S2 owner,I was drawn to this superb thread and figured I may as well throw a couple of snaps into the mix...
the 2nd one is nothing much but I thought it was a good display of the S70mm performance,very sharp..(although I doubt you could tell from an online jpeg..)
Rob
the 2nd one is nothing much but I thought it was a good display of the S70mm performance,very sharp..(although I doubt you could tell from an online jpeg..)
Rob
