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My first roll had more than usual (compared to my other P&S cameras) missed focus.
If it missed, it would always miss focusing behind the subject.
I had the camera set to spot focus, so thought that that maybe was the issue. 2nd roll I changed it to wide focus (the default setting). This time I took great care noting what I was doing. Lighting was daylight and good. Very often the focus indicator in the vf gave a result that would obviously result in an OOF pic. Subject about 8 ft away, camera reads focus setting at 5m-infinity. Sometimes the af reading would look correct, but the image would come back slightly oof if you looked really closely . Which I do as this is a $400 p&S!
Thinking back to a bunch of years ago when I had a T3, it too would miss occasionally but at that time I never paid much attention as I was not 'into' photography the way I am now.
These af misses are partially obscured by the fantastic 3d rendering of the lenses in the T3 and my TVS III. The contrast and pop disguised a focus miss to an extent, but when the focus was dead on, wow.
So, anyone else have experience with focus issues with these AF Contaxes? I'm on the fence whether to return this camera, as when it nails the focus the results are fantastic, but this is shooting film not digital so I do not have the luxury to make multiple shots of the same image to make sure one is definitely in focus!
I do not have this issue with my cheap P&S cameras.
(Cross posting this to get more views)
If it missed, it would always miss focusing behind the subject.
I had the camera set to spot focus, so thought that that maybe was the issue. 2nd roll I changed it to wide focus (the default setting). This time I took great care noting what I was doing. Lighting was daylight and good. Very often the focus indicator in the vf gave a result that would obviously result in an OOF pic. Subject about 8 ft away, camera reads focus setting at 5m-infinity. Sometimes the af reading would look correct, but the image would come back slightly oof if you looked really closely . Which I do as this is a $400 p&S!
Thinking back to a bunch of years ago when I had a T3, it too would miss occasionally but at that time I never paid much attention as I was not 'into' photography the way I am now.
These af misses are partially obscured by the fantastic 3d rendering of the lenses in the T3 and my TVS III. The contrast and pop disguised a focus miss to an extent, but when the focus was dead on, wow.
So, anyone else have experience with focus issues with these AF Contaxes? I'm on the fence whether to return this camera, as when it nails the focus the results are fantastic, but this is shooting film not digital so I do not have the luxury to make multiple shots of the same image to make sure one is definitely in focus!
I do not have this issue with my cheap P&S cameras.
(Cross posting this to get more views)
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