AC130: AC130 autofocus is REALLY useless at any zoom setting except wide!!

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ChrisHarding

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Hi Guys

I have shot 3 weddings on the 130's now and except at full wide the autofocus is totally useless!! I have used panny cameras since 1985 and have never seen an issue like this..zoom in around 4X on a wedding couple and the camera difts in and out like a yoyyo!! Totally unacceptable to use and even with area focus locked on the bride who never moved an inch the focus just drifted in and out of it's own free will.

I am positive there is a design fault with this model's autofocus and at present, unless you are full wide it's totally unusable!! Surely the new area focus/iris should work with almost stationary objects???? Very disappointed at present with an otherwise brilliant camera. Regardless of the background or lighting the autofocus seems to have a will of it's own!!! Anyone else feel this is an issue??? For me it's certainly very unacceptable...Just to add fuel to the fire, I was shooting a well lit dance floor and the focus display was running around from 3.5mm ????? right up to infinity for couples that were constantly around 3 metres away from me ....something is sorely amiss here!!

I wonder if Jan has reported the issue back to the production team????

Chris
 
I know this will not help your auto focus work better but it might help your videos look better. I recommend turning auto focus off. This will eliminate your drift issue. If you are stationary and the bride and groom are fairly stationary your focus should not change. I have been a professional since 1998 and have never used auto focus. Every now and then I have been known to use auto ISO or Iris (depending on camera). That is the only auto feature I use and mainly for moving from indoor to outside because it is tricky to ride Iris and White Balance at the same time.
 
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