True North
Well-known member
I have had my AC90 for a couple of years now. I just recently shot some footage where I am starting to notice some serious focusing issues. The camera just seems to randomly fall out of focus in a very obvious way. It will eventually come back into focus. I use my camera in manual mode, so this is not an auto focus issue.
I did some google searching and one DPReview and poster looks to have quoted a user based camera review (B&H, Amazon ??) that details the same problem. Here is a link to the DPReview thread; http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50973966 and here is what the person claims he saw posted as a user review somewhere;
"Images can be very clear at times but, this camera has a serious focusing issue. At first I thought it had something to do with the face framing option until I turned it off. Pick any object like a person and the camera will gain focus then loose it causing the person to appear blurry. After a few seconds it'll clear up but, then continues to loose focus and gain it again. It's painful to even look at the footage.
Going into manual functions is not the fix I need. I purposely purchased this camera for the Intelligent Auto feature because I do a lot of on the run filming where manual control just isn't fast enough.
I had an AGHMC-40 for over 2 years and it was a fantastic camera. I sold it to help me upgrade to this one. I thought this camera would be an improvement over it but, I was so wrong..... know it was a problem with the AC130 and AC160. I'm so sad and disappointed. I've got a lot of my hard earned money in this camera. I need it to work correctly.
Has anyone else here encountered this problem? It's kind of making this camera unusable in certain scenarios.
Any suggestions or potential fixes would be extremely helpful
Thanks
I did some google searching and one DPReview and poster looks to have quoted a user based camera review (B&H, Amazon ??) that details the same problem. Here is a link to the DPReview thread; http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50973966 and here is what the person claims he saw posted as a user review somewhere;
"Images can be very clear at times but, this camera has a serious focusing issue. At first I thought it had something to do with the face framing option until I turned it off. Pick any object like a person and the camera will gain focus then loose it causing the person to appear blurry. After a few seconds it'll clear up but, then continues to loose focus and gain it again. It's painful to even look at the footage.
Going into manual functions is not the fix I need. I purposely purchased this camera for the Intelligent Auto feature because I do a lot of on the run filming where manual control just isn't fast enough.
I had an AGHMC-40 for over 2 years and it was a fantastic camera. I sold it to help me upgrade to this one. I thought this camera would be an improvement over it but, I was so wrong..... know it was a problem with the AC130 and AC160. I'm so sad and disappointed. I've got a lot of my hard earned money in this camera. I need it to work correctly.
Has anyone else here encountered this problem? It's kind of making this camera unusable in certain scenarios.
Any suggestions or potential fixes would be extremely helpful
Thanks