MJ_79 wrote:

James Stirling wrote:

Honestly have you all tried S-AF . On mirrorless bodies S-AF is essentially instant and has proven very accurate. I do smile at the my hyper active toddler is hard to photograph , they are called toddlers for good reason I currently use Nikon Z, OM and Panasonic m43 mirrorless and previously used Sony FE all have superb S-AF. Even back to my first mirrorless camera the 2009 GF1 S-AF worked very well.

I hate to bring the wrath of some but honestly instead of finding solutions to shoot what you want whining about camera X not doing feature y as good . Take a look at any photo sharing site and you will see many thousands of images of moving subjects taken with the humblest of gear. I currently own two of the most advanced AF models in their respective formats the Z9 and the OM-1. I find for about 99% of what I shoot S-AF is plenty perhaps a little practice would be a good idea.

Not to brag, but my hit rate for static and moving subject with scale focusing on film M bodies where you can’t even “spray and pray” is pretty good, up to 50mm focal length. AF-S is fine on the Zf, but when the light goes out and you use smaller apertures the 40/2 tends to hunt back and forth before acquiring focus. It’s just the way it is. You can’t rely on it for quick snapshots on the street. My whole point was just to ask if people here think that an implementation of a digital DoF system paired with a fixed snapshot setting a-la-GR may be implemented for the Zf n the future, considering that zone focusing with this system at the moment is not an option. Thank you for your honest feedback!

Thank you for taking my post with good humour  There are no shortage of older { hitting 60 next year myself }  photographers in the forum who have been taking . All these kinds of photos going back decades . I used to do weddings with MF medium format gear , have lovely images of my kids going back 30yr taken with all kinds of gear.

I am sorry if I came across as "when I was young " :-), I am genuinely fed up with high end gear and I am currently contemplating what I enjoy shooting with

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Jim Stirling:
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