desesperado con el enfoque en la GXR-A12

[odklizec]

00afines, two more things that come to my mind...

Did you try the slower AF mode introduced in latest firmware? And at second, are you sure you were not too close to the photographed subject (under 7cm)? That would explain the back focus.

Also, don't forget, that A12 uses much larger sensor with much smaller depth of field. It's much harder to make and keep the things in focus, especially in the Macro mode with very small area of sharpness (unlike with small sensor cameras like GRD or GX, CX). You will have to stop down the aperture significantly to get the same or similar depth of field. And if you are trying to take the handheld macro shot, use continuous mode. No matter how steady hands you have, you can easily lost the focus point with just slight hand movement.

[marc]

Pavel:
"un par de cosas más que se me ocurren:
has probado el modo AF más lento que viene con el último firmware? Y también: estás seguro de que no estás demasiado cerca del sujeyo fotografiado (menos de 7cm)? Eso explicaría que se enfocara el fondo.

Además, no olvides que A12 usa un sensor mucho más grande con menas profundidad de campo. Es mucho más difícil focalizar las cosas y mantenerlas enfocadas, especialmente en modo Macro con un área pequeña de enfoque, (al contrario de lo que pasa con las GRD, GX y CX). Tendrás que reducir la apertura bastante para obtener una profundidad de campo identica o parecida. . Si lo que intentas es una macro sin trípode, usa el modo contínuo. Por muy firme que sea tu mano, es muy fácil perder el punto de enfoque sólo con un ínfimo movimiento de la mano."

[socket]

the only AF mode that works ok is spot AF, unfortunately. And if light is not optimal, it is very unreliable, yes. Yesterday at a party, 30% of the shots where misfocussed, so I used MF instead.

the shots where misfocussed, so I used MF instead.

Me too, using Target mode on AF generally will help improving focusing but not very much on low light macro exposure. Normally on macro exposure I used Multi focus with Target Mode and use preset FN2 button to switch to Manual focus to take exposure, if it's still not in fine focus I will fine tune in Manual focus before taking exposure, hope this'll help, good luck.

Am I alone in thinking this is very bad?

It all sounds pretty scary to me.

[00afines]

Hola otra vez,
Marc, munches gracies por la tu traducción. Esta si que ye una casualidad.
También vivo n´Asturies. El mundu ye un pañuelu.

Cordiales saludos

[marc]

No te preocupes, a mandar. Seguro que le vas cogiendo aprecio al cacharru. Un par de culines seguro que ayudan a enfocar.
Hay otra persona en el PVasco, pero somos usuarios de GRD y GX..
Un abrazo, M
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no more bits of information, we just discovered 00afines and me live in the same region.

[Muddy]

Am I alone in thinking this is very bad?

It all sounds pretty scary to me.

No, not as bad as it sound, like every tool you need to know their weakness and strength, learn to master it and I still do :