12-21-2011, 04:04 AM
In theory the V1 AF system has many advantages however, currently it can only lay claims to high speed operation when used in bright light - compare the V1 to a high-end SLR under low light and I believe you will find a large difference in performance; small single pixel phase-detecting sites can only have limited light sensitivity after all.
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The difference is that you got arbitrary AF "points" on a mirrorless cam whereas you only have distinctive ones on a DSLR. On a DSLR you have to predict an object movement (the handover to an adjacent AF point) whereas you can "simply" follow it on a mirrorless cam. Additionally the mirrorless AF doesn't have to deal with the usual viewfinder blackout (except on the Sony SLTs). Nikon has also managed to overcome the phase-AF limitation with their new sensor design. So I think that AF is not an arguement anymore - at least when thinking of the Nikon implementation.
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[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1324380918' post='13944']
The difference is that you got arbitrary AF "points" on a mirrorless cam whereas you only have distinctive ones on a DSLR. On a DSLR you have to predict an object movement (the handover to an adjacent AF point) whereas you can "simply" follow it on a mirrorless cam. Additionally the mirrorless AF doesn't have to deal with the usual viewfinder blackout (except on the Sony SLTs). Nikon has also managed to overcome the phase-AF limitation with their new sensor design. So I think that AF is not an arguement anymore - at least when thinking of the Nikon implementation.
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