05-17-2011, 06:14 PM
Well, I really didn't intend to open another camera comparison thread; it was more about a technique.
So, keeping the emotions away, I want to say that better gear (no matter what brand) will not help to focus in many real-life scenarios.
Comparing cars to dogs: cars have larger sizes and more predictable routes, but to me dogs are practical scenario, while cars are not <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. I tried hard, and I know I cannot keep a running dog under an AF sensor, especially on an EVF camera. This means it doesn't really matter how good the AF system is, with me as the user it will miss the shot.
People naturally occupy slots in-between dogs and cars, so it depends. May I suggest to redo the test with the nice young woman, while asking her to do unpredictable steps to the sides <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />?
Answering the questions:
- The 70-210 lens is Minolta beercan.
- I frankly gave up counting aperture blades on the Jupiter lens there are too many.
- The Jupiter lens excels in the shapes of defocused features (tree branches this time); the beercan renders them pretty ugly; even though it's khown for what is called bokeh to be pretty good.
So, keeping the emotions away, I want to say that better gear (no matter what brand) will not help to focus in many real-life scenarios.
Comparing cars to dogs: cars have larger sizes and more predictable routes, but to me dogs are practical scenario, while cars are not <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. I tried hard, and I know I cannot keep a running dog under an AF sensor, especially on an EVF camera. This means it doesn't really matter how good the AF system is, with me as the user it will miss the shot.People naturally occupy slots in-between dogs and cars, so it depends. May I suggest to redo the test with the nice young woman, while asking her to do unpredictable steps to the sides <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />?Answering the questions:
- The 70-210 lens is Minolta beercan.
- I frankly gave up counting aperture blades on the Jupiter lens there are too many.
- The Jupiter lens excels in the shapes of defocused features (tree branches this time); the beercan renders them pretty ugly; even though it's khown for what is called bokeh to be pretty good.