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A sharp photo of example
to shoot a building is today
no longer a challenge for
a system camera. But alas, the subject
moves: Be it the pedaling child, the
rennende athletes or vorbeiflitzende
Sports car, the autofocus systems are guided to their limits. During
the focus on static
Motifs in the laboratory can measure very well,
evaluating the continuous AF under test conditions
considerably more effort.
Five years ago has fotoMAGAZIN
(Issue 5/2008) modified the tracking
Tested by nine AF SLRs.
Now it was high time the current
Generation of SLRs and mirrorless
To check system cameras, with contrast
AF and AF often hybrid work (see
P 50). Also the SLR
increasingly work with hybrid systems
(See table on page 54).
The test participants
For the test we asked the major market
Top models available with telephoto focal lengths of the respective sensor
classes.
During the tests we noticed a
Defect of the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the
therefore eliminated from the comparison. With
a functional model could
we like from a highway bridge
Make test shots, but not the
comparable with the regular results
and are therefore considered non-competitive
must be.
The results
- Canon EOS-1Dx: A professional
Canon model was its reputation
and managed - together with the Nikon ffff
D4 - the highest percentage Trefffffferquote
under the mirror reflections. Thanks to the almost
50 percent more frames per series were
However, the bottom line is more sharp
Recordings. Among the blurred images
- Canon EOS 7D: The APS-C flagship
Reflex comes with around 63% sharp photos
the finish. The sharpness was often only slightly next
and their AF got the car almost
ever again.
- Nikon D4: The full frame reflex is
such as the EOS-1Dx to a top rate of
less total shots. Also in
Nikon's pro model was the focus at
the outliers usually only a near miss;
if so, then usually too close. The D4 remained
well and produced until the end of the series
hardly any real outliers.
- Nikon D7100: Following the motto "Just
past is also next "is the Trefffffferquote
Nikon's APS-C reflex in midfield.
Often the focus is just next to it
then be quickly exactly.
- Nikon 1 V2: The top model among
Nikon's mirror made us lots evaluation
not easy. At Breakneck Speed
they made an average of 47 shots per
Series, the sharp from the start for a long time
were before her creeping in at the end
Something close range ran out of steam. The
Photos missing the crisp sharpness because of the
design due to large depth of field (panel
5.6) and the possibly weaker
Imaging performance at full aperture
the tenfold zoom.
- Panasonic Lumix G6: Right well in
Finish presented the new Micro-
Four Thirds model from Panasonic. Just
in the last third of a series until shortly before
Closing her AF was mostly correct.
- Pentax K-5 II: Not really convince
could the erratic jumping around
AF APS-C reflex. Evaluation
the Pentax images revealed particular
near absence of problems in the form
cracking sharp results.
- Samsung NX300: Similar to the
Nikon 1 V2 was the evaluation by
a modest overall image sharpness
(Aperture 6.3) difficult. Showed the NX300
AF problems especially in the last quarter
and very varied series.
- Sony SLT Alpha 99: The full-frame
Flaggschiffff Sony disappointed with a
Trefffffferquote of 33%. At close range, lost
they always have the sharpness control only
was in the middle distance range
they keep up with the car. Only in a
Series you get more sharp than
blurring.
- Sony SLT Alpha 77: No sooner is explicable
the weak performance of the Alpha 77
The AF of Sony's APS-C reflex depends
back after a few sharp photos mostly
and panting behind the subject, brings
but only very rarely.
- Sony Nex-6: The mirror-less Nex-6 succeeded
usually a good start, but then lost
AF of the car and not caught him
one more. This results in eleven frames per series
few sharp photos.
