How does the Panasonic G85 Autofocus perform using AFS/AFF Modes?
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21 replies to "Panasonic G85 Autofocus AFS/AFF Modes (Face/Eye, Tracking, 49 Area, Custom, 1 Area, Pinpoint)"
Thanks man, really appreciate your efforts here. Just brushing off my trusty G85 after a year of other gear and needed a refresher on the autofocus. Thanks!
What setting(s) would you recommend for real estate photography and videography?
Edited: Press the Quick Menu (Q Menu) button and then press the left arrow. This puts you into AF Mode.
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How do you get into AF Mode? The manual says to switch the lever to AFS/AFF (or AFC), then press the <– (left arrow), then use the left and right arrows to select the AF Mode, and then press Menu/Set.
When I press the left arrow, it appears I'm sent to view pictures and videos, and then the left and right arrow just scroll from one file to the next.
Is there any difference between AFF and AFC in practice?
Anyway man, thanks for the video, this might change my mind about lumix. Why can't I find any reviewer talk about this AFF?
When I'm on face detection it tracks my face successfully but it doesn't focus when I move around. Yet the tracking AF works, any idea why?
what buttons are you pushing to actually get to choose from those 4 main modes? How do you get there? Some function buttons? Settings? (buying this cam when I've never had another one is overwhelming :S ) My cam seems to be hellbent on never focusing on me. It will ALWAYS choose anything else. It focuses on the keyboard, the wall, pictures, but if I aim at it me then it will just stay and never focus on anything. Even if I take up 100% of the screen, it won't focus on me. What do I have to do? It's on intelligent auto and the knob on the left is on the second circle thing. This crap is impossible to learn when I don't know the first thing about cameras, but if the thing will just autofocus on me consistently then I don't think I have to mess around with anything else. plz help
Awesome video. This was very helpful and I appreciate you putting this together. I just got my g85 and loving it but still learning how to get the best results. One thing I have noticed is when trying to focus on a object about 6 to 10 feet way, the camera wants to focus on objects far back in the distance unstead of the object I'm wanting to keep in focus. I tried tapping on touch screen to focus on the object close to me that I wanted to focus, but it still keeping hunting between the closer object and the far off distance object. I'll try changing to AFS and see if this helps. Thanks again for the very well done video. I love how your are to the point and very clear instructions and examples without tons of extra talking like many folks in instructional videos. Your are a very good teacher.
Thanks. Not so detailed but very practical comparison.
If you still have the G85 can you make a more in-depth tutorial on all the features of this camera ?
hey man can i use the one area mode to blur the sides of a picture
man cool video revew good info
thanks for this vid tutorial! May i know whats the difference between aff and afc in a nutshell ?
You're continuous AF is on (in the menu) but yours doesn't seem to hunt as much as my camera. It's constantly hunting any time I change something it's so bad
Panasonic manual says – If the light on a subject is insufficient when using [AFF] or [AFC], the camera performs the same
focusing operation as [AFS]. In this case, the indication on the screen will change to yellow [AFS]
Thanks, this was the video I was looking for! Super helpful! Have the Panasonic Lumix and do a lot of vlogging where my face is continually moving with nature in the background. Think it's best to keep it in the "tracking" mode. Would you agree?
I'm confused over the AF continuous setting in the video menu & the AFC setting selected by the AF lever – does the lever over-ride the menu setting? Were your tests done with AF continuous ON in the video menu? I find AFC (Menu) ON makes the focus hunt in my videos, but turning it off means the video won't autofocus as I pan around & I need to manually press the shutter button to make it focus on various subjects around the room. Thanks!
The focusing looked on my tablet, I think the focusing on the Panasonic's is good enough for most situations, there are situations I wouldn't want to trust any cameras AF.
Whar lens you arw using?
Very informative! Thanks for sharing. This may sound silly – I found my GX85 (another Lumix) autofoucs works well under IA+ mode. However as you know, I cannot manually control exposure. :-0))
What comes after controller?
Conclusion? Recommendation?