Sylwester, how precise is the SAFOX VIII in the light of previous reports on how SAFOX IV and even VII produce slightly defocused results with certain lenses (notably FA 50/1.4 not achieving infinity). Did you feel you can improve the focus manually?
Servus, Alin Sylwester wrote: SP> I made some dirt & quick tests of SAFOX VIII last weekend, comparing it to SP> SAFOX VII in MZ-S. And while in good light, *istD was able to lock faster SP> on very low-contrast subjects, but in poor lighting it was hunting and SP> getting very slow. It needed about two times more "hunting" that MZ-S did SP> and thus was two times slower. Also it seems, that it had more problems with SP> strongly defocused image (with long lenses), than SAFOX VII did - it spinned SP> first in the wrong direction, then in the right to obtain proper focus. MZ-S SP> had less problems with it, but a winner was... Z-20 and SAFOX II with one SP> wide AF sensor, which followed in the right direction even with very SP> defocused image from my Sigma 180/3.5 almost all the time. Otherwise, SAFOX SP> VIII proved to be very fast and sure, but it simply needed more light. I SP> hope Pentax will solve these small problems with SAFOX IX or anything to SP> come. Mentioned problems are not important for me, and as a matter of fact, SP> AF slowed down at light levels that made even iso3200 hardly useable, and SP> you could use in these conditions flash, which provides AF assist lamp SP> anyway, but people who use long telephoto lenses with AF would like probably SP> to have more effective SAFOX.
