Author Topic: Phase detect AF explained (Read 542 times)

Centauri27 · « **on:** September 02, 2010, 12:07:34 PM »

For those of you who might be wondering what all the fuss over phase-detect AF is about, here's a pretty good simplified explanation from DPReview:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/10080505fujifilmpd.asp

Though Fuji is not a market leader, they do have very clever engineers. It will be exciting to see this technology enter m4/3 eventually. The article also answers my question why contract-detect AF is still required for low light.

voyager · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2010, 02:36:44 PM »

Let's just hope that it actually does enter Micro Four Thirds eventually.

Phase detect AF explained