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azzido

Hello,
I wanted to ask you about auto focus.

Basically my problem is when I am taking pictures many times it is blurry (I mean not because off the left corner defect, but object moving or moving myself). So it is not sharp as marketed when the guy is taking a picture of its doughter in move.

Sometimes it is and sometimes not, no matter Superior Auto or Manual mode.
Am I doing something wrong?

Or it just needs to be updated with future software update.
Are you experiencing the same? Please let me know.

Thank you,

Uliwooly

Could you tell us a bit more on the situation, such as movement, light conditions, etc

azzido

It is usually during the day with lot of light, I am taking low light pictures very seldom.
Sometimes I noticed also that when I half-press the camera button then sometimes it takes longer to focus - then it happens to blur entire picture, and sometimes it focuses immediately, even for the same scene 😕

Moving objects was blurry from time to time (not with every shot).
Then I tried to take a picture when moving myself with the same results.

Uliwooly

I'll try to test this, and I'll report back

Razorig2

Yes I noticed it too, I think it's down to a hardware/software issue, I've sent my Z5 off for repair because of the heavy blur and random spots of focus. It doesn't infinite focus at all, only small focal lengths for some strange reason.
Also the advert was a lie, the picture of the daughter jumping was probably capture on a full frame Sony dslr, you can clearly tell it's not a phone quality camera, no phone at this time can produce such a high shutter speed in combination to the clarity and bokeh you see in that advert.
The advert was misleading, I bought the phone because of its camera but am left disappointed with the lies.

Jpminou

Try it with sport mode.

azzido

yeah, it is definitely not working as presented on the advert.

Dodo1515

Definitely Not working....MAKE.BELIEVE.

Uliwooly

@azzido

I've been able to take great pictures, I was able to get an issue once when light conditions changed too fast multiple times but after that it has been working, I think it'll be better if you record a video of you experiencing that issue > upload it to youtube > post the link here.

@Dodo1515

Same suggestion to you

Spinworkxroy

Don't believe that 0.03s AF time they claim..Sometimes it is fast but most times it is not and when it does high chance the image is blurry.

0.03s AF is pretty pointless if it takes forever to launch the camera..heck it even hangs at times making it unuseable for a few sec.

Go read up on many other users complaints on other threads..everyone seem to be complaining about the Z5 camera...the only people who doesn't think so are Sony themselves unfortunately...so, either you live with it, or change the phone...or hope that 6.0 will fix the phone (i doubt)