G2 autofocus problem common?

[krzychosz]

Hi all

I have problem with my G2 autofocus when the widest angle (7mm) is used.
Almost always it sets wrong focus distance - and more often it is infinity when the object distance is for example 2 m.
The autofocus works better when FL is grater than 7mm but it also makes mistakes sometimes.

Do someone else expirienced this problem? Maybe this is a flaw of my G2 and should I contact with Canon support?

thanks for your response
Krzysiek

[Braveheart]

I think many G2's have auto focus problems.

[Sniper]

Me too have that exact problem. My G2 almost always set it's focus distance to infinity when maximum zoomed out.

I had a G1 before and it did not have this problem at all. It's AF worked very well. But I had other problems with it so I sent it back to Canon. After 8 weeks and a lot of strange things later (like the camera beeing lost for some days. No one knew where it was. After some time they found it UNDER A TRUCK) I got my G1 back. After all I (and my camera) had gone through then I did not want that camera back, I wanted a new one. The G1 were out (no longer in stock in Sweden) since the G2 had arrived.

After a long discussion with the man in the camerashop (and a talk to a lawyer) I got my brand new G2. Happy as a kid at Christmas I went home and tried my new toy. The pictures were not near what my G1 produced. Almost all the pictures were out of focus.

I went back to the store, told them about my problems, and they sent the camera back to Canon. After 2 weeks I got my second brand new G2. Not as happy as the first time, I went home and tried it out. And yes, this camera had the exact same problem as my first G2. The focus were worthless (only macro and when zooming in all the way made good pictures).

Back to the store again. Camera back to Canon, and this time I sent a CD along with the camera with pictures taken with my G1 and others taken with my G2's so that the engineers could see what I meant.

After another 2 weeks I got my G2 back. This time it was not a New one. They had adjusted the focus and installed a new firmware. I went home and tried it. No difference what so ever. It worked (and still works) just like before. And now I don't know what to do. Send it back again seems pointless.

I really would love to buy a Canon D60, but I don't know if I dare to. The more I read about it in this forum and in DPreview, the more my "reason" tell me not to. I mean pay more than 3500 Euro and STILL have focus problems!? Don't think so.

I am so tired of this. I feel that I´m loosing my interest in photography, but I don't want to do that. I hope Canon will come with a D90 this spring, with great focus and at the same price as the D60. Then I will be a happy man again (as long as I don't get a bad copy).

Life is a bitch and then you die..

Anders

[Morden]

My D60 appears to focus far more quickly and reliably than my G2. And it looks so much more impressive! :)

It cost a lot, however; I still haven't been able to take my horendously overheated credit card out of the fridge.

Neil D.

[Sniper]

Thank you Morden!

That is what I like to hear. That the D60 really is a great camera. I guess it is (for the most) and I would really want to buy one. Have to save some more money first though, so not until the spring I will have enough to spend on the camera, lenses, larger CF, card reader, better tripod, proper camera bag...........

That would be nice

Anders

[krzychosz]

Sniper - thanks for your replay. I can see that any Canons support trials did not help you. So I should not bother myself of sending G2.


[quote]sniper wrote:
Me too have that exact problem. My G2 almost always set it's focus distance to infinity when maximum zoomed out.

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Life is a bitch and then you die..

[suemccartin]

Personally I think my old 250.00 Epson 650 takes better pictures in low light than my fancy new G2. I am learning how to make it focus properly and there are manual settings which I really haven't figured out yet. I researched this camera thoroughly before I put myself in debt for it, everyone loved it. If the focus was really so bad I can't believe that not one of the review sites brought that out????

For the most part it does well in outdoor scenes, it loses it when working with objects such as flowers that may have leaves in the way of the main subject and it definetly has issues in low light. I love the stitch function and I love all the manual settings as well as the movie mode which is all the digital movie camera that I need anyhow. I think canon has some work to do on the operating system is all, at least I hope so.

[krzychosz]

Hi,

I can not agree about the dig movie. It is very poor. Movies are always out of focus and the sound is horrible - not acceptable for me. The next bad thing about movie is that you can not zoom in/out when recording movie. I saw cheaper cameras with much better video record.

suemccartin wrote:
I love the stitch function and I love all the manual settings as well as the movie mode which is all the digital movie camera that I need anyhow. I think canon has some work to do on the operating system is all, at least I hope so.

[Mind Socket]

krzychosz wrote:
I saw cheaper cameras with much better video record.


Why didn't you buy one then? I bought my G2 to take still photos, the video mode is a bonus to me. There is practically nothing about the G2 that you can't find out before buying it.

[krzychosz]

I have not bought G2 for movie recording.

Mind Socket wrote:
krzychosz wrote:
I saw cheaper cameras with much better video record.


Why didn't you buy one then?

[suemccartin]

It's not made as a digital movie camera, that was thrown in as an afterthought and for a few 20 second movies here and there, it's all I need rather than laying out several thousand bucks for a top quality digital movie camera. Agreed, moves are often a bit out of focus in low light but not in full daylight so I don't know where you're coming from there. You've got two selections for image quality which = file size.