Q2 face detection

[Mo(w)gli]

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Face detection works great on my Q2. Whenever my face comes too close to her, she switches from the display to the viewfinder 😅

[Everyframecounts]

In real life the face detection is completely useless on the q2. The whole af system would need a complete redesign comparing to pretty much any other camera on the market. Sad though, because in most other ways its the best digital camera ever produced in my opinion. But to some extent I think they settled for it to be jewelry rather than a work horse even though it had all the potential in the world.

[vedivv]

It is pretty sad situation.  Tried sending Leica emails.  Had numerous discussions on this topic.  And seeing SL2 having eye detection and Panasonic updating their AF, it is maddening that Leica doesn't realize a firmware to address this issue for one of their best selling camera.

[macmania]

Hi,

my experience is, with the Firmware 1.x the face detection worked perfect, i nailed the focus at almost every street shot wide open at (1.7, continous mode, fast shooting while walking past people).

Since new firmware 2.0 this doesn't work that good anymore. I get almost 60% of this kind of shots out of focus. The camera doesn't get focus anymore. Even stopped down the lens, not better at all.

It now only works when doing portrait photography where you have the face clearly in front of your lens and have time to focus or try again when the camera misses face.

Is this issue known at Leica?

Did someone go back to old firmware? is this possible?

greetz

Edited October 16, 2020 by macmania

[nicci78]

15 hours ago, vedivv said:

It is pretty sad situation.  Tried sending Leica emails.  Had numerous discussions on this topic.  And seeing SL2 having eye detection and Panasonic updating their AF, it is maddening that Leica doesn't realize a firmware to address this issue for one of their best selling camera.

SL2 has brand new Maestro III. Q2 only got 5 years old Maestro II. So don’t expect any miracle for Q2. 

[Guest]

On 10/16/2020 at 10:20 PM, nicci78 said:

SL2 has brand new Maestro III. Q2 only got 5 years old Maestro II. So don’t expect any miracle for Q2. 

Olympus pen ep-5 from 2013,razor fast and very reliable face detection on any zuiko A-F  lenses.

[nicci78]

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Not same power requirements for 20MP and huge m4/3 depth of field. Than 47MP thin f/1.7 full frame depth of field. 

Edited October 18, 2020 by nicci78

[evanthomas]

38 minutes ago, nicci78 said:

Not same power requirements for 20MP and huge m4/3 depth of field. Than 47MP thin f/1.7 full frame depth of field. 

My 5yo sony with a similar resolution sensor can do eye AF tracking with an 85mm @ f1.4. This camera can't even find a face most of the time let alone track one.

[PhotoCruiser]

Am 5.10.2020 um 17:30 schrieb Mo(w)gli:

Face detection works great on my Q2. Whenever my face comes too close to her, she switches from the display to the viewfinder 😅

Mine too, it has a special processor who is called B.R.A.I.N and the senor is called E.Y.E.

Works perfect!

Chris

[nicci78]

1 hour ago, evanthomas said:

My 5yo sony with a similar resolution sensor can do eye AF tracking with an 85mm @ f1.4. This camera can't even find a face most of the time let alone track one.

I gave up on face detect long ago. Tracking mode works fine. So just use it and forget about anything else 

[Guest]

14 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said:

Mine too, it has a special processor who is called B.R.A.I.N and the senor is called E.Y.E.

Works perfect!

Chris

Why bother with A-F then? you got your brain and eyes so why bother with it?

[evanthomas]

16 hours ago, PhotoCruiser said:

Mine too, it has a special processor who is called B.R.A.I.N and the senor is called E.Y.E.

Works perfect!

Chris

 

2 hours ago, steve 1959 said:

Why bother with A-F then? you got your brain and eyes so why bother with it?

If the camera can take care of something for me I can use my brain to try and be more creative.

[PhotoCruiser]

Am 19.10.2020 um 01:37 schrieb steve 1959:

Why bother with A-F then? you got your brain and eyes so why bother with it?

because finding the focuspoint can need more speed and calculating power than my B.R.A.I.N. processor has, while finding a face is still possible in reasonable time frame.
But i have to admit that i photograph 98% dead things, almost never alive things so Tracking AF and Face Detection is useless for my use.

Chris
 

[Salvador]

On 10/10/2020 at 14:25, Everyframecounts said:

En la vida real, la detección de rostros es completamente inútil en el q2. Todo el sistema AF necesitaría un rediseño completo en comparación con prácticamente cualquier otra cámara del mercado. Sin embargo, es triste, porque en la mayoría de los demás aspectos, en mi opinión, es la mejor cámara digital jamás producida. Pero, hasta cierto punto, creo que se conformaron con que fuera una joyería en lugar de un caballo de batalla, a pesar de que tenía todo el potencial del mundo.

Totally agree