Originally posted by KDD By Rishi Sany al
Copy and paste from dpreview.
And yet despite all these variables, the same patterns are observed across multiple runs, over different days, over periods of years:
Canon DSLRs refocus in Z-axis very well (save for the occasional hiccup, like the 80D), w/ a lower hit-rate when conflating subject tracking (X-Y movement).
Nikon DSLRs nail everything.
That is the core of the bashing/fanboy problem.
They have zero comparison data from the peer cameras Nikon D610 and Canon 6D (they chose the peers) using the same nonsense-"test" setup.
But yet a fanboy/basher comes along with the broadest statement "brand x nail everything". That is just a made up lie with ill intentions and shows their "spirit".
Their old D610 test showed 6 images where 2 (33%) where fails (in a much, much more favorable setting).
Their simple task is to run the exact same test on a peer group of cameras and give us measurable results of the type model X had 60% hit rate, model Y had 75%.
Even just the fact, that someone refers to a brand instead of a model is a strong indication of bashing/trolling/fanboy.
A German paper did a much more scientific and repeatable AF test (no Pentax) and the results are all over the place. The broke off some Sony A7II test, because it was so bad. One of the tests had the Nikon model end up with 0% hit rate. Things are not that easy.
Negative over generalization without facts. It is the exact same "logic" that applies when people take one hearsay incident involving a minority group X and then pick up torches and pitchforks to "hang all Xs". That is how hate crime is initiated.