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A defocused shot with the NX10 at the critical moment. It looks good for its unintended dreamy effect though.
While I truly admire the hard work to produce a lengthy multi-page review of a camera (you know who, don't you?), I still think that the best choice can be made not other than trying it out oneself if there is a chance.
However meticulously an effort is made to produce an unbiased review, a review is by nature subjective. Sometimes, it is exactly because a review is so scientific in most parts that it leaves little room for suspicion, let alone objection, regarding the subjective parts.
The tester says that several crew members have tried the NX10 for an extensive period and have no complain about the focusing speed. The NX10 is even comparable to Nikon D5000 in this regard, he states.
I have been shooting with the NX10 for a week with all of its three lenses (now nearly 1,000 shots), which makes me more circumspect in reading such a conclusion.
No, I am not implying that someone cooked up the conclusion. There is no need to smear its own reputation. And the big sites are not being popular for nothing. But there are questions on what the tester shies away from: How extensive the period is? How do the crew member test the focusing speed? Is the conclusion applicable to all of the three lenses; whatever subjects; and whatever AF area in use?
As far as my experience goes, the NX10's focusing speed varies rather drastically under a combination of different factors. I am still trying the camera out and keeping my figures crossed for the time to produce a decent field report. The focusing speed will certainly be a topic on the table.
To put it briefly for now: with certain combinations, the NX10 locks the focus in a split of a second (faster than GF-1 IMO). In other cases, it has missed quite a number of shots when I just needed it to stay focused and shoot (at worst feels like the GXR A12 with the Marco mode on).
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