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I’ve payed more than that for my Canon and while I do save all the RAWs I barely ever use them.

Why go through the hassle of developing the RAWs when the Jpegs look good already?

No problem.

I’d consider a 500€ camera to be in the mid range for hobbyists cameras. For example anything in the Canon X00 line really, like 800D or 850D.

Well, the speed of your autofocus depends on a variety of different factors. Lighting conditions, subject contrast, lens, focal range, af drive, af sensor type and processor speed are those I’d consider of the top of my head.

AF works slower in low light or low contrast situations because the camera has a harder time to figure out when the image is sharp. Lenses with a large focal range (like 150-600mm) need time to move the focus through that range, that’s why they often have range limiters for quick focusing. Ultrasonic AF drives are generally faster and quieter than “traditional” drives. Mirrorless cameras focus using the captured image and software and need good processors to get a quick focus. DSLRs rely on specialised focus sensors.

Setting up a common test, eliminating all possible outside errors and testing a wide variety of cameras with an even wider variety of lenses seems unnecessary given that even most mid range cameras should have a pretty snappy focus these days.

It’s definitely complicated. I used it for a couple of years and only now feel like I’m slowly getting the hang of it.