16 hours ago
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Re: Just received D800E SN# 3005xxx last night
In reply to Rick Knepper,
5 months ago
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Rick Knepper wrote:
afterburn wrote:
Hi,
I have been lusting after a D800 since it came out, but couldn't really justify the money. Now, I can get, what I think is, a really good trade in for some of my Canon gear so it just might be the time bite the bullet.
Are there still issues with the D800, like the left focussing problem? What other things do I need to be aware of? Are there any things I need to known when switching from my trusty 5D Canon to Nikon? (I did own a D70 in what now seems ages ago)
Thanks for the help,
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Gijs from The Netherlands
I am not even sure what the Left AF issue is. So with my best guess as to how to test it and with the 14-24G on a tripod, I shot a scene in my office using the center AF and then moved the focus point to the extreme left. Neither images are well focused (viewing at 100%). They exhibit the slight differences one might expect when choosing a different AF point, angles and maybe not choosing enough DoF to cover the entire scene. By extrapolation, one could surmise that the Left AF is fixed if you don't mind a little blur.
I then tried it in LV using AF with the AF-ON button. The results were staggeringly sharp whether focusing from the center or from the extreme left (or from anywhere in the frame).
Rick, what you discovered is fairly common. Focusing with LV on the outer edges usually yields better results with many lenses than AF with the outer reticles. The outer reticles on all my bodies are not always fast to focus and are not nearly as reliable as the center ones. That's a pain when you need them.
If however as it sounds, you're not getting as sharp focus with the center using AF as you are with LV, you may have an issue. I'm not having that experience.
glo
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