D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate

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primeshooter
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Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate
In reply to gl2k, 4 months ago

gl2k wrote:

Was there any movement involved ? 1.4f is very picky about every centimeter as your images show. At least to me it is hard to believe that a man holding a toddler is standing absolutely still and the child is not moving at all.

No, look at my second shot, same issue perfectly stationary staring at me. LV autofocus always nails it even when handholding I get a better result, and it takes about 3 seconds to take the picture in which the subject could have moved a foot out of the focal plane, yet it seems to nail focus much better. It's not subject movement or motion sorry, I can tell you this with certainty.

Edited 4 months ago by primeshooter
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