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The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best

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Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best

In reply to Raul, 4 months ago

Raul wrote:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/50651413

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Sorry, thats nothing to do with this particular problem the D800 has. I know how to set up a camera to focus with just the single point...I'm sure some newbies will be doing it wrong but the point is the D800 has a problem with focus on faces at distance wide open when contrast is low, wheras the D3s and D700 would nail it every time.

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The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Shotcents	4 months ago	3
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rschoemaker	4 months ago	13
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Raul	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Raul	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Shotcents	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Lance B	4 months ago	2
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	olyflyer	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	studio311	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	AZBlue	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	amobi	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Arretose	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rgolub	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	AZBlue	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	amobi	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rgolub	4 months ago	2
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	AZBlue	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rgolub	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Al Giordano	4 months ago	5
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rschoemaker	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Al Giordano	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	primeshooter	4 months ago
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Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	G K	4 months ago	2
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Hugo First	4 months ago	1
D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Robin Casady	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Robin Casady	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Robin Casady	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	u007	4 months ago
Not interested in a fight, folks	Shotcents	4 months ago	3
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	fPrime	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Andre De Angelis	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Steve Bingham	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Photo Pete	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Shotcents	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	olyflyer	4 months ago
OK, edit is no longer possible, so here is my second answer:	olyflyer	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Photo Pete	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	KZEE	4 months ago
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: D800E PDAF is better than my D700	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	NektonFi	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	pickled	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Shotcents	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	moving_comfort	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Shotcents	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	olyflyer	4 months ago
Lucky, I guess	bigpigbig	4 months ago
Puppets popping out from under the bridge	moving_comfort	4 months ago	3
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Brandon birder	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Lance B	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	rgolub	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Brandon birder	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Brandon birder	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	lordbeau	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	kiirokurisu	4 months ago
D600	chlamchowder	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Tommot1965	4 months ago	1
That's funny, because...	olyflyer	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Martin Grecner	4 months ago
One thing is sure...	olyflyer	4 months ago
Re: One thing is sure...	marike6	4 months ago	1
Your "truth"....not THE truth...	marike6	4 months ago	5
Re: Your "truth"....not THE truth...	Lance B	4 months ago
Trying to stir up controversy	Reilly Diefenbach	4 months ago	1
Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	paulski66	4 months ago	1
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	Shotcents	4 months ago	1
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	olyflyer	4 months ago
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	RGT5	4 months ago
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	Shotcents	4 months ago
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	rgolub	4 months ago
Re: Wait a minute...I thought you shot with the Tamron 70-300 VC	marike6	4 months ago	2
Post some samples with EXIF for objective responses	Pradipta Dutta	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	phoman	4 months ago
(facepalm)	intensity studios	4 months ago	6
Re: (facepalm)	Photo Pete	4 months ago
Re: (facepalm)	Shotcents	4 months ago	1
C'Mon, let's be real here	bigpigbig	4 months ago	2
Re: C'Mon, let's be real here	Shotcents	4 months ago
Re: C'Mon, let's be real here	bigpigbig	4 months ago	2
Re: C'Mon, let's be real here	Shotcents	4 months ago
trade for my D3200	intensity studios	4 months ago
Re: C'Mon, let's be real here	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
D800 is better not worse than D700	Daniel Clune	4 months ago
I was looking exactly for that link and posts on it here	rhlpetrus	4 months ago
I'd visit wedding forums to get feedback	Horshack	4 months ago	2
Re: I'd visit wedding forums to get feedback	Shotcents	4 months ago
Re: I'd visit wedding forums to get feedback	Leo360	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Display name for fame	4 months ago
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Reilly Diefenbach	4 months ago
the truth is you need to learn how to focus	Devendra	4 months ago
Thom Hogan on D800 AF performance and Reikan stats	Leo360	4 months ago	1
Thom Hogan says Nikon should fess up...	rdhphoto1	4 months ago
Re: Thom Hogan says Nikon should fess up...	amobi	4 months ago
Yeah but.....	Meganrogers	4 months ago
Meganrogers - If I had know in advance that Nikon was having QC issues, I wouldn't ...	nikonjohn	4 months ago	1
This pretty much sums it up	2MuchTime	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	Robin Casady	4 months ago	3
Re: This pretty much sums it up	2MuchTime	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	Art Jacks	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: This pretty much sums it up	2MuchTime	4 months ago	1
Re: This pretty much sums it up	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	2MuchTime	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: This pretty much sums it up	MOD TOF guy	4 months ago	3
Re: This pretty much sums it up	pickled	4 months ago
None of which has anything to do with the fact...	paulski66	4 months ago
Re: None of which has anything to do with the fact...	Shotcents	4 months ago
Re: None of which has anything to do with the fact...	MOD TOF guy	4 months ago	1
Re: None of which has anything to do with the fact...	T O Shooter	4 months ago	1
Re: The Truth about D800 Auto Focus - fair at best	Yves P.	4 months ago

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