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D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate

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Horshack

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Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light

In reply to primeshooter, 4 months ago

primeshooter wrote:

It's not right that we should have to adjust fine tune data between changing lighting conditions. Imagine using this camera at a wedding. No, scratch that. I would rather put a shotgun to my head with the safety off than do something as careless as that. Unless i want to stand using LV af contrast detect I can bet it will miss faces all over the face no matter how good I am at placing it on the face.

Luckily I shoot mostly static stuff so I have the luxury of time to adjust AF tuning when needed. For more dynamic situations I'd be more concerned about adjusting to focus shift on fast primes, which in my experience has a greater effect on focus accuracy than lighting temperature, at least when you want to alternate between wide-open and close-to-wide-open apertures.

Edited 4 months ago by Horshack

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D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago	2
My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	Mauro.B	4 months ago	1
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	Art Jacks	4 months ago
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	Daniel Lauring	4 months ago	1
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	primeshooter	4 months ago	2
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	Daniel Lauring	4 months ago
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: My conclusion after my D800 went 3 times to Nikon service	primeshooter	4 months ago
Another example of the D800's poor focus ability:	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	gl2k	4 months ago	2
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago	3
AF-C, and those suggesting it	primeshooter	4 months ago	2
Can you enable 100% viewing in the gallery?	Horshack	4 months ago
Re: Can you enable 100% viewing in the gallery?	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	rtf	4 months ago	4
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago	2
Re: I'm not surprised.	moving_comfort	4 months ago	1
Re: I'm not surprised.	Timbukto	4 months ago	4
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	Timbukto	4 months ago	2
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	michaeladawson	4 months ago	1
Re: I'm not surprised.	MOD TOF guy	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	j_photo	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	Leo360	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	Mauro.B	4 months ago	2
Re: I'm not surprised.	KLO82	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	CeleryBeats	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	CeleryBeats	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	NektonFi	4 months ago	2
Re: I'm not surprised.	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	NektonFi	4 months ago
Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	NektonFi	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	NektonFi	4 months ago	1
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	moving_comfort	4 months ago
Re: Your AF, not necessarily Nikon's	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: The same AF problem as primeshooter here but mine is a D600...	alan1024	4 months ago	1
Re: The same AF problem as primeshooter here but mine is a D600...	davidfoto	4 months ago	1
Re: The same AF problem as primeshooter here but mine is a D600...	davidfoto	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: I'm not surprised.	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	rivercanyon	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	rivercanyon	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	rivercanyon	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Horshack	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	rivercanyon	4 months ago	1
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Mauro.B	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	inasir1971	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	inasir1971	4 months ago
Please open the pictures in Capture NX2 and show us....	rayman 2	4 months ago
Re: Please open the pictures in Capture NX2 and show us....	inasir1971	4 months ago
Re: Please open the pictures in Capture NX2 and show us....	primeshooter	4 months ago
How do you know what I want to say ?	rayman 2	4 months ago
Re: Please open the pictures in Capture NX2 and show us....	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	dustyj	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Paul Spatafora	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	NektonFi	4 months ago	1
Similar problems with D4, but AF-C works perfect here...	Roland Schulz	4 months ago	1
This is a generic problem	Photo Pete	4 months ago	2
Re: This is a generic problem	rivercanyon	4 months ago
Re: This is a generic problem	Photo Pete	4 months ago	1
Re: This is a generic problem	Colin46	4 months ago	1
Re: This is a generic problem	primeshooter	4 months ago
Mixed thoughts	M Lammerse	4 months ago
Re: This is a generic problem	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Re: This is a generic problem	Kerry Pierce	4 months ago
Re: This is a generic problem	fPrime	4 months ago
Another Example of D800's poor focus ability...	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Svetoslav Popov	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Svetoslav Popov	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	AZBlue	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	AZBlue	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	michaeladawson	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	CFynn	4 months ago
My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	bloomoose	4 months ago
Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	Horshack	4 months ago
Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	Horshack	4 months ago
Re: My D800 frontfocusses in incandescent light	CFynn	4 months ago
..primeshooter...check out my D800	gDaniel	4 months ago
Re: ..primeshooter...check out my D800	Timbukto	4 months ago
Re: ..primeshooter...check out my D800	gDaniel	4 months ago
Oh my...	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: Oh my...	gDaniel	4 months ago
Re: Oh my...	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	Leonard Shepherd	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	Jim Keye	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	Jim Keye	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	rayman 2	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: this is an interesting thread	rayman 2	4 months ago	1
If it cuts down on the number	Reilly Diefenbach	4 months ago
Re: If it cuts down on the number	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: If it cuts down on the number	Steve Bingham	4 months ago
Re: If it cuts down on the number	Reilly Diefenbach	4 months ago
Re: If it cuts down on the number	davidfoto	4 months ago
Re: If it cuts down on the number	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Leonard Shepherd	4 months ago	1
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Art Jacks	4 months ago	1
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	digital ed	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Photo Pete	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	Photo Pete	4 months ago	2
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	gDaniel	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	digital ed	4 months ago
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	primeshooter	4 months ago	1
Prime...	Ecniv	4 months ago
Re: Prime...	Photo Pete	4 months ago
Re: Prime...	Ecniv	4 months ago	1
Re: D800 focus with 1.4 prime lenses is very variable and inaccurate	FX and DX	4 months ago
Flawed tests	Pradipta Dutta	4 months ago	3
Re: Flawed tests	davidfoto	4 months ago
Re: Flawed tests	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: Flawed tests	Jim Keye	4 months ago
Re: Flawed tests	primeshooter	4 months ago
Re: Flawed tests	Pradipta Dutta	4 months ago	1
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