T. Hogan on D800 QC issue

gl2k wrote:

My totally uneducated guess is that Nikons AF system (AF module + algorithms + implementation + lenses) might be inferior to Canons AF system.

But what really sucks is the fact that there are no official AF performance + accuracy + consistency/precision tests out there. Contrary to all sorts of sensor and lens performance tests.

Here starts the "rant". You can omit that part of my post.

I mean seriously who cares about whether a sensor does one more stop of DR compared to its competitors. But I do care if I get 75% AF hits or 95% AF hits. Even more annoying is the effect of getting only 7 out of 10 images in focus even if the target stands completely still. On top of that you might get the surprising effect of distance dependency. Say ... lens focuses perfect beyond 15 meters but misses below that distance.

While modern RAW software enables me to save a slightly under/over exposed image there is no way to use an OOF image for anything else than trashing.