Bruce Bracken

I'm with you. I shoot as much video as I do stills for my day job, and picked up the 85/1.4g with the hopes of having a great lens for portraits/interviews, but after a few quick tests (both stills...

The article you reference is 5 months old, and discusses the general displeasure of the Surface launch and lack of availability in stores. Other than driving the I Hate Windows bandwagon (using...

Windows 8 is not a known problem child. There are a lot of people who hate the tiles, and are jumping on the I Hate Windows bandwagon, but I've not yet heard or seen or encountered any problems...

Not sure what your desktop looks like, but mine is normally cluttered. Downloading files there they disappear in the clutter, and can be hard to find. But after clearing out my desktop, Win8 easily...

I sincerely doubt it's a Win8 problem. I have Windows 8, and I was able to download the firmware for both D800 and D4, extract it, copy it to appropriate cards, and update the cameras just fine. We...

I'm not happy with LA Nikon Service at all either. I've sent my D4 in to repair twice so far for the Left AF problem, and each time it comes back with something else broken, and each time the Left...

Mixed feelings and results. While I have shot DX video on previous cameras, I really wanted/needed to move into FX video so that I could take full advantage of all of my lenses as they were...

My first two D800s had bad AF problems. The third one, however, was the best of the bunch, so I kept it. As it is the best FX video camera offering right now by Nikon, I am "happy/pleased" with it...

I have both the D4 and D800. For my professional and personal work I shoot both video and stills. Initially I purchased the flagship D4 when it first came out because, as it was advertised, it...

I did a few before and after shots with the firmware upgrade, and it looks like the new firmware makes the images slightly more contrasty, and adds a bit of a pink hue to the images. Otherwise, no...

Why was a news article written about this? That site is gimmick, and does not offer real camera image comparisons. It might as well be a Hot or Not for photographers.

Fantastic images - love the eagle gallery! Thanks for sharing!Which lens (or combo) were you using?

mg428, the issues is only called the Left AF problem because it is typically most noticeable and problematic on the left most focus point, but the problem really extends to both the left and right...

Thanks for your thought on the matter. However, NPS and Nikon Service formed an opinion that differed from yours, and they requested I send my camera in for adjustment.

The Left AF problem occurs when the left focus point focuses correctly using CDAF, but incorrectly focuses when using PDAF. This is an example of the Left AF problem because it is an image...

Yes, it is cropped to just the left side of the image. It was taken last June, so unsure if I still have that set, but will look around this weekend for the original to post.

I own both D4 & D800, shoot primarily video with them as my day job, but when it comes to stills, unless I'm shooting a subject that I know ahead of time will require a lot of cropping, the D4 is...

Oh!  Well, then in that case, two thumbs up!  :)

I like your photos and the overall image quality the 85mm 1.4G produces - I found this to be the case too when testing my copy of the lens, but wound up having to return it due to the extreme...