mlewan

I'm confused by several things here, both in your question and in some of the answers you got. If you already have DXO Optics Pro, why don't you just try to see which formats you can save in? There...

My conclusion with the 85mm 1.4G was exactly the same as yours. Not worth the additional money (and weight compared to the 85mm 1.8G). When it comes to Zeiss lenses, I love them, but I'm not sure...

Good point. There may be a market for a dedicated book on the subject. There are several good books on lighting, but for auto-focus I have not seen books. Googling around for web info I found...

I agree. I came from the D300 as the original poster, and read the highly praised Darrel Young's book "Mastering the D800". It told me hardly anything useful I did not already know. I do not even...

Even though I love the Zeiss Makro-Planar 50mm, it has its limitations, the most obvious of which is that it has no auto-focus. Often that is no problem, as a lot of things and people stand still,...

I am also unclear on exactly what change the OP is after. If it is the switch between single and multiple focus points, pressing the AF-mode button and rotating the command dials does the trick...

There are loads of people with impressive skills in different areas, who are unable to make money from their skills. Your dentist may be an excellent violinist. Your bus driver a wonderful painter....

With my current settings, the cameraadjustsfocus with AF-ON. However, it continues to display when I am in focus with the green dot, even when I do not press the button.  This is useful, as it...

"To Europe"? I do not know for a trip to Europe, but if someone could give me the same advice for my upcoming trip to the Americas, I would be grateful. We are hesitating between either spending a...

Thanks for your feedback! I had been expecting something like that, and I am grateful for the confirmation.

The D800 is an excellent DX camera. It is an great combination. You use FX when you need to and DX when you do not need all the pixels or when you want to use only part of the frame. I often use a...

The "problem" with lossless compressed is that the degree of compression depends on the photo. If you take a photo of a homogeneous black area, then the compression produce very small files....

An acquaintance shopped around for a very long time, and he in the end chose the Tamron 17-50, which he is extremely happy with. Not too expensive, very light, very good quality. It is basically...

I cannot imagine there would be anything more than the measurement of gravitation, which unfortunately works exactly like acceleration. That means that if you take a picture while sitting in a car...

AF Area mode is actually the same for both files for me ("Single Area"). However, one more difference between the two files: For Liveview I get Primary AF Point                : (none)AF Points...

I compared the full EXIF data extracted with exiftool from two pictures, one taken with and one without Liveview. I saw no difference that clearly identified the Liveview one. One peculiarity was...

I always assumed that it had something to do with the film/sensor size. An FX sensor is 24x35mm. 70mm = 2x35mm, and so on. It is admittedly far fetched, but there could be some optical advantage of...

Did you consider primes? Most primes are fairly sturdy, and several of them are cheap. If you really want to go for some high quality feel in the lens, go for a Zeiss prime. They are pricey and...