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Bye bye D800
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MartynD2oo
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In that case maybe you should keep D800 and she should be getting D810!!! :-DMy daughter
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I was sitting across from my girlfriend with the 85/1.8G shooting from about 3.5 feet away, which works out to a DOF less than 1" (by some measures closer to 1/2"):
Resized to 58% to match 12 MP at 100%.
As far as I'm concerned getting any of the eyelash in-focus is a hit given how difficult it is to focus on one eye, especially when dealing with such a narrow DOF. I suppose YMMV; not sure if we are operating under different standards, different camera settings, or if my D800 just does better than yours.
I hope your D810 brings you satisfaction.
primeshooter
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Am I reading this correctly? You are pleased the lens can focus at f/2.8? I should flippin' hope so the amount of money the camera and lens costs. The test is f/1.4 to f/2, and the D810 is much improved, try it.I was sitting across from my girlfriend with the 85/1.8G shooting from about 3.5 feet away, which works out to a DOF less than 1" (by some measures closer to 1/2"):
Resized to 58% to match 12 MP at 100%.
As far as I'm concerned getting any of the eyelash in-focus is a hit given how difficult it is to focus on one eye, especially when dealing with such a narrow DOF. I suppose YMMV; not sure if we are operating under different standards, different camera settings, or if my D800 just does better than yours.
I hope your D810 brings you satisfaction.
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I am pleased that the camera can nail the focus to within half an inch.Am I reading this correctly? You are pleased the lens can focus at f/2.8?I was sitting across from my girlfriend with the 85/1.8G shooting from about 3.5 feet away, which works out to a DOF less than 1" (by some measures closer to 1/2"):
Resized to 58% to match 12 MP at 100%.
As far as I'm concerned getting any of the eyelash in-focus is a hit given how difficult it is to focus on one eye, especially when dealing with such a narrow DOF. I suppose YMMV; not sure if we are operating under different standards, different camera settings, or if my D800 just does better than yours.
I hope your D810 brings you satisfaction.
I've done f/2 too and the hit rate is about the same. As I said, with such a narrow DOF just hitting part of the eyelash is all you can hope for. Further away and the DOF is greater, and the hit rate would be comparable even if I did narrow the DOF to where only one eye and a small portion of the face is in-focus.
light_bulb
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5% hit rate?
This is not a feature of the D800 in general but of your copy. With such a low rate I would have some serious discussions with Nikon.
Who will be the lost soul to buy that nightmare?
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This is not a feature of the D800 in general but of your copy. With such a low rate I would have some serious discussions with Nikon.
Who will be the lost soul to buy that nightmare?
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light_bulb
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Are you sure about this? At the Nikon stand at Photokina I was told that the improvements over the D800E are limited and will not justify the additional investment.
I am about to take another look at this based on D810 user opinions. I still have both a D800 and D800e and might sell them for a D810.
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I am about to take another look at this based on D810 user opinions. I still have both a D800 and D800e and might sell them for a D810.
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light_bulb
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Just in case you are referring to my posts, your comments obviously fit your own posts the most.
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[/QUOTE]You will be replaced with a nice and shiny new D810 which hopefully will focus with fast glass!
My daughter holding it for the very last time, emotional times...
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Grig
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Who told you this is the right way to hold the camera?... This is what I was hearing many times... Many "modern" highly paid photographers hold cameras different ways and "explain" why... "Whateva works"!!! I was bitten so many times for telling people how to hold it right and why classic way suggesting putting your left palm under and not over the lens... Just ridiculous...
Kudos to you for teaching your kid to hold it right way from the beginning...
I am sure those "professionals" can explain this holding technique as well... LOL...
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light_bulb
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Three weeks ago I have done a portrait shoot with my new Sigma 50/1.4 Art on my D800E all wide open in the old town of Havanna.You will be replaced with a nice and shiny new D810 which hopefully will focus with fast glass!
My daughter holding it for the very last time, emotional times...
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There was some hit and miss well above a 5% hit rate for various reasons.
In particular with full body shots the focus sensors are a little big and sometimes too much in the centre of the frame requiring focus and recompose which introduces fuzzyness at that level of DOF. I was too keen trying to shoot at somewhat slow shutter speeds.
Well for the former I have not heard anything about a better size and coverage of the FX frame by the array of focus sensors with the D810. For the latter the camera is not to blame.
Cheers Andreas
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