Joel
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=9380701
Most people will never have noticed back focus before is because
it's hidden both by low sharpening and a generous depth of field.
Only when using a single focus points at lowest depth of field with
several objects visible under a single focus target would back
focus show up if it were there. Did the closest object under the
target get selected or not?
An object with a smooth surface colour and no sharp edges will be
bypassed for a sharp edged object under the focus target.
This would show Nikon did not design a small enough focus zone for
each single focus point.
Test focus with the D70 held at normal horizontal and then rotate
at 90 degrees. You might see a difference in ability to focus under
harsh conditions. Some cameras focus on vertical lines better than
horizontal liines.
Say in this situation Nikon offered an option to rotate the focus
matrix by 90 degrees so you didn't have to rotate the camera 90
degrees for the better focus ability which occurs at one other
vertical or horizontal position.
Any serious testing requires a tripod with remote controller.
I'm always proud of people who honestly drive a manufacturer crazy
to improve their camera or lose market share by ingnoring the
issues. Threaten to take money out of manufacturers pockets and
users will achieve a favorable response. Say nothing and nothing
will change. That's a contribution called LAZY and IGNORANT.
A perfect example is the person who never upgrades camera firmware.
All sensors operational captain. Yeah right. Admittedly sometimes
there are good reasons to not do every firmware upgrade. Must be an
informed decision though.
It is very possilble D70 focus issues could be improved with
firmware, but manufacturers hate admitting to serious problems
which throw the market into a spin in the wrong direction.
Think about service speed from a manufacturers point of view. If
forced to recalibrate several cameras how many hours do think they
want to spend? Yes they rely on software tools heavily even if they
don't make them public.
This “guy” is obviously a fake. I went through his old messages and
he was complaining that when the d70 was announced how many
problems it had. He continually comments on peoples pictures in the
Nikon forum of what type of noise reduction software they are
using. In other words saying the D70 has high noise.
Here is just one of hundreds of examples:
On April 9th Arcyd says "i agree 100%, im glad someone finally told
it like is". Arcyd is responding to a Cannon guy saying some
negative things about the D70 in the Cannon Forum. Arcyd must hate
the positive review of the D70 and how it is rated so much higher
then Cannon's Rebel.
Then after all these negative posts like the one above and I mean
HUNDREDS of negative posts about the d70 he goes and buys one?
LOL!!!
Of course, he gets three bad ones....
ROFL!!!!!
As many people have said, you must ask yourself what are the odds?
This is a second account owned by a Cannon troll. Phil, who has no
small love of Cannons, said "There's no risk involved in the D70's
slightly higher price compared to the EOS 300D (Digital Rebel),
it's absolutely worth it." Man, that line must have killed him.
His account should be banned by Phil. Arcyd is not even a troll. He
is just a Cannon zealot with two posting accounts trying to spread
doubt and inspire fear on the D70. He also hates Olympus and Sony
(not Cannon). You can read his rants for yourself by clicking on
his name.
For myself, I am selling my Oly 5050, sniff and waiting for my D70
to arrive in the mail. It should get here by Thursday!
But don’t play into his postings and don’t keep threads started by
him going. That is what he wants so the new buyer trying to make a
decision comes in and sees all the hoopla and thinks where there is
smoke there is fire.
-Joel
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