D700 AF Queries
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That makes sense considering that the D700 release is quite rushed so the software is still buggy unlike D3 which I think is quite late.
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I don't have the AFS 24-70mm to test but I have no problem with my AF 85mm f1.4D other than the fact that the "lack" of cross hair AF points on the top and bottom on portrait orientation meant that I have to, at times, "do the old method of focus lock and recompose".
Thought the D3 would be the same but I don't have a D3.
I too, have read on other forums of the D700 combo with the AFS 24-70mm. There should be no excuses. Pro body + pro lens = ?
Thought the D3 would be the same but I don't have a D3.
I too, have read on other forums of the D700 combo with the AFS 24-70mm. There should be no excuses. Pro body + pro lens = ?
I think i jump into conclusion too fast last evening
Was playing around with the focus again this morning in the study room, everything was in focus in a snap except when i try to focus on the standing lamp shade, it just refused to focus under every setting i tried.
The only method that work occasionally is when the AF-Area mode is set to Auto-Area AF. I can never get the Single and Dynamic AF to focus on the lamp shade no matter how many times i tried.
The Lamp shade is in white btw.
Was playing around with the focus again this morning in the study room, everything was in focus in a snap except when i try to focus on the standing lamp shade, it just refused to focus under every setting i tried. The only method that work occasionally is when the AF-Area mode is set to Auto-Area AF. I can never get the Single and Dynamic AF to focus on the lamp shade no matter how many times i tried.The Lamp shade is in white btw.
I think i jump into conclusion too fast last evening
The Lamp shade is in white btw.
If there is no feature for it to AF with, it will not AF. Similarly, if you are to focus on a clean white wall, nothing else on the wall, how can you tell whether it's sharp or not?
mm... I thought this is pretty obvious.....
Still.. there is bound to be someone who will try this and ask why cannot AF.
Don't get me wrong, focusing on a clean white wall and focusing on an object is very different.
What i did is to focus on the white lamp shade which has a define edge profile or shape and it also has a different colour with the wall background. If it norm for this happen, then i seriously think Nikon has to really rethink about their autofocus technology which will turn many people off.
We might not be brilliantly smart neither are user idiot.
Sorry.. didn't mean to chide you but indeed I have seen people trying to test AF with a featureless white wall.. :sweat: It wasn't clear what kind of lampshade you shot but if it has features, focusing should be able to lock. My D300 has no problem locking even on subjects with quite poor contrast under non ideal lighting.
No worries, it's sometime difficult to express or describe everything in the faceless cyberspace.
I agree, there are bound to have people who do silly test. Like why my mouse is not working when it's not plugged into the computer.
Nevertheless, i do enjoy every moment shooting with D700. let our imagine run wild.
Yup.. but reading from the number of problems, I do hope that Nikon actually do something about it. I used D200 before and comparing the AF with D70s, D200's AF was also erratic and slow at times. Later firmware releases did help, so similarly in the D700, it should be something that firmware can fix since the module itself has been tested and proven in the D300 and D3. There should not be a reason why D700 should not perform up to par as well.
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