A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com
It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and
cite other reviews in their reviews.
Their mid-level DSLR review is on the D7100,
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-mid-range-dslr-is-the-nikon-d7100/
And, they a
The inability to use m42 lenses (without an adapter that contains an
optical element for infinity focusing) is the main reason I would not
have a Nikon. Love to experiment with those legacy lenses. And in-body
image stabilization is a biggie feature, for me.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Lar
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 04:42:44PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote:
> The inability to use m42 lenses (without an adapter that contains an
> optical element for infinity focusing) is the main reason I would not
> have a Nikon. Love to experiment with those legacy lenses. And in-body
> image stabilization
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
> On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive.
Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live
handheld shooting?
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I use all of the limited number of AF points that Pentax provides. Eg:
the two upper corners of the 9-square land nicely on eyes in
portraits. The outliers are good for faces in full-body shots. Etc.
39 would be both good and bad. With the Pentax cluster, it takes only
a moment to steer over to an
Larry Colen wrote:
>A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com
>It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and
>cite other reviews in their reviews.
>
>Their mid-level DSLR review is on the D7100,
>http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-mid-range-dslr-is-the
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live
> handheld shooting?
I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies,
it's easy for the bird to slip in between the sites, or outside the
area they cover.
Apparently Nikon is playing with a 75 mp camera ouch
DAVE
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Mark Roberts
wrote:
> Larry Colen wrote:
>
>>A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com
>>It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and
>>cite other reviews in their revi
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
>> On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive.
>
> Does anyone actually use those multiple autofoc
Once you're into that sort of farting around with af points you are essentially
focusing manually.
B
On 24 Jul 2013, at 23:55, Bruce Walker wrote:
> I use all of the limited number of AF points that Pentax provides. Eg:
> the two upper corners of the 9-square land nicely on eyes in
> portraits
Aahz Maruch wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
>> On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive.
>
>Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live
>handheld shoo
on 2013-07-24 17:04 Bob W wrote
Once you're into that sort of farting around with af points you are essentially
focusing manually.
yeah, better would be focus peaking overlaid in the optical finder; especially
if you could hit a button to "lock" focus on the object where it has peaked, so
th
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live
>> handheld shooting?
>
> I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies,
> it's easy for the bird to slip
On 7/24/2013 6:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live
handheld shooting?
I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies,
it'
on 2013-07-24 17:15 Aahz Maruch wrote
Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
handheld shooting?
yes, i have done it some, particularly with DA 15mm and FA 28mm lenses; it is a
bit awkward, and i usually don't even use autofocus, but when i tried it out it
fe
I do, at least in a limited way, Mostly I use the four corners or the
center focus point. On the other hand I have a split image rangefinder
screen in my K20D so I focus and recompose on with manual lenses anyway.
On 7/24/2013 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrot
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>
> Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
> handheld shooting?
I use the single centre and recompose
Dave
>
> (I did use the camera-selected AF points some during our Alaska cruise
> and got limited benefit
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
> >
> > It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
> > On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive.
>
> Does anyone actually use those mu
On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
handheld shooting?
Yes, frequently.
It was once explained to me - and this might be of interest to bird-shooters
out there - that setting the camera to continuous AF and
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>>>
>>> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
>>> On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attracti
Generally, for hand held shooting of static or slowly moving subjects
I'll use the center point and recompose.
When the camera is on a tripod, especially if I'm shooting in the
portrait orientation I'll select an individual focus point that's in
the right spot.
When I'm shooting sports or other f
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:25:40PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> That's why I do what David does: center point AF, shutter half-press,
> recompose. I only ever had problems with that on your K-x. ;-)
>
> Similarly, letting the camera pick the AF points
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:25:40PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>
>> I just can't even visualize the mechanics of manually selecting AF point
>> for handheld shooting, so I figured I'd ask whether anyone does.
>
> If I have my camera set up on a tripod, wi
How so? I'm telling the AF what to focus on then letting it do what it
does better than me.
If you let AF focus on what it wants to you might as well hand the
camera to someone else and let them shoot what they want to as well.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Bob W wrote:
> Once you're into tha
I also use the Live View in some situations. All of the shots from
the church that I have posted over the last few months were focused
through the LCD and live view. The focusing point can be moved
anywhere in the frame. The camera was on a tripod. Even though
focusing is slower in live mode, th
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:05 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>
>> Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
>> handheld shooting?
>
> I use the single centre and recompose
That doesn't work with large apertures and s
Amen to that!
I find it difficult to use the multiple autofocus points in any
handheld shooting.
Pentax doesn't focus fast enough to select th 26th point vs the 27th.
When I try letting the camera pick the AF point, it goes all over the scene.
And not necessarily where I want.
Regards, Bob S.
On
Your image, Larry, comes through STABLE and clear!
Thanks to your body and built-in stabilization!
;-)
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization.
Mark!
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Beg to differ.
I frequently use a selected AF point with my DSLRs,
but hardly ever use manual focus. Even when I'm using
an old A-series lens I rely on the camera AF system
to give me focus confirmation - it's just more accurate
than my eyesight.
I consider AF point selection much as I do the c
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 04:15:23PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>
> Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
> handheld shooting?
Yep. Close to 100% of my motorsports shots (probably the topic
for which most of the PDML folks know me) are shot with a single
AF point
On 24/7/13, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I use the single centre and recompose
It's the only way to fly :)
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:05 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>
>>> Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for
>>> handheld shooting?
>>
>> I use the single centre and recom
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> That doesn't make sense. Can you explain further? If you pick your
> focus point, half-press shutter (or lock focus/exposure), move the lens,
> shoot -- where does the defocus come from? I've certainly shot plenty
> that way.
Camera lense
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> The problem is worst for wide-angle lenses (because you swing over a
> larger angle to recompose), and wide apertures (because the DoF is
> narrow).
Also meant to say close distances, again because DoF is narrow.
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I think Matthew explained it pretty well.
When you "focus and move" what you're actually doing is rotating your
neck, describing an arc, so that causes a slight change in distance
between the sensor and your new wish-to-be-in-focus point. This is
especially noticeable if you focus on a subject's n
Bruce,
Very interesting. I'll have to give it a try.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> I think Matthew explained it pretty well.
>
> When you "focus and move" what you're actually doing is rotating your
> neck, describing an arc, so that causes a slight cha
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
>
> When I'm shooting subjects at f8 with the 50-135 I can always
> center-focus and reframe with no ill effects. I do not do that at f2.2
> with the DA*55 shooting close-in (head and shoulders). Guaranteed
> fail. I move the focus point and carefully focu
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>> When I'm shooting subjects at f8 with the 50-135 I can always
>> center-focus and reframe with no ill effects. I do not do that at f2.2
>> with the DA*55 shooting close-in (head and shoulders). G
The flat plane of focus is an idealized situation, few lenses actually
have a rally flat focus plain. Most exhibit some curvature.
On 8/21/2013 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
When I'm shooting subjects at f8 with the 50-135 I can always
center-focus and
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
>>>
>>> When I'm shooting subjects at f8 with the 50-135 I can always
>>> center-focus and reframe with no ill effects. I do not do that at f2.2
>>> with th
On 20 August 2013 14:26, P.J. Alling wrote:
> The flat plane of focus is an idealized situation, few lenses actually have
> a rally flat focus plain. Most exhibit some curvature.
Indeed, and if I didn't use focus and recompose I'd rarely have
anything in focus in the vast majority of my shots. St
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