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| Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 08:25 |
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jmestes
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Anybody have the left sensor focus problem that people have been raging about in the dpreview forum? I got mine last week and have tested the focus with 2 lenses- seems spot on. On another note, how is the D800 focus for moving action? I just sold the D3 and am a bit sad to see it go. It was a great camera and focused well fr my kids' sporting events.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 12:24 |
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Dave Groen
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I didn't know this problem existed until you mentioned. I'll check my D800 when I have a chance. I tend to always use the center focus point, so even if mine is afflicted I wouldn't notice. As far as moving action focus is concerned, mine is very good. See my post on page 3 of the "D800 cropping and hand holding" topic HERE.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 13:43 |
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jmestes
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Great pics Dave, especially the funny car in motion. Very sharp for a hand-hold pan shot. Are those jpegs out of the camera or processed raw? Nice color saturation- wondering what your settings were. Regards Jim
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 16:22 |
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jk
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No problem on my D800. AFAIK. I do worry about the DPR forums as they are full of trolls who seem to make up problems. However the worry is for every 100 trolls there are other genuine people who report real problem but are at risk of being ignored due to past rubbish.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2012 22:01 |
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richw
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jk wrote:No problem on my D800. AFAIK. I had a look through the Nikonrumours D400 article comments (the one you linked to in another topic). Some of the comments defied belief, commentor A would say 'I need xyz' and commentor B would deride this but go on to make comments about commentor A's mental faculties, character and parentage and anything else unpleasant you can think of. Seems some of these folk have a very little tolerance for any point view but their own and are incapable of understanding that sometimes different folk have different needs, expectations etc.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20th, 2012 07:54 |
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Eric
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richw wrote: jk wrote:DP review is full of Internet Heros.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20th, 2012 08:51 |
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Dave Groen
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jmestes wrote: Great pics Dave, especially the funny car in motion. Very sharp for a hand-hold pan shot. Yes, they are jpegs straight out of the camera. I know I should be shooting raw and normally do, but my computer is not up to it. I use Lightroom, but the latest version is required for the D800 NEF converter. I cannot run the latest LR because it's Intel-only and I am still using a PowerPC Mac. Since the race shots, I've started shooting jpeg+raw. I import the jpegs into LR, examine them, and convert the NEF keepers with Nikon View for further editing in PS. Each conversion takes a minute or two on my Mac Pro Quad-G5-processor with lots of RAM. One of these days I will get a new computer, but I just bought a D800 which showed the limitations of my lens. So then I had to buy a 24-70/2.8. After the computer I will have to upgrade LR and PS. First things first, second things second, etc. I could buy a lot of Tri-X and Dektol for all that money. 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20th, 2012 09:41 |
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jk
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But then you would get yellow fingers and smell of chemicals!! I think the digital world whilst having limitations is much more friendly (ecologically and person to person) than the old film stuff.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21st, 2012 05:41 |
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richw
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Dave Groen wrote:jmestes wrote:Great pics Dave, especially the funny car in motion. Very sharp for a hand-hold pan shot. At the risk of getting shot  You could convert into DNG using the Adobe NEF to DNG convertor and then put through Lightroom. Annoying but might bridge the gap for now?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21st, 2012 05:52 |
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Bob Bowen
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Tom Hogan musing about reported D800 focus probs. He suggests users need to master system. Seem to remember D2X and D3X had similar problems for some users.
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