Does anyone have any type of real pic of the inside of the viewfinder or at least answer this question? All I've ever been able to find are diagrams of the location of the focus points along with the shooting info on the edge.
I'm just wondering if the focus points, in the D800 are visible, if the are NOT lit up.
I ask because I'm color blind and have a really fun time trying to find the red squares on my 1Ds2. Seriously, it's hard for me, but it's a cinch on my backup 40D, because the selectable points are etched in...not that I ever use that camera, though...
In other words, if the camera was turned off, could you see where the points would be?
if camera is off, then not of course. when turned on, in single af point, only the selected af point is visible. when some auto or tracking mode is used, then all used af points are visible. highlighting is only to make it visible in dark, not to see one from another.
I figured that all the "pro" bodies handled this the same...or similarly
Oh well...this is hardly the end of the world for me, since this is how my current Canon works and I've been shooting this way for years. It does get me funny looks from my subjects sometimes, when I have to start pointing the camera other places so I can get a better contrast on the red points to light up, so I can "focus" my eye on them, to make sure (in a portrait, for example) that I'm not focusing on the eyebrow, instead of the eye.
Etched focus points are the only thing I am jealous of from the lower end bodies...at least Canon. I've never used any of the entry level Nikons.
Maybe if I'm really lucky, I can crank the brightness up on the Nikon...it occasionally helps with my Canon...
The focus point is grey prior to focus locking. When focus locks the point turns red and the inside of the viewfinder flashes red around the edges. I must admit, the red flash is a bit tough to see in daylight. But the focus point itself is very easy to see when it turns red. Just my opinion.
TSY87 wrote:
I believe you can turn off the red illumination.... if that would help?
Oh no...I want it on at it's brightest setting in order to help me out
On my 1Ds2, there is a normal and a brighter setting, but even on the brighter setting, it's not very bright (or easy to see) TO ME. Occasionally, under certain circumstances, it seems to want to flash really bright for a split second, then go down to its normal, which can be difficult for me to see. I suspect the brightness is based on whats being seen in the viewfinder and it attempts to balance it, so as not to blind you normal-eyed photographers
My dad gave me some neat Bushnell laser rangefinder binoculars, for my birthday. Under near-dark conditions, the 2 brightest settings are so bright that they cause flair as you look through them, however in the middle of the day, I cannot read the information at all, which is more of a by-product of the information being displayed in red and me being colorblind.
I wish there was some sort of liquid crystal/e-ink option thing going on for focus points to go black when they were selected. Now THAT would be handy for me (in single point AF)...and I'm sure for a lot of other people like me
