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T-O Shooter wrote:
Horribly wrong I guess. I remember now that I'm seeing your post. I hate to have been giving misleading info.
However, other than not seeing the focus points, how is this different from say, a D4s? How long could you stay off primary focus point but within the cluster with a 4s and still retain focus? Any idea?
The timing is the difference.
With the old system (and the one in the D7500 too), it will hold the lock indefinitely with the outer points.
For instance, with the old system I could have my daughter walk towards me, take the primary point off of her (but keep her in the selected area) and the camera would keep the lock until I let go of the AF button (unless the outer points lost the lock, which usually doesn't happen on such an easy target). With the D5/D500 under the same conditions, it would continue to track her for a moment (the delay setting) and then try the primary AF point again, usually jumping to the background.
In my opinion, the old system makes it easier to keep focus on a very erratic subject with a large AF area. I think the new system is better when the AF area is smaller since that small Af area was probably selected because you actually can keep the AF point well placed on the subject.
Fingers crossed for an update that allows customization Maybe on the D820
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