My comment was a little tongue and cheek. I realize I can deselect them. I still use D25 instead of single point programmed to my joystick push back button focus. I prefer group for most things. I only have D500 so can't try D9. I'm sure if I had D9 I'd use it a lot as that is most similar to what I use on my Canon bodies in the guise of Expansion 8-point. I just wish we could program dynamic to assist for a longer delay than we have now. Just today I was shooting flying kingfishers from a bumpy kayak and if D72 or D125 would assist for longer I think it could have helped as my AF point was all over the place with a moving boat and erratic kingfisher. Group did the best in the end as there were no foreground distractions.
ilkka_nissila wrote: arbitrage wrote:
Exactly, and this is why the new function of the Dynamic mode is essentially useless as you basically have to be as proficient as you would with Single point mode. Nikon should just simplify and give us Single, Group, 3D and Auto because Dynamic is just there taking up useless space in the menus with the way it functions in the D500/D5.
Since you can use a custom function to remove the dynamic areas from options selectable from the AF area selector, they don't take up space or slow down your choice of AF area mode if you choose not to use them. Just disable those options from the menu.
The new dynamic area modes are useful to me, in fact the 9-point dynamic is now my most often used AF area mode on the D5 and it significantly increases my focus keeper rate in certain situations with very little drawback, if any.
Jun 26, 2017 at 01:05 PM
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