leighton w wrote: CGrindahl wrote:
I have to say this conversation about the Z 6 needing chipped lenses to obtain focus confirmation is exactly what I need to hear to AVOID the camera like the plague! Honestly, the Df is even more attractive to me as I read this. It is one thing to have focus peaking as an alternative method for fine focusing, but I'm more than content relying on the focus confirmation light at the lower left hand corner of the viewfinder. I think Nikon dropped the ball here, at least for those of us shooting with older Nikon manual focus lenses...
And now I understand what is going on... happy folks are finding solutions that work. For me spending more money on these lenses to get them chipped to shoot on a mirrorless camera I'm told saves weight... UNTIL you mount the adaptor needed to actually use the lenses you own... makes NO sense at all. More power to those willing to deal with the hassle and pay the extra money to make it work. I'll stick with the Df, which continues to produce gorgeous images for me.
The difference between focus peaking and the green dot is this. Now I'm basing this on my old D600...but to use the green dot on that camera, the single focus point had to be on the object you wanted in focus. Which mean't that you had to focus and recompose.
The beauty of focus peaking is that it doesn't rely on a focus point, so you can compose and turn the focus ring until the subject you want gets the focus peaking lines, then shoot. No more need to focus and recompose.
Not only that, but I actually find it easier to MF than to use my AF lens.
