nmerc_photos wrote: RoamingScott wrote:
So 80ish posts later, in a thread where OP concern-trolled about AF though having no issues AFing, other folks are realizing that the advice offered 1000 times on this forum is best practice.
See y'all again this same time next month
I think maybe a better way to word the question or debate about Nikon AF is "is there a reason it takes so much more work than Canon/Sony?".
The Canon R5 spoiled me massively with a 10 minute setup and like 99% AF accuracy.
Everyone seems to agree you can get similar results with Nikon AF, but also that it takes more work. I want to be out shooting with success, not reading manuals or testing 30 different detection and af mode combinations to figure out what works.
Why have a subject detect mode if the AF works better without it?
As others have noted, AA with SD works for 90+% of subjects. I don’t understand why it’s hard to put AA on the shutter button, wide L (or 3D, which is what I use) on the BBF button, and single point (or whatever) on a fn button. Like others, I use AA well over 90% of the time. The main thing I change is the subject detection mode when I go from birds to my daughter (or monkeys in Costa Rica). I just change the subject in the i menu.
How is that a lot of work? It’s less than ten minutes of setup and gives you all the focus modes you need in three button that don’t require menu changes (unless you change subjects).
Nov 20, 2024 at 09:41 AM
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