70-200 I guess would be my choice, but I'd still rather have a new 35mm/1.4.
You digital people are nuts...
(Another) lens dilemma topic
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You film people are nuts... ;^)
NSXType-R said:
I've had shots that is between focus points and it annoys the hell out of me.Yeah, I can imagine. A lot of people put their 51-point AF cameras into 11-point for some reason. I keep mine in 51 point mode, I mean if I have the points, why not use them?
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alphanikonrex said:
You film people are nuts... ;^)Yeah, I can imagine. A lot of people put their 51-point AF cameras into 11-point for some reason. I keep mine in 51 point mode, I mean if I have the points, why not use them?
Well with 51, some people like choosing their focus points manually. It's much more manageable with 11.
Yeah, pretty much I recompose with the autofocus point in focus, then shift the camera back where I want it. A roundabout way to do it. It would annoy me with something moving/uncontrollable though.
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NSXType-R said:
Well with 51, some people like choosing their focus points manually. It's much more manageable with 11.I choose manually from the 51! I don't see what the big deal is, it's fast enough even for moving subjects.
NSXType-R said:
Yeah, pretty much I recompose with the autofocus point in focus, then shift the camera back where I want it. A roundabout way to do it. It would annoy me with something moving/uncontrollable though.I have no idea how you do that with AF-C though. My camera's in AF-C most of the time, so I can't just do the recompose trick.
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Your AF-Lock button has a purpose in life!
AF-C is designed to be used in conjunction with the AF-L button, I don't remember on the D300 if it shares with AE-L, or is a separate thing. I know on my F4 I have seperate AE-L and AF-L buttons on the front, and I can rotate the AF-L button's collar to change its function to both AF-L and AE-L so I can do both things with one press.
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Alpha, you should try setting custom setting a3 to 51 point (3d-tracking). That will let you recompose in AF-C and it will follow what you start it on. It's like magic.
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ChrisLange said:
Your AF-Lock button has a purpose in life!AF-C is designed to be used in conjunction with the AF-L button, I don't remember on the D300 if it shares with AE-L, or is a separate thing. I know on my F4 I have seperate AE-L and AF-L buttons on the front, and I can rotate the AF-L button's collar to change its function to both AF-L and AE-L so I can do both things with one press.
On the D300 there's a menu setting to change how that button behaves. The collar would be nice.
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LOL, it sounds so much simpler on the F4! Actually that's not a problem of mine, since the 51 AF points give plenty of coverage. I may have to do something about it though if I got a camera with less coverage.
jonnyapple said:
Alpha, you should try setting custom setting a3 to 51 point (3d-tracking). That will let you recompose in AF-C and it will follow what you start it on. It's like magic.I have—it's pure awesomeness!
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alphanikonrex said:
I choose manually from the 51! I don't see what the big deal is, it's fast enough even for moving subjects.I have no idea how you do that with AF-C though. My camera's in AF-C most of the time, so I can't just do the recompose trick.
just go out and try to shoot animals picture with 51 points - 11 manual works much better than that, after all it's faster to recompose than to play with the round AF switch - not to mention that AF works best when it's in the center position, and with long teles (above 300mm) recomposing is just a fraction of couple mm.
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Yes I use 11 points for sports etc, but mostly 51 points for other things in AF or I will switch to M/F
Pete
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You guys are making me feel very inadaquite with my three AF points.
NG6 - Your going to love your new zoom. It's a fantastic lens.
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adamz said:
just go out and try to shoot animals picture with 51 points - 11 manual works much better than that, after all it's faster to recompose than to play with the round AF switch - not to mention that AF works best when it's in the center position, and with long teles (above 300mm) recomposing is just a fraction of couple mm.I have never EVER switched to 11-point AF! I've shot everything using all 51 points—people, animals, sports, you name it. I don't know how you guys are doing it, but it works well enough for me. What I do is put my subject under the active focus point, whatever that may be, and start focusing. While the camera focuses I change the active focus point to whichever direction I want it to go and change composition accordingly. Simple, effective, quick, and it works. Maybe your fingers just are nimble enough :^P
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My F4 has a whopping single AF point.
But it whips the focus pretty damn fast. What that camera lacks in auto focus brains, it makes up for in pure torque.
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LOL, too bad I can't switch my camera to a single AF-point! Wait, I can—just center it and then lock the focus-point-selector. OK, just did that. Let's see how long it'll be before I switch back!
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