All,
Over the weekend I was photographing my niece - she's 18 months old and bundle of joy - my Nikon D810 however is not
The camera has been back to Nikon and was repaired for an unknown AF issue - I was photographing my brother, camera on a tripod and 1 out of 3 shots was in focus from a burst - it went oof in focus oof.
Anyway - I was reviewing the images from yesterday and the AF performance is still hopeless - at times it feels like the camera is just sluggish / dimwitted. It's an odd thing to describe but nearly every shot I took was oof when my niece was moving. Compare this to my previous D3s with the same lenses etc. and my hit rate was in the 70-80% range.
Am I expecting too much from the D810 - I am so frustrated as I cannot rely on my camera to deliver results at the moment and I have lost a bunch of shots due to this.
As the body is still under warranty I am planning on sending it back to Nikon - as even after 'repair' af fine tuning lenses is nearly off the scale to dial them in.
I am thinking of chucking in the towel and changing body - I have always loved the pro bodies (I've had the D1x, D3 and D3s previously) and I am wishfully thinking that the D5 will sort some of these issues.
But I am torn between going for the D5 with potential AF accuracy issues (front/back focusing) and a Z6 - which I am lead to be believe will eliminate this, however my AF-D lenses wont AF.
Over the weekend I was photographing my niece - she's 18 months old and bundle of joy - my Nikon D810 however is not
The camera has been back to Nikon and was repaired for an unknown AF issue - I was photographing my brother, camera on a tripod and 1 out of 3 shots was in focus from a burst - it went oof in focus oof.
Anyway - I was reviewing the images from yesterday and the AF performance is still hopeless - at times it feels like the camera is just sluggish / dimwitted. It's an odd thing to describe but nearly every shot I took was oof when my niece was moving. Compare this to my previous D3s with the same lenses etc. and my hit rate was in the 70-80% range.
Am I expecting too much from the D810 - I am so frustrated as I cannot rely on my camera to deliver results at the moment and I have lost a bunch of shots due to this.
As the body is still under warranty I am planning on sending it back to Nikon - as even after 'repair' af fine tuning lenses is nearly off the scale to dial them in.
I am thinking of chucking in the towel and changing body - I have always loved the pro bodies (I've had the D1x, D3 and D3s previously) and I am wishfully thinking that the D5 will sort some of these issues.
But I am torn between going for the D5 with potential AF accuracy issues (front/back focusing) and a Z6 - which I am lead to be believe will eliminate this, however my AF-D lenses wont AF.