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Brightcolours, on 03 Apr 2014 - 13:19, said:

You seem to not understand that differences and the particulars in PD AF which can make it less accurate in certain combinations.

Well, you're doing the same thing over and over - "You seem to... blablablah". Unfortuantely your explanation has some flaws and that gives me enough doubts not to go deeper in that discussion. It can be done - not matter what you think.

Brightcolours, on 03 Apr 2014 - 13:19, said:

PD AF sensors at times get confused by spherical aberrations, which show the image in focus when to our eyes, it is not. Because the AF sensors do not see in RGB, basically. Another thing is that PD AF does not continuously checks if AF is really reached, since doing so would make with some lenses the procedure endlessly slow.


The camera does NOT know how much "steps" the lens is OOF.

What I miss in your statement is an explanation how the camera manages to override the position of the AF, but I like to keep it that way, because even if you were right for most existing cameras, there's no reason why it can't be done in the future - it was on my list of wishes for cool features, remember? And I don't give a nickel why it couldn't be done in the past. Your reasons are just not sufficient to convince me in this subject.

Brightcolours, on 03 Apr 2014 - 13:19, said:

Only the user says this: If you defocus +7 PD sensor "steps", the resulting image seems in focus. This then does not say anything about the lens steps or about the why of the defocus of the lens. It does not tell the camera anything about lens motor control.

MFA anyway is a crude last minute resort, as at different focus distances, or depending if the lens focusses from back to front or front to back, or with different focal lengths with zoom lenses, the needed MFA can differ.

Agreed. Micro AF adjustment is a pain and a waste of time, but the keeper rate increases. So what is wrong with wishing an onboard solution? Okay, maybe I just should wish better CD AF and a quick and useful LiveView.

Brightcolours, on 03 Apr 2014 - 13:19, said:

Apparently, the new D3300 can connect to a device when you purchase the extra WiFi module. The D5300 has WiFi built in, and can also be used with an app (wireless remote utility, WMU) for remove liveview. Like the live view implementation on Nikons, the app is also more limited in operation than EOS remote (no ISO, aperture or exposure time control during remote live view). I do not know if WMU allows for 100% magnification.

Nope, I have that unit, it's one more proof of not thinking to the end.

First, a separate unit: Easy to loose, a cat can swallow it.

LiveView? Yes. 100% magnification? Setting of ISO, shutter speed, aperture, White balance? No. Range? Within 10 metres. CamRanger up to 100 metres with eyesight between cam and device.

And that Nikon says D3300 has WiFi capabilities (after you buy the WT-U) is kind of lying - the camera itself hasn't that.


Back to the thread topic, the V3 does, without any additional device to plug into cam; and has a touchscreen. To put things in perspective: What you're used to use on Canon since, say, three years? is completely new for Nikon users. One of the reasons I welcome this V3.

Brightcolours, on 03 Apr 2014 - 13:19, said:

Nikon does not offer full aperture control, nor exposure simulation. On my Canon the mirror does not need to move with live view. On the XX0D model range and 1X00D model range it does.

Plain wrong for D800. But I understand that - it's (unnecessarily) difficult to set up and it took me a long while to figure out how it can be done.


Aperture is changing.

In M-Mode switch on the LV, camera symbol, then press the left bottom OK button. Auto-ISO has to be switched off. And I'm not sure if not some parameters in the hundreds of menu positions do need to be changed, too. But I can tell you, it's kind of working although it doesn't simulate the effect of long shutter times - if you refer to that when you say "exposure simulation", you're right.