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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 237790" data-attributes="member: 12496">Any ideas about best video focus mode?&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm using the Wide Area AF choice, but panning the camera around is the pits, from all the seeking back and forth.I know all the reasons that is very difficult, but little camcorders do much better.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know their tiny lens and sensor gets near infinite depth of field which hardly needs to focus - the DSLR cannot compete, it has much more focusing work to do.&nbsp; And I know contrast focusing is pitiful, but they both have that, and the D800 has such a faster processor.&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess a lot more pixels too, I don't know when focus is done.&nbsp; I know panning the camera around is a no-no, Hollywood goes to great lengths to minimize that.&nbsp; But there must be a focusing technique better than I'm seeing?&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; &nbsp; I'm just relying on Wide Area AF.&nbsp; Is there any logic that DX mode would help (reducing pixels?)&nbsp; It is subsampled anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 237790, member: 12496"] Any ideas about best video focus mode? I'm using the Wide Area AF choice, but panning the camera around is the pits, from all the seeking back and forth. I know all the reasons that is very difficult, but little camcorders do much better. I know their tiny lens and sensor gets near infinite depth of field which hardly needs to focus - the DSLR cannot compete, it has much more focusing work to do. And I know contrast focusing is pitiful, but they both have that, and the D800 has such a faster processor. I guess a lot more pixels too, I don't know when focus is done. I know panning the camera around is a no-no, Hollywood goes to great lengths to minimize that. But there must be a focusing technique better than I'm seeing? :) I'm just relying on Wide Area AF. Is there any logic that DX mode would help (reducing pixels?) It is subsampled anyway. [/QUOTE]

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