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<blockquote data-quote="Brian" data-source="post: 256336" data-attributes="member: 17621">That might be correct, but there is a lot more to photography than what modern technology has to offer. Not everything in a modern camera makes for better photography, and a lot of it gets in the way of taking the photograph that you want. I've rendered assistance to a number of people trying &quot;to get the shot&quot; that were fighting with their cameras. I tend to be able to get it into the mode that they want, usually by turning it off of &quot;easy/auto-everything refuse to take the shot when the button is pressed mode&quot;. So back to get a camera (and lens) that you can get along with, balanced with one that is technically best for the job.My test for the Df was &quot;cut and dry&quot;. Walked into the shop with a Vivitar Series 1 135/2.3 non-Ai lens. This circa 1974 lens used floating optics for close-focus to 3ft, years before Nikon used them in their telephoto lenses. No problem getting sharp focus using any part of the screen, bought the camera kit. Second lens used was the 55/1.2. eventually I put a AF lenses on it, including the 70~180 AF-Micro-Nikkor zoom. This is a slower F4.5~F5.6 lens,<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/11470779376/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/11470779376_52939788fc_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/11470779376/" target="_blank">DSC_0514</a>&quot;Dumb test of AF&quot;, at 180mm F5.6, ISO 204,800 (or whatever the highest setting is), hand-held. No NR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian, post: 256336, member: 17621"] That might be correct, but there is a lot more to photography than what modern technology has to offer. Not everything in a modern camera makes for better photography, and a lot of it gets in the way of taking the photograph that you want. I've rendered assistance to a number of people trying "to get the shot" that were fighting with their cameras. I tend to be able to get it into the mode that they want, usually by turning it off of "easy/auto-everything refuse to take the shot when the button is pressed mode". So back to get a camera (and lens) that you can get along with, balanced with one that is technically best for the job. My test for the Df was "cut and dry". Walked into the shop with a Vivitar Series 1 135/2.3 non-Ai lens. This circa 1974 lens used floating optics for close-focus to 3ft, years before Nikon used them in their telephoto lenses. No problem getting sharp focus using any part of the screen, bought the camera kit. Second lens used was the 55/1.2. eventually I put a AF lenses on it, including the 70~180 AF-Micro-Nikkor zoom. This is a slower F4.5~F5.6 lens, [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/11470779376/"][IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/11470779376_52939788fc_o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/11470779376/"]DSC_0514[/URL] "Dumb test of AF", at 180mm F5.6, ISO 204,800 (or whatever the highest setting is), hand-held. No NR. [/QUOTE]

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