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<blockquote data-quote="desmobob" data-source="post: 783296" data-attributes="member: 45742">I got out for a short hike with the new D500 this afternoon.&nbsp; I had the impressive, under-rated AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G mounted and my old AF 180mm f/2.8 with me in my daypack.&nbsp; It was a dark, dreary, overcast day. (And the wonderful Adirondack black flies were out! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> )I'll have to do some reading on the focus settings.&nbsp; I liked using AF-C and 3-D so I could center the subject, partial press the shutter button to get focus, then recompose with the focus staying on the subject as I moved it around in the frame. &nbsp;I was using this a lot until I took my first photo in vertical orientation.&nbsp; The AF did not act the same and would not stay on the subject when I recomposed.&nbsp; When I pressed the center button on the rear multi-control to center the AF rectangle, it wouldn't even show the little dot in the AF box like it did when the camera was in horizontal orientation.Is this normal, or is there a setting I need to change?Here are a couple of sample snapshots with no editing.&nbsp; At first I was thinking they were all too dark, but I guess they are true-to-life as it was a very dark day.&nbsp; I shot in Aperture Priority, Auto ISO with the setting for Minimum Shutter Speed all the way to the right; &quot;Faster.&quot;&nbsp; It seems everything looked a half- to 2/3-stop underexposed.[ATTACH]374792[/ATTACH][ATTACH]374793[/ATTACH][ATTACH]374794[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="desmobob, post: 783296, member: 45742"] I got out for a short hike with the new D500 this afternoon. I had the impressive, under-rated AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G mounted and my old AF 180mm f/2.8 with me in my daypack. It was a dark, dreary, overcast day. (And the wonderful Adirondack black flies were out! :( ) I'll have to do some reading on the focus settings. I liked using AF-C and 3-D so I could center the subject, partial press the shutter button to get focus, then recompose with the focus staying on the subject as I moved it around in the frame. I was using this a lot until I took my first photo in vertical orientation. The AF did not act the same and would not stay on the subject when I recomposed. When I pressed the center button on the rear multi-control to center the AF rectangle, it wouldn't even show the little dot in the AF box like it did when the camera was in horizontal orientation. Is this normal, or is there a setting I need to change? Here are a couple of sample snapshots with no editing. At first I was thinking they were all too dark, but I guess they are true-to-life as it was a very dark day. I shot in Aperture Priority, Auto ISO with the setting for Minimum Shutter Speed all the way to the right; "Faster." It seems everything looked a half- to 2/3-stop underexposed. [ATTACH=CONFIG]374792._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]374793._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]374794._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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