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D800/D800E
Not sure about my new D800
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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 106226" data-attributes="member: 8705"><p>Dave</p><p></p><p>A few points. Firstly it is back focussing rather than not focussing, so not a resolution induced effect. This is compounded by the focus shifting between apertures.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, The 70-200 VRII seems better but I haven't used it much vs the others. As it's such a good lens it alway look better than anything else I've got. That said I haven't checked the focus point. The other day I shot a load of birds at 2.8 the other day and they didn't look to bad. I rarely use any other aperture on that lens.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly, whilst I can handhold pretty well once I've set the lens, the issues have manifested themselves on a tripod with the mirror up.</p><p></p><p>I never saw any of this on the D600 and that's not that far short in pixels. Equally if its only any good on a tripod if you down sample it would be a waste of time.</p><p></p><p>As time goes by I wonder if the 50mm is more of a culprit as the 24-120 isn't too bad now I've tuned it. It's better at F4 than the 50 is at F5.6. Maybe I have a bad copy as that should be a good lens on the D800.</p><p></p><p>I do agree that all those pixels will allow you too see any imperfections if they are there. Like many I tend to go to 1:1 in Lightroom to check the images and that a lot more detail on the screen than I'm used to.</p><p></p><p>I took some landscape the other day and was surprised when I zoomed into a distant dot only to find quite a detailed house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 106226, member: 8705"] Dave A few points. Firstly it is back focussing rather than not focussing, so not a resolution induced effect. This is compounded by the focus shifting between apertures. Secondly, The 70-200 VRII seems better but I haven't used it much vs the others. As it's such a good lens it alway look better than anything else I've got. That said I haven't checked the focus point. The other day I shot a load of birds at 2.8 the other day and they didn't look to bad. I rarely use any other aperture on that lens. Thirdly, whilst I can handhold pretty well once I've set the lens, the issues have manifested themselves on a tripod with the mirror up. I never saw any of this on the D600 and that's not that far short in pixels. Equally if its only any good on a tripod if you down sample it would be a waste of time. As time goes by I wonder if the 50mm is more of a culprit as the 24-120 isn't too bad now I've tuned it. It's better at F4 than the 50 is at F5.6. Maybe I have a bad copy as that should be a good lens on the D800. I do agree that all those pixels will allow you too see any imperfections if they are there. Like many I tend to go to 1:1 in Lightroom to check the images and that a lot more detail on the screen than I'm used to. I took some landscape the other day and was surprised when I zoomed into a distant dot only to find quite a detailed house. [/QUOTE]
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