Oscariotrix
Senior Member
Hi all, from this newbie here!
Having tried with all 4 modes of AutoFocus on my D3200, I am realising that AF isn't very reliable or stable in Nikon dSLRs, or am I doing something wrong?!
First, I used the Single-Point AF mode, based in the center of the image; Things work well while you're landscaping, but gets tricky on moving subjects...
Then, I changed to Dynamic Area AF mode; Being center-wheighed, it suffers the same issues of the previous mode, perhaps with "polished corners"...
So I gave the 3D-Tracking mode a spin, and I am realising ~ when portraying my well-behaved(!) and standing kids that I often get blurry subjects against a very sharp background... It looks that this 3D mode isn't that much a 3D thing after all...
Ultimately, I changed it to Auto-Area AF mode, which still gives me the same issues of the previous 3D mode, also gives me the same headaches of the first two modes, although I end up losing a lot less of nice pictures than with the other AF modes.
So I decided to start studying the issue; I even went to the lenghts of testing my camera AF with this article, having found no errors at all.
So this is where I can be dealing with a user error, and your experient thoughts and ideas are now very welcome....
Thanks.
Having tried with all 4 modes of AutoFocus on my D3200, I am realising that AF isn't very reliable or stable in Nikon dSLRs, or am I doing something wrong?!
First, I used the Single-Point AF mode, based in the center of the image; Things work well while you're landscaping, but gets tricky on moving subjects...
Then, I changed to Dynamic Area AF mode; Being center-wheighed, it suffers the same issues of the previous mode, perhaps with "polished corners"...
So I gave the 3D-Tracking mode a spin, and I am realising ~ when portraying my well-behaved(!) and standing kids that I often get blurry subjects against a very sharp background... It looks that this 3D mode isn't that much a 3D thing after all...
Ultimately, I changed it to Auto-Area AF mode, which still gives me the same issues of the previous 3D mode, also gives me the same headaches of the first two modes, although I end up losing a lot less of nice pictures than with the other AF modes.
So I decided to start studying the issue; I even went to the lenghts of testing my camera AF with this article, having found no errors at all.
So this is where I can be dealing with a user error, and your experient thoughts and ideas are now very welcome....
Thanks.