Wrap around focus: After receiving my recently purchased Nikon D750 and reading the manual I came across auto focus where it talks about wrap around focus. Could some of you that are...

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

After receiving my recently purchased Nikon D750 and reading the manual I came across auto focus where it talks about wrap around focus. Could some of you that are familiar with this please explain the benefits and when it would be appropriate to use it? Curious does Canon offer something similar? I had a Nikon D90 in the past and find a whole new world of focusing with the D750.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

paulrph1 wrote:

After receiving my recently purchased Nikon D750 and reading the manual I came across auto focus where it talks about wrap around focus. Could some of you that are familiar with this please explain the benefits and when it would be appropriate to use it? Curious does Canon offer something similar? I had a Nikon D90 in the past and find a whole new world of focusing with the D750.

Are you referring to "Focus point wrap around"?

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

MT Shooter wrote:

Are you referring to "Focus point wrap around"?

Yes that is what I am referring to.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

paulrph1 wrote:

Yes that is what I am referring to.

That has nothing at all to do with actual focus of the camera. When activated it allows the focus point selected in the viewfinder to "wrap around" the view screen. That is, when moving the highlighted focus point up or down it does not stop at the edge of the viewfinder, but automatically goes to the other side when it gets there.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

MT Shooter wrote:

That has nothing at all to do with actual focus of the camera. When activated it allows the focus point selected in the viewfinder to "wrap around" the view screen. That is, when moving the highlighted focus point up or down it does not stop at the edge of the viewfinder, but automatically goes to the other side when it gets there.

That feature is going to confuse people in large numbers.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

davidrb wrote:

That feature is going to confuse people in large numbers.

Its been a standard feature in Nikon bodies for several years now. Nothing new or confusing.

BobbyT Loc: Southern California

MT Shooter wrote:

Its been a standard feature in Nikon bodies for several years now. Nothing new or confusing.

I have often wondered about what is the utility of this function.
Would someone please explain?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

BobbyT wrote:

I have often wondered about what is the utility of this function.
Would someone please explain?

Depending on the number of available focus points in your camera, it can make moving that focus point from the far right to the far left a lot faster between shots. If you only have 5 or 9 focus points its not a big deal, but if you have 51 or 61, or more, focus points, it can make the move significantly faster, a good feature when shooting a sporting event especially. And if you don't want it, just don't use it, simple.

BobbyT Loc: Southern California

Thanks for the info. I'll try it sometime. Maybe a tennis match?

webbo51 Loc: Brisbane, Australia

MT Shooter wrote:

Depending on the number of available focus points in your camera, it can make moving that focus point from the far right to the far left a lot faster between shots. If you only have 5 or 9 focus points its not a big deal, but if you have 51 or 61, or more, focus points, it can make the move significantly faster, a good feature when shooting a sporting event especially. And if you don't want it, just don't use it, simple.

Thanks MT, I've wondered re the benefit of this feature, not used it but now I understand.
Thankyou MT for the explanation and Paul for asking

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

If you think of the computer mouse... when you move it to the left, it stops dead at the edge but what if it magically appeared on the right and continued to move left. Then move it to the right and see the same thing happen in reverse. This is what they are referring to with wrap around focus points. Some will love it and others will not.

BobbyT wrote:

I have often wondered about what is the utility of this function.
Would someone please explain?

webbo51 Loc: Brisbane, Australia

big-guy wrote:

If you think of the computer mouse... when you move it to the left, it stops dead at the edge but what if it magically appeared on the right and continued to move left. Then move it to the right and see the same thing happen in reverse. This is what they are referring to with wrap around focus points. Some will love it and others will not.

Thank big-guy

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

Thanks to all of those that responded. Like typical Nikon, they tell what the camera is capable of but never any reason for the function. That clears it up and makes it a useful function, sometimes anyway.

mikeroetex Loc: Lafayette, LA

webbo51 wrote:

Thanks MT, I've wondered re the benefit of this feature, not used it but now I understand.
Thankyou MT for the explanation and Paul for asking

I picture this scenario.... a lovely field of slow moving cows grazing while composing a landscape shot. I want to focus on lead of herd. As they move across frame, clouds suddenly block the sun. Oops, gotta change a lot of things quickly (shutter speed, maybe ISO, maybe aperture). When I look up again, herd has moved across frame... no time to refocus and recompose or hit 10 clicks to move single point focus over,..BUT, one click to the right and I'm now focusing on left side of frame!