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Dec 29, 2020 08:36:49   #
User ID wrote:
If your camera has an actual focusing screen, that would be more accurate than trusting any SLR AF module.

Good to see someone who understands why reflex cameras have focusing screens!
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Dec 27, 2020 17:30:09   #
TriX wrote:
Sorry, can’t agree. The AF system on your camera isn’t using contrast detection on the image on the screen, it’s looking at the phase difference between the two phase detection sensors behind the mirror. On MILC cameras, which use contrast detection, what you say may be true, but your camera is a DSLR.

Now whether you can SEE any problem or whether the AF could be better and provide sharper images is a different question, and if you’re happy, then God bless and carry on, but on a DSLR, sharp images in the viewfinder don’t necessarily equate to accurate AF with all lenses.
Sorry, can’t agree. The AF system on your camera i... (show quote)

I will only say that, in situations where the camera cannot achieve autofocus (low contrast subject, for example), the manual recommends to confirm focus on the screen.
Edit: Surely they wouldn't make such a recommendation if there were a difference between the screen and sensor image. And if there was a difference, accurate manual focus would be impossible.
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Dec 27, 2020 15:54:15   #
TriX wrote:
Only if it’s a MILC (contrast detection AF) or a non interchangeable lens camera. If it’s an interchangeable lens camera with phase detection AF, there’s a tolerance on the camera and a tolerance on the lens, and if they both go the “wrong way”. Then there’s a tolerance stackup which can result in inaccurate AF. Now if you always shoot stopped down, the DOF may hide it, but if you shoot wide open, especially with long lenses, where the DOF is sometimes inches, you need the AF to be spot on.

It's a Nikon Df. If the image were sharp on the screen and unsharp on the sensor, there would have to be a defect in the viewfinder alignment. Thus far (about 6 1/2 years), I've had no focus problems, auto or manual.
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Dec 27, 2020 14:13:39   #
My camera was calibrated when it was made. When the image is in focus on the focusing screen, it's in focus at the focal plane.
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Dec 27, 2020 14:02:28   #
grandpaw wrote:
This is the best shot I could get of the pins and they look ok to me

You have to look at it to see it.
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Dec 27, 2020 13:57:14   #
wsa111 wrote:
On a VR Nikon lens is it normal to run a little after focus is obtained?

What is not normal is to suppose that somehow there could be a correlation between camera movement and focus.
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Dec 22, 2020 23:14:56   #
Imageandart wrote:
I'm planning on using the Nikon PB5 bellows with the PS4 slide/negative attachment with my Nikon D5500 camera body. What Nikon focal length lens should I use to get a full frame image of the negative or slide? Thanking you all in advance for your expertise and help.

Actually what you want is a DX image of an FX subject. Try a 55 or 60mm Micro-Nikkor.
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Dec 22, 2020 21:34:08   #
Gene51 wrote:
Either would be preferable to judgmental criticism...

Providing a helpful suggestion would also be quite helpful. . . Just sayin'

Think about it, if possible.
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Dec 22, 2020 14:27:30   #
bleirer wrote:
What is your theory?

I think that exposure compensation has been inadvertently moved off of zero. It would be good if the OP would acknowledge our comments.
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Dec 22, 2020 14:11:03   #
bleirer wrote:
No, just theorizing. I said 'on that theory' and suggested a couple of ways they could test it, one via the DOF preview button to see if they hear and see the effect of the aperture closing, another by shooting with the aperture set to wide open to see if the problem doesn't happen in that case.

Thought for a bit that you were psychic!
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Dec 22, 2020 13:56:15   #
bleirer wrote:
But at exposure the lens is supposed to stop down to take the picture and it isn't.

Do you know for a fact that the OP's lens is not stopping down?
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Dec 22, 2020 13:22:43   #
Pungokayak wrote:
Help - my computer has slowed to a crawl since I loaded the wonderful photographic tool - Adobe Creative Cloud. Even when not in use it sucks up much of my RAM. I am getting tired of going to task manager and turning it off.

What do you think would be more productive. whining or installing more RAM?
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Dec 18, 2020 07:23:57   #
robirdman wrote:
Yes I like reading online because you can search and make print bigger. but you can't if you are in a remote area with no phone service. "Welcome to the 21st Century" where everyone is staring at their cell phone and walking into things. "buy a 3rd party manual." In case one wonders why companies no longer bother, those are the attitudes that allow them to get away with it. Another is that so many amateurs don't even read them. Someone wanted field lessons from me and asked more about shooting in manual. I have Nikon, she had Canon. I said, OK first put your camera in manual. "How do I do that." I was always solving problems for someone else shooting birds with Canon, 600mm F4 lens, who never read the manual. Never used a Canon, but because I understood things from my Nikon could figure things for them, despite the different names and settings. Attitudinal enablers.
Yes I like reading online because you can search a... (show quote)

Can you not download a manual onto a smart phone and read it the same as on a computer with no internet service? If not, couldn't you do so with an inexpensive tablet?
I have neither a smart phone or tablet, and my camera came with a manual larger than I want to carry in the field. I have written down the most important settings I may not remember in a small notebook which is easier to carry than the manual. I find this to be more productive than complaining.
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Dec 17, 2020 19:38:44   #
Stan Fayer wrote:
I use a Nikon D300 and have never updated the firmware. The camera works fine, is it worth up dating the firmware. What will it improve? I’ve been a little nervous about trying. Stan

Check the Nikon web site for what the upgrade does, and decide for yourself if it would be beneficial to you.
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Dec 17, 2020 05:35:26   #
abc1234 wrote:
I do not know how sharp that lens is at f/11 but if you have to stop down a stop or two to increase the sharpness, then the noise and motion blur become that much worse.

The lens is computed to be its sharpest at f/11.0, so stopping down more would not increase sharpness.
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