So far, the image quality of the 18-400 is better than I expected. I'm taking it to a deer preserve tomorrow and hope to catch some deer and turkey early in the mornings.
I understand. Right now, There are several functions on this camera that I still just do not know and I am mostly shooting on auto when I see something that I need to shoot in an instant and don't have time to think it through. I need to think back to learning with my Yashica-D when we just had to look at the sun (couldn't use a light meter) and developed my own B&W, and ended up with some great shots that I was proud to claim. It's just been so many years that I feel like I'm starting over, and this camera feels way over-engineered. I've just got to learn and gradually use all manual functions. But, I've got to say, that I am loving this lens...I live on a lake, and a great blue heron hangs out in front of my house, so I'm waiting to catch him.
Clearly I have a lot of reading to do....didn't know that a lens could be connected to a computer, which is why your post made no sense to me regarding modifying AF settings. I am copying and pasting this and will get on it this week. Thank you!
I'm reading and learning about this lens as fast as I can; this is the first digital camera that I have owned. (Yes, I'm old; I learned with a Yashika-D in Journalism school at college in the 70's). You lost me when you were referencing the "IQ" and said that you did "...tune mine at all 24 Tap-In table entries". Can you tell me where I can learn about that? Is it just best to search YouTube or is that something that is particular to my lens? Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Just joined this group and searched the topic of this lens, which I purchased and it arrived today! So far, it is awesome. I've been reading many of the posts and am looking forward to learning from this group.