Sometimes you get very lucky as I was this day, we were at the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile and I saw this Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud coming around the circle and when it got in the frame there were no other autos in the frame.
I seem to have an issue with my 24-120/4 that I wonder if anyone else has experienced. I noticed this first when using the lens on the Z5…wide open and at multiple focal lengths, the lens is front focusing. I shot mostly at 5.6-11, so not a big concern, but it made me wonder if it was the camera or the lens. I shot an event recently that I used my Zf and things were fine at 5.6-16. I got home and one of my cats was being a dork, so I took some shots. Had the lens wide open with eye detection set. Just like the Z5, front focus. Looks like about 7-8mm in front of the eye. I hope to dig out my drafting ruler and a target and check for sure, but has anyone else seen this? I know there is fine tuning available, but will it deal with front focus? My old D610 didn’t really do much with front focus, only could adjust for back focus… Anyone have any suggestions?
kwoodard wrote:
I seem to have an issue with my 24-120/4 that I wonder if anyone else has experienced. I noticed this first when using the lens on the Z5…wide open and at multiple focal lengths, the lens is front focusing. I shot mostly at 5.6-11, so not a big concern, but it made me wonder if it was the camera or the lens. I shot an event recently that I used my Zf and things were fine at 5.6-16. I got home and one of my cats was being a dork, so I took some shots. Had the lens wide open with eye detection set. Just like the Z5, front focus. Looks like about 7-8mm in front of the eye. I hope to dig out my drafting ruler and a target and check for sure, but has anyone else seen this? I know there is fine tuning available, but will it deal with front focus? My old D610 didn’t really do much with front focus, only could adjust for back focus… Anyone have any suggestions?...Show more →
Did you have the camera AF set specifically for animal detection?
The fur may have vertical line contrast that is distracting the phase-detection sensors. Selecting a smaller focus area may help.
I did have the camera set to animal detection and eyes… I have the front focus issue with portraits as well. Tip of the nose is in focus, eyes are soft.
ilkka_nissila wrote:
Did you have the camera AF set specifically for animal detection?
The fur may have vertical line contrast that is distracting the phase-detection sensors. Selecting a smaller focus area may help.
kwoodard wrote:
Good to see you still shooting Alan! I really like the processing here.
Thanks Kevin! This was just last week with mid/late afternoon winter sun, slightly golden. I thought the high contrast in with the clouds/sky and the deep shadows and open areas of the hollows in the rocks worked better in B&W than preserving/keeping the colors. I was really hoping the climber would move a few feet to his left and allow me to contrast him with the bright face of the rock, but alas, it was not to be!
