Moose's AF basics and preferred AF Modes for Nikon DSLR (D6) and Mirrorless (Z 6II) as of 8 July (firmware versions). I was somewhat surprised to see Moose's reliance on Auto-Area AF.
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I did an aircraft shoot with him earlier this year in south TX and I also was surprised he claims he uses all the focus points. I haven't seen the video but he also is often stopped down to f22, f32. He is often at 1/20-1/60 of a second shooting plains such as in the pic above. That is the only way to get a full prop blur.
Moose's AF basics and preferred AF Modes for Nikon DSLR (D6) and Mirrorless (Z 6II) as of 8 July (firmware versions). I was somewhat surprised to see Moose's reliance on Auto-Area AF.
No, because the firmware is designed to keep the eye locked and you don't have to worry about that. It's like the Sun coming up and giving light to you. It's a given!So I'm a bit confused. He says on the roadrunner shot the camera locked onto the eye using auto area AF (animal) but that NX studio displays the focus box on the body of the bird as it's on the same plane as the eye? Shouldn't the red box be displayed over the eye. I'm thinking that animal eye detect doesn't work that well on birds (as it seems at this point it's just for cats/dogs) and the camera just grabbed the portion of the bird closest to the camera.
I was confused by this interpretation as well, Rich. Moose even said at one point something like, the focal plane is in the same plane as the eye..? From my experience with earlier Nikon software, pre-Studio, the *effective* focal points used for the photo are highlighted. If this is still the case with Studio, I believe Moose’s interpretation is rather loose and doesn’t support Nikon’s Auto-area eye tracking all that well. Any other ideas?So I'm a bit confused. He says on the roadrunner shot the camera locked onto the eye using auto area AF (animal) but that NX studio displays the focus box on the body of the bird as it's on the same plane as the eye? Shouldn't the red box be displayed over the eye. I'm thinking that animal eye detect doesn't work that well on birds (as it seems at this point it's just for cats/dogs) and the camera just grabbed the portion of the bird closest to the camera.
He's talking about AF, and I understand he is using a larger depth of field while the firmware is showing other focal points in focus, he did point out the reason for not showing the eye-tracking focal point and that was because it wouldn't distract you from tracking the eye or should I say bird!I was confused by this interpretation as well, Rich. Moose even said at one point something like, the focal plane is in the same plane as the eye..? From my experience with earlier Nikon software, pre-Studio, the *effective* focal points used for the photo are highlighted. If this is still the case with Studio, I believe Moose’s interpretation is rather loose and doesn’t support Nikon’s Auto-area eye-tracking all that well. Any other ideas?
When eye AF is active, it is a little yellow box on the animal's eye and the yellow box is visible in the view finder.He's talking about AF, and I understand he is using a larger depth of field while the firmware is showing other focal points in focus, he did point out the reason for not showing the eye-tracking focal point and that was because it wouldn't distract you from tracking the eye or should I say bird!
When eye AF is active, it is a little yellow box on the animal's eye and the yellow box is visible in the view finder.
[/QUOTBird eye-tracking with BIF does not and he is using a post processing program that's showing other focal points.
Good - that helps,Charles - a feature I’m not familiar with.Hello everyone, Charles here, (don’t how to get my name under the green-dot), I was also curious when I watched the video, how to toggle the little red square Moose showed/spoke of in Auto Area AF, since my D6 wasn’t giving me that option in AAAF. So, I watched again and realized you have to turn on “a12, Auto-Area AF Starting Point” in the menu. Magic!! Move it to the eye or wherever and the D6 tracks it in Auto mode. This is what he was referring to as “eye AF” and, BTW, the D6 will not show a yellow box that tracks the eye, that’s only on the Z cameras. But, it’s tracking whatever you put the little box on. I just figured that out today so not much time playing with it, but so far I keep being surprised how well it works!
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Blessings everyone,
Charles