ajrmd
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Since switching to Nikon from Canon a little over a year ago, I have been managing with the rudimentary subject detection of the Z8 series. Yes, FW 2.0 improved things dramatically, though Nikon is still way behind compared to Sony/Canon. Apart from my frustrations over the Z8 inexplicably loosing AF capture as osprey/eagles move through their strikes (the af point still indicates that it is on the bird though it just loses af for a few frames through the catch), its subject recognition just isn't as good. Yesterday, I was shooting some goldfinches nibbling on echinacea plants from around 20 ft away and had to use single point AF all of the time. Single point is not ideal for quick moving subjects and all of the other focus modes I employed grabbed the cones instead. My old R5, handles this subject/situation with aplomb. Time for new and better recognition algorithms.
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