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AF???
How do you AF a 105mm f4 micro Nikkor?AF a waste of space (literally) for photographing plowers. I need choose which bit is in focus, or not and by how much.
My fisheye, despite having a huge DoF still needs careful focusing at infinity to get really sharp stars. AF don't work too well in the dark with tiny specs of light. It's a pain when I get home and find the stars are not sharp.
This would be one of the main reasons I might be interested in a Z.
If you zoom the image, the pixels in the viewing screen stay the same, you just multiply the image in exactly the same way as you do the back screen to check focus in live view. I don't do that because of reflections and the need for a loupe, the viewfinder does that for you, no reflections and built in Loupe, provided it can zoom in.
I have read that it does, but no detail. Even Michael Earlwine has mentioned it, in passing, without elaborating.
The moment I get my hands on one I will want to check that out.
I am currently doing a time-lapse, since 2nd September, an exposure every ten minutes. As the plant grows I have to move the camera or pot, or both! Then I have to re-focus, live view on the D300 doesn't zoom in as much as I need, so I have to take a series of test shots to narrow in the focus on the bit I want. Also the plant moves about, back and forth, and sideways, plays havoc with my careful focus! LOL Naughty plant. Possible advantage we get to see better detail in different parts of the buds and leaves.
The Z series has focus stacking to sort that.
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Eric