The points are not equal in sensitivity. All but the two extreme outside
points are cross sensors (The points on the extremes of the horizontal
axis are linear sensors) and my testing indicated that the centre sensor
is definitely more sensitive than the other cross points, especially in
low light where the other points are pretty much useless. That would be
pretty much standard for AF sensor design (The same goes for the other
two multi-point AF bodies I've owned, the 45 point EOS 3 and the 5 point
Nikon F65). But the fact that only 9 of the 11 points are cross-type
disproves your assertion.
-Adam
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The points are all of equal sensitivity. When you dial one point in,
that's the point that determines your exposure. It's really quite
simple and far better than a simple center sensor.
Paul
On May 13, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
Personally, I never found the other points to be sensitive enough. I
almost always left the D on the centre point. Never auto-select,
absolutely never auto-select.
-Adam
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Don't you feel any need to vary your autofocus point? I use the
selective autofocus and move the point to where I want it. For
example, when shooting street photography and anticipating
verticals, I move it to the far right center area, so it will
correspond to eye position when shooting verticals.
On May 13, 2006, at 7:45 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote:
So, what controls concern you, Joe?
Shel
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Metering mode. Having both dials for Hyper Program or Hyper Manual.
Is exposure bracketing down in a menu on the DS?
Time delay -- usually I use the 2 second delay. (It looks like that
one may have gone to a menu in the D+.)
I use the central autofocus point, so probably I can set than once
and forget it.
I could live with these on menus. I could live without Hyper
Program/Manual. But I don't want to.
Joe
