[Studor13]

I re-read Fred Miranda's recent post complaining about the LV on the D800. He says something like:



"To achieve critical focus I looked for nuances as I slowly turned the focusing ring on the lens. Surprisingly, in the field under this variable lighting, the image seemed to be interpolated as I used higher magnification. It was a mess. I had never experienced this before and wasted so much time playing around with the live view, that I missed the light. I still took a few shots even though I knew they weren't usable just so I would have something to look at. When reviewing these images on the LCD, I noticed they had a green cast and a low contrast look to them. Needless to say, this did nothing for my self-esteem in the field. My solution - Delete."



What is this critical focus non-sense?



Here are some shots I did today on the D800 (and 16-35mm f/4 @16mm and f8) where I simply focused at infinity on the church.





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For landscapes on the D800 or any other camera why not just set the focus to infinity, set the lens to f8, shoot and then go home?



I really believe that too many people try to complicate things when there is nothing to complicate.



So, please stop believing things on the internet (except mine of course) and go and find out for yourself!



As a side note, there is a lot of talk about what how only the best lenses are going to perform well on the D800. I can only say that (sharpness wise) the 75-150mm Series E is up there with the 24-70mm at 70mm and the 70-200mm VR II at 135mm. (I didn't test at other focal lengths)



Some other side notes:

- the 24mm f2.8 AIS isn't up to it

- the 20mm f3.5 Voigtlander is not bad but not as good as the 16-35 at 20mm

- the 24-70 creams the the 16-35 at 35mm but not so at 24mm

- the 180mm f/2.8 AFD is a gem

- the 70-200mm VR II is sort of weird at 200mm; sharp enough but not as good as the 180mm



- the 18-35mm (I admit) isn't up to it from 18-24 but is more than good beyond that



Unfortunately the D800 was not mine (mine is on order) so I can't "borrow" it again until next week.