04-01-2014, 04:56 PM
Actually, AF spot on or not has nothing to do with pixelcount - and if it's missed on 36 MP, it's not better on 16MP if it's missed there, too 
Also, there's no guarantee that a shot missed by wrong AF operation wouldn't have been missed by manual focussing. All lenses can be switched to manual focus, but manual focus only lenses can't be switched to AF mode.
It all depends on the subject I'm photographing, if it's moving, I will never have a big chance to get a well focussed, well composed shot in that moment with MF. All earlier well composed, well focussed MF shots were just: well prepared, but rarely spontaneously. Relying on DoF is no alternative to me. Even with big enough DoF it's a difference between the sharpest zone in a picture and the DoF area - it's just not true, that within the DoF area all things are equally sharp - they are just less blurred than they would be with a more shallow DoF.
But I understand well the need of a nice, smooth and not too easy going focus ring when it comes to LV. It's one of the things I like very much on the latest Sigmas, they have a transmission and are well damped. It's a pleasure to manual focus them.
On the other side, I really like the touchscreen of a Lumix µ4/3, it's "point and shoot" at it's best and it's a shame, Nikon doesn't have this feature in their DSLRs.
Also, there's no guarantee that a shot missed by wrong AF operation wouldn't have been missed by manual focussing. All lenses can be switched to manual focus, but manual focus only lenses can't be switched to AF mode.
It all depends on the subject I'm photographing, if it's moving, I will never have a big chance to get a well focussed, well composed shot in that moment with MF. All earlier well composed, well focussed MF shots were just: well prepared, but rarely spontaneously. Relying on DoF is no alternative to me. Even with big enough DoF it's a difference between the sharpest zone in a picture and the DoF area - it's just not true, that within the DoF area all things are equally sharp - they are just less blurred than they would be with a more shallow DoF.
But I understand well the need of a nice, smooth and not too easy going focus ring when it comes to LV. It's one of the things I like very much on the latest Sigmas, they have a transmission and are well damped. It's a pleasure to manual focus them.
On the other side, I really like the touchscreen of a Lumix µ4/3, it's "point and shoot" at it's best and it's a shame, Nikon doesn't have this feature in their DSLRs.