D800/E live view vs manual focus indicator

[robmac]

So an individual adjustment, when said lens s attached, will override any default?

 

[Jack]

Yes.

 

[vjbelle]

This is very good to know. I'm certainly not going to update all of my Zeiss lenses for the chipped versions but will certainly be purchasing the new 'Monster' lenses which should be coming out in the next year.

Victor

 

[Bryan Stephens]

During my Zion shooting, I used LV most of the time, and it made some very sharp lenses (Zeiss 18 and 25 and Nikon 85 1.4 and 105 DC) even sharper, as I didnt have to rely on the auto focus and that my corrections were accurate.

 

[robmac]

Thanks Jack

 

[woodworth]

Tweaking the diopter correction for the VF helped me a lot. The VF on the D600 was spot on and the D800 needed slight adjustment. Don't know why they were different, but they were.

 

[markhout]

Shooting from a tripod I use a hotshoe mounted electronic viewfinder (through the HDMI output) to focus manually. With zooming and focus peaking. Never knew my old AIS lenses were that sharp.

Also see the first hint here, on using a shortcut for playback zooming - works for liveview as well: D800 on location checking sharpness - FM Forums

 

[woodyj]

-- note that it works for manual focus lenses using the AF confirm dot too.

Cheers,

The manual says that tuning is only for CPU lenses. Are you telling us that it is usable with MF lenses. If so, the user would have to identify the lens so that the camera knows which lens is mounted. Correct?

 

[Jack]

Hi Woody, and welcome to GetDPI. You can set one generic offset that will then apply to all lenses not otherwise specifically set, including any non-CPU lenses. HOWEVER, with a non-CPU lens, the offset should be identically equal to the offset of your AF sensor to the sensor, so it should be fine for ALL non-CPU lenses. Hopefully that makes sense