As we are getting closer to the Nikon D6 shipment date (Amazon lists the shipment date as May 31, Calumet lists it as May 21, I think the camera will start shipping earlier to NPS members), Nikon Europe published a new article on the sports photographer Clive Mason working with the Nikon D6 - here is what he had to say on the D6 AF performance: Better AF performance with fewer focus points How did the autofocus performance improve in the D6 with fewer focus points than the D5? Clive explains: “The AF is, I would say, significantly quicker. When I’m shooting motor sport, there are areas that I want to put the car in. Imagine the whole frame, and I want to get the focus in a small area. It’s not that we use autofocus 100% of the time, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to just put the car where the AF sensors weren’t necessarily as responsive before. With the new 105 cross-type all-selectable AF points, they’re all performing at 100%, whereas before there were some dead areas. While the D6 technically has fewer AF points, now they all work 100% as well as the centre one does. What used to happen in low light is if you moved off the centre focus point – maybe by one or two points, and you were working in low light – sometimes the autofocus system couldn’t find the subject, so the camera wouldn’t be able to lock on to...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Wednesday, 6 May, 2020