In
the sequence at right, I was trying to keep the driver's
helmet centered, but obviously failed. The camera, in
continuous dynamic AF and with almost nothing on which
to focus by the end of the sequence, was nevertheless
able to keep the wing of the car in focus right up to
the end.
I
didn't have sufficient time to fully evaluate the relative
strengths of the four different modes (Single-area AF,
Dynamic-area AF, Group-dynamic AF, and Dynamic-area
AF with closest-subject priority). I stayed with the
two modes that I use most often with the D1 or D100:
Single-area and Dynamic-area. I'm not sure how anything
could work much better than these anyway. Hunting is
minimal and lock-on is quick.
At
the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, the performance was just
as good. Under mostly gloomy and rainy conditions, the
D2H was reliable and accurate. The D2H has an improved
auto white balance system, with three sensors: real-time
off-imaging, reflected, and a new external sensor on
top of the prism housing. I found this to work very
well as conditions changed from sunny to cloudy to rainy
and back, as well as under mixed artificial lighting,
throughout the course of the weekend.
In
general, I have found the auto WB to work very well.
According to the manual, its range is from 8000 to 3500K.
3500 is still too high for typical indoor household
incandescent lighting. The "Incandescent"
mode or "Kelvin" mode should be used in this
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