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<blockquote data-quote="mike3996" data-source="post: 382997" data-attributes="member: 13646">So out of curiosity I read a couple of Nikkor lens reviews. Focus shift was mentioned.What's the exact way one is supposed to go about it shooting a (D)SLR? After all, focus happens wide open and then it closes for exposing. Does one just hold the aperture preview button while (auto)focusing? Isn't that pretty cumbersome, not to mention doing this with tight apertures. I always thought that rangefinder people can just about tolerate this but, I thought, in SLR lenses it would be a design priority to avoid focus shift! Now if that's not the case, wow.My theory is that SLR shooters are accustomed to getting soft images (the lenses, they certainly aren't Leica) not to mention substandard focusing methods. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike3996, post: 382997, member: 13646"] So out of curiosity I read a couple of Nikkor lens reviews. Focus shift was mentioned. What's the exact way one is supposed to go about it shooting a (D)SLR? After all, focus happens wide open and then it closes for exposing. Does one just hold the aperture preview button while (auto)focusing? Isn't that pretty cumbersome, not to mention doing this with tight apertures. I always thought that rangefinder people can just about tolerate this but, I thought, in SLR lenses it would be a design priority to avoid focus shift! Now if that's not the case, wow. My theory is that SLR shooters are accustomed to getting soft images (the lenses, they certainly aren't Leica) not to mention substandard focusing methods. ;) [/QUOTE]

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