MikeDawson

Hey Jano, I'm all for having a friendly discussion. But my observation is that you don't particularly like any dissent to your opinions of what should be in the next model camera. Here's my take on your idea of "focus-recompose"... It's not a bad idea. It's a pretty good idea. IF, and I say, IF it would work reliably. But it won't. I mainly work with Nikon FX gear, but I dearly love my X-E2 for casual shooting. Nikon already has 3D tracking. It basically does what you are talking about. You put the AF point on a subject and then you can recompose and the AF point stays on the original target. But it doesn't always work. So my point is... great feature to add to a camera. But it can't be done to the exclusion of another means of choosing the AF point. When it comes down to situations where I need high reliability I am not going to choose your proposed way of choosing AF point. I want it under my control. I hope you can see the point I am making.

So I say "focus and recompose" and you say "no that's not what I suggested" and then go on to say "focus-recompose". Look, I understood completely what you meant the first time around. And No, my answer is the same. Remove the AF point controller from the back of the camera and I WILL NOT buy it.

Yes, I did read your post. If you're talking about using focus and recompose as the other way to AF... No. Not going to do that either. Keep the AF point selection buttons on the back of the camera.

Agree with some other posters here. Removal of the 4-way controller for AF point selection is a deal killer. Would never buy a camera that requires me to select a focus point using the rear LCD. Not sure what OP was thinking on this feature.