DSLR's and Add On Battery Grips

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I have an older DSLR of which I also have a battery pack to go underneath it, which does a couple of things, adds a button to the top for when you shooting in portrait and gives you 8fps up from 5fps on the stock body.

Question is, does this also make the AF quicker as well?

So if you are tracking a moving subject, will the added power mean you will get a better lock on and potentially more images in focus when using AF tarcking or Servo or continuous focus or what ever it is called in the various cameras we use?

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Knikki said:
So if you are tracking a moving subject, will the added power mean you will get a better lock on and potentially more images in focus when using AF tarcking or Servo or continuous focus or what ever it is called in the various cameras we use?
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Short answer = I'm afraid not.
 
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Back in the film days didn't Nikon have (overlapping period?) both AF lenses driven via a motor in the body and AF motor in lens versions. NB the advantage of Canon back then was their EOS method of lens operation ;)

If so did this, both Nikon lens drive types, also get carried forward into dSLR bodies. Therefore, does such a battery grip also boost AF performance as well as FPS???
 
Box Brownie said:
If so did this, both Nikon lens drive types, also get carried forward into dSLR bodies. Therefore, does such a battery grip also boost AF performance as well as FPS???
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The D200 had dual interfaces but my D600 does not. Whether the use of a plug in grip made more current available would depend on how the interface was designed but my guess is "not".
 
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Box Brownie said:
:thinking:
Back in the film days didn't Nikon have (overlapping period?) both AF lenses driven via a motor in the body and AF motor in lens versions. NB the advantage of Canon back then was their EOS method of lens operation ;)

If so did this, both Nikon lens drive types, also get carried forward into dSLR bodies. Therefore, does such a battery grip also boost AF performance as well as FPS???
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Pretty sure the controlling factor on AF speed was processing rather than motor speed.

My D610 used both lens types, but although AF was quieter with in-lens motors, it was no faster or more accurate.
 
Thank you for the reply's, I had a feeling that was the case. Gives me an excuse to go look for another camera :LOL::LOL:
 
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