55-200 Nikon VR lens hunting on auto focus
Dec 28, 2020 12:07:27 #
Dec 28, 2020 12:12:59 #
If you move the zoom ring and you feel a bump than the focus engine isn’t good. Some equipment is built to fail or they last just a certain time......read eBay reviews.....
Dec 28, 2020 13:37:22 #
tkgraves
Loc: Greensboro, NC
Ok thanks for the ideas and suggestions, I’m gonna spend a couple hours outside with the lens and find out exactly what happens with a lot of different lens/camera settings and find out what results
Dec 28, 2020 14:56:03 #
tkgraves wrote:
Ok thanks for the ideas and suggestions, I’m gonna spend a couple hours outside with the lens and find out exactly what happens with a lot of different lens/camera settings and find out what results
Excellent move!! ... Now get Out there!!
Dec 28, 2020 15:14:02 #
uhaas2009 wrote:
If you move the zoom ring and you feel a bump than the focus engine isn’t good. Some equipment is built to fail or they last just a certain time......read eBay reviews.....
I have this lens and use it on a D3200, D5200 & D300 with no focus issues. It is one of the sharpest lenses in my backpack. Refer to Ken Rockwell's review of this lens.
Dec 29, 2020 09:33:58 #
tallshooter wrote:
Shooting mode? If stopped down too far that lens will hunt.
Modern camera lenses are auto-aperture - so even if you stop down to F22, all focusing occurs with the lens wide open - and will have no effect on focus hunting.
Dec 29, 2020 12:03:19 #
Gene51 wrote:
Modern camera lenses are auto-aperture - so even if you stop down to F22, all focusing occurs with the lens wide open - and will have no effect on focus hunting.
So, are you saying it could be aperture, in the event the auto-aperture is not working?
Dec 29, 2020 14:36:04 #
No no no don't get rid of it . Rather learn its limitations and when to use a tri or mono pod or brace camera . Small lite sharp lens . Def a keeper imho .
Dec 29, 2020 15:53:59 #
Appy
Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)
Thanks for this thread. I have the Nikkor 55-200 DX with VR and my cam is D3200. It's my favorite lens. I am hopeful of finding something with farther reach but so far everything I've seem is currently cost prohibitive. Just now beginning to learn the nuances of manual settings. I find a lot of helpful nuggets in thread such as this one.
Dec 30, 2020 10:45:08 #
tallshooter wrote:
So, are you saying it could be aperture, in the event the auto-aperture is not working?
What I am saying is that smaller apertures would have zero effect on focus hunting. My guess is that the OP is hand holding, and focus is being acquired on different things that are visually in close proximity in two dimensions but not so close in the depth dimension. Like a bird in a tree that has some branches in front and a busy background - the camera will try and focus on the bird if the AF box is placed on the bird, but if it is a small target, it could acquire on the branches in front or the background - and focus will definitely hunt between all the elements.
Another cause is trying to focus on something that is low contrast or has no hard edges - PDAF systems don't do well in these circumstances.
A third possibility is too little light - which mimics low contrast behavior - if he just doesn't have enough light it won't focus reliably.
Dec 30, 2020 11:55:47 #
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