Papa j Loc: Cary NC

I have a Nikon 7000 approximately 8 years old, a 750 about 5 years old and a 7200 about 2 years old. I do hand my equipment with care. Christmas Eve I used my 750 w a 24-70 2.8 lens set on A priority auto iso maxed at 1600 all indoors at night. Most shots were very noisy more so than usual. My question is does anyone send their equipment back to the manufacturer for periodic maintenance and if so how often and what do you recommend the maintenance to be.

Thanks as always
Joe

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I did with one film camera MANY, many years ago, never since.
(Have not had one require servicing either.)

Brokenland

While owning 2 nikon cameras I routinely sent my cameras (bodies only) back to them for a check up. My main issues was that the mirror would constantly get jammed in the up or open position. Today and because this is a newer Canon sensor, it would be suggested to to send these newer cameras back once ever 6 months for a routine maintenance (sensor cleaning) depending on how often you withstand cold or hot temps as the cameras needs to be kept in a well constant temperature. any variance without descant packs as a precaution, one could develop fungus which can occur while the camera has been exposed to cold weather and abruptly returned indoors without safely storing the camera and lenses away from attracting moisture. it's like taking the camera out in 32° for several hours, then abruptly retuning indoors and setting the camera near a warm zone. Moisture will develop.

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Thanks for the response
J

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Have you ever had the sensor cleaned? That is the only maintenance I have done. I use an authorized Nikon service in Chicago area.Google authorized Nikon Repair north carolina.

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Thank you B

J

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Yes thank you there is a local camera shop that offers sensor cleaning free

J

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

I see you are in Cary... Peace Camera in Raleigh does free cleaning. Wasn't sure if that was who were referencing.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Is it possible you need some skills maintenance? The camera didn't become noisy ... It was you, the photographer, who selected the exposure parameters while operating the camera. It was you who didn't use / bring a flash and decided to limit the ISO to ISO-1600 on a camera that provides 100 ~ 12,800.

BebuLamar

In the 5 years since I bought the Nikon Df I have sent it to Nikon once for sensor cleaning and now it's at Nikon for the exposure meter problem. ISO 1600 shouldn't be noisy with the D750. May be you're too critical. Cameras do not change their noise characteristics over time.

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Yes thank you they have been great the past 22 years

Joe

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Thanks for the response I think 1600 should be ok for the 750

J

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

You might be right @ 68 many of my skills need maintenance. I saw 2/videos a couple of weeks ago about A priority and auto iso (Steve Perry) was one and I like what I saw I never use auto iso it sounded easier. Both videos suggested using a max and minimum iso so I did. Do you think leaving it wide open would produce a better result

Thanks I always appreciate your comments

Joe

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Without being there or seeing an example image, it's hard to say the exact exposure parameters that would produce a better result. Looking at some images I have from a bar at night for an awards show, I was 1/60 at f/4 using ISO-1600, so possibly that max ISO recommendation may have been in the neighborhood. But, you were responsible of looking at the histogram of the test shots and at the meter in the viewfinder and making adjustments to any suggested settings to address the actual situation. (For my example, I can see I was using a flash on some images although several look like ambient light, all at ISO-1600.)

I've gone back n forth on AUTO ISO, but now work primarily in manual and setting all three parameters manually. When configuring my cameras for ISO limits, I set the limit to the maximum acceptable ISO for that model after testing for the ISO threshold that gives me unusable images. I would expect that max "usable" threshold on your D750 to be somewhere around ISO3200 to ISO6400. Without seeing Steve's video and his reasoning for holding at ISO1600, I'm unsure of the reasoning for the lower recommendation, if his recommendation applied to indoor shooting without a flash.

ELNikkor

I also have a D750 (less than a year old), that suddenly gave me grainy photos. I found out that I had the ISO limit set for 12,800, so auto was ramping it up to that. I turned that feature off, then, back to "no-noise". (You might also have been under-exposing for the situation).