UPGRADING: Hey HOGS. I am planning to upgrade to a new camera. I presently shoot a Nikon D700. Has the AF problem been resolved in the D800? Thanks in advance !!!

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Dec 24, 2012 18:41:15 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Hey HOGS. I am planning to upgrade to a new camera.
I presently shoot a Nikon D700.
Has the AF problem been resolved in the D800?

Thanks in advance !!!

Dec 24, 2012 19:05:14 #

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

What AF problem??

Dec 24, 2012 19:12:17 #

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

Well the user focus problem has been clearly resolved....LOL
Sorry....couldn't help it....and good luck with your upgrade.

Dec 24, 2012 19:15:34 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

MT Shooter wrote:

What AF problem??

Hey. Thanks. Maybe just vicious rumors.

Dec 24, 2012 19:17:04 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Bret wrote:

Well the user focus problem has been clearly resolved....LOL

Sorry....couldn't help it....and good luck with your upgrade.

Thanks a bunch. I like the "USER FOCUS PROBLEM"
Looking forward to getting one soon.

Dec 24, 2012 19:17:40 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Master Flash wrote:

Hey HOGS. I am planning to upgrade to a new camera.
I presently shoot a Nikon D700.
Has the AF problem been resolved in the D800?

Thanks in advance !!!

No matter what the product, you can find someone online complaining about a problem with it - something that really doesn't matter to 99.9% of the people who own that product. If you are waiting to buy a perfect product, you will have a long wait. I remember a friend who resisted buying a color TV for decades. He was waiting for it "to be perfected." He didn't think the colors looked right.

Dec 24, 2012 19:18:02 #

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Master Flash wrote:

Bret wrote:

Well the user focus problem has been clearly resolved....LOL

Sorry....couldn't help it....and good luck with your upgrade.

Thanks a bunch. I like the "USER FOCUS PROBLEM"
Looking forward to getting one soon.

What the hell, buy 2!

Dec 24, 2012 19:25:50 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Noted, and resolved:
"Nikon D800/D800E Auto-focus Problems"
http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2012/08/30/d800-auto-focus

Dec 24, 2012 19:27:24 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Master Flash wrote:

Bret wrote:

Well the user focus problem has been clearly resolved....LOL

Sorry....couldn't help it....and good luck with your upgrade.

Thanks a bunch. I like the "USER FOCUS PROBLEM"
Looking forward to getting one soon.

AMEN. i shoot weddings and landscapes. Trying to decide between a d800 and a d3x.

Dec 24, 2012 19:40:29 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Nikonian72 wrote:

Noted, and resolved:
"Nikon D800/D800E Auto-focus Problems"
http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2012/08/30/d800-auto-focus

Nikonian 72
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Read the links. That's exactly what I needed to know.

Dec 24, 2012 19:47:02 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Nikonian72 wrote:

Noted, and resolved:
"Nikon D800/D800E Auto-focus Problems"
http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2012/08/30/d800-auto-focus

Nikonian 72.
I am from Torrance California. Just NORTH of you. How are things in CA. I moved to Alabama not too long ago. I really miss CA. My family still lives there. Brought the wife and kids to AL. Major climate change.

Dec 24, 2012 21:58:07 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

"D800 autofocus the Grand Finale"
http://hifivoice.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/d800-autofocus-the-grand-finale

Dec 24, 2012 23:36:54 #

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

Master Flash wrote:

Hey HOGS. I am planning to upgrade to a new camera.
I presently shoot a Nikon D700.
Has the AF problem been resolved in the D800?
Thanks in advance !!!

I've heard that Nikon has addressed this auto-focus right/left differential anomaly, so if you buy a new camera that was manufactured in the later part of 2012 you should be OK. But I'm not certain about that. I'm also not clear as to whether all D800's were affected, and whether the magnitude of the anomaly varied considerably or was consistent. Nikon seems to have kept that information closely guarded.
However, if it is a camera made in 2011 or a used D800, then calibration by a service center may be required. Whether this is under warranty or not is not clear for second owners.

Dec 24, 2012 23:42:40 #

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

If the following report from one individual is a valid indication, the autofocus differential "problem" may not be completely resolved.
This is a link found within the web page that Nikonian72 posted earlier that logs one users problems with one D800.

http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2012/10/04/d800-autofocus-2/

Dec 25, 2012 00:25:30 #

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Festina Lente wrote:

FL
Thanks so much. From what I read, I am going to hold off. Thanks again for the info.😊

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