Frustated With Nikon!!!
May 31, 2015 23:46:33 #
Flyextreme wrote:
Very few people read past the first post and sometimes, it seems that they don't read the last few either :|
Flyextreme wrote:
Very few people read past the first post and sometimes, it seems that they don't read the last few either :|
Thank you. I'll read that one twice. :XD:
Jun 1, 2015 00:09:54 #
"Everyone knew"??? Guess I missed the news headlines that day! I checked the reviews carefully because I was interested in just that capability of fine tuning different lenses on that camera. Nowhere was that problem mentioned that I recall... I was concerned because I noticed a small discrepency in back focusing on my D5200 and was considering an upgrade...It was pretty minor and in the end I did not want to give up the articulated live view screen which eliminated many aches and pains all over my body from trying to contort myself to look through the tiny optical viewfinder whenever I wanted an angle that wasn't straight on at eye level. Now I will give up my articulated screen when they pry my camera from my cold dead body, to paraphrase the NRA. I would like to see you submit a sample of the ruler test so we can see if you have an extreme case. Take a ruler, put a ballpoint pen or a pointer at any inch mark, hold camera at a 45 degree angle at a foot or more than the minimum focus distance, and shoot a picture. If you focus on the ballpoint pen tip and the photo shows the inch mark blurred, you can see if your camera has a back focus or forward focus problem because the sharpest mark on the ruler will be forward or behind the inch mark focused on. And it gives you the measurement of how far off it is too.
wsa111 wrote:
I thought everyone knew of the extreme back focus problem with the D7000.
Go in the setup menu and choose AF fine tune.
There are many posts addressing this problem.
On my D7000 it took -19 to get the auto focus centered on one lens.
I also own a D7100 & Nikon seem to have fixed this problem.
Just remember your aperture does control the depth of field.
But you need to fix the back focus problem first.
Go in the setup menu and choose AF fine tune.
There are many posts addressing this problem.
On my D7000 it took -19 to get the auto focus centered on one lens.
I also own a D7100 & Nikon seem to have fixed this problem.
Just remember your aperture does control the depth of field.
But you need to fix the back focus problem first.
Jun 1, 2015 00:27:33 #
OddJobber wrote:
Thank you. I'll read that one twice. :XD:
The second one must have got hung up in cyberspace for a bit. It took it awhile to show up :? Or, simply just an echo :wink:
Jun 1, 2015 00:36:12 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
OddJobber wrote:
:thumbup: Sorry for the one line rant, but that's one of my pet peeves. (Better that I call it a rant, otherwise I'm just being bitchy.) :XD:
My comment was tongue-in-cheek, of course. Flyextreme said it pretty well. Still, none of the comments are more ridiculous than the original post! :lol:
Jun 1, 2015 08:44:05 #
I also.have a D300, and added a D7100, I had a similar focus issue. I have two long zoom lenses, & I determined in fact that one of my lenses was having difficulty when fully extended. But I continued to have additional difficulties with other lenses, and discovered that it was my own difficulty in getting used to the new camera, itself. After adjusting for exposure and such, I am getting tremendous results from the D7100. It is not always user error, but that certainly cannot be discounted.
Jun 1, 2015 09:08:22 #
rehess wrote:
I'm not familiar with the details of Nikon equipment nor with this problem; my auto-focus cameras have always focused on the objects I select. Wouldn't this just move the focus problem - put a different area in focus and a different area out of focus?
+ 1.
Never a problem using AF with Nikon bodies....and that applies to the D7000.
Jun 1, 2015 12:49:05 #
Jun 1, 2015 12:55:05 #
agillot wrote:
sorry , but i am not going to read 6 pages , when i know the answer .
Part of the problem is that there wouldn't be 6 pages if the same answer wasn't posted 22 times......just sayin' :wink:
Jun 1, 2015 19:23:59 #
With my D800E I was having focus issues till I upgraded the firmware -- you might check the Nikon website
Jun 1, 2015 20:28:49 #
RickH wrote:
The OP's issue is a depth of field issue, not a focus issue. Some of the right stuff is in focus, but not enough of it is in focus. If the wrong stuff were in focus, the user should have been able to see that in the viewfinder and fixed it manually before actually taking the picture.With my D800E I was having focus issues till I upgraded the firmware -- you might check the Nikon website
Jun 1, 2015 23:22:12 #
I have a Nikon D5500 and it has a great focus. It's not as fancy as your camera, but it works good.
Jun 2, 2015 00:00:51 #
timothyf7 wrote:
I don't feel like purchasing nor buying a differen... (show quote)
Just wondering what the difference is between purchasing and buying. ("I don't feel like purchasing nor buying another camera...")
Jun 2, 2015 20:41:45 #
cosmo54 wrote:
I may be wrong, but I do not believe you can say a camera/lens is front or back without knowing where the focus point is. :-)?
Duh!
Also so far he hasn't said what focus mode he is using. I recommend AF-S single point.
He does not seem to understand DOF.
Jun 2, 2015 20:48:47 #
Jun 2, 2015 21:19:02 #
MtnMan wrote:
It appears Elvis has left the building.
On line at present but, not here :|
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