D700 focusing tricks?
Greetings,
I am experiencing a bit of a problem with one of my bodies.
The issue started out of the blue, and most notable on my 85mm 1.4; When shooting at 1.6/1.8, it seems that the focus shifts a bit; mainly, it seems to be a backfocusing issue.
Are there any ways to reset the focusing calibration?
I did check, and sensor appears to be clean, no fine tune for focus is enabled.
Not sure where to go from here; I'd very much like to not send the camera out given that I cannot easily reproduce this.
thoughts?
I am experiencing a bit of a problem with one of my bodies.
The issue started out of the blue, and most notable on my 85mm 1.4; When shooting at 1.6/1.8, it seems that the focus shifts a bit; mainly, it seems to be a backfocusing issue.
Are there any ways to reset the focusing calibration?
I did check, and sensor appears to be clean, no fine tune for focus is enabled.
Not sure where to go from here; I'd very much like to not send the camera out given that I cannot easily reproduce this.
thoughts?
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Also, are you using single point, single servo with the center point selected and mount your camera on a tripod and photograph a static object?
There is a good chance that your camera, or rather the camera and lens combination, have a tiny issue that may need to be resolved with a little bit of tweaking to the D700's AF microadjustment options. HOWEVER, your reference to the apertures of f/1.6 to f/1.8 alone have me puzzled, so I would rather have you test all apertures very thoroughly in order to make sure the issue is consistent...
=Matt=
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Matt, you were spot on.
there were two issues.
the lens that really showed the signs of poor focus had dirty front element. I cleaned it proper, and it focused mostly ok.
I ended up purchasing the lensalign, and it took care of all the other concerns.
Many thanks to you gents.
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Piero