> I started to find focus increasingly off target - > the subject would be soft, while the background was pin > sharp. This happens to various degrees, whether manual or AF, > and not every frame. I recently photographed two people > together in daylight (manual focussing to make sure) and I've > had to reject over half the 300 images. USM doesn't help. > This was all brought to a head when a client compared my > shots with another photographers and mine looked terrible. > I've sent the camera back to Nikon, but two colleagues have > had similarly unnerving experiences, one with a D1, and one with D100.
Steve, Sorry to see no one else seems to have any ideas, so my 2 cents worth: Although none of the following seem to fit your issue exactly, they are maybe worth considering. We have had a couple of our readers who had problems that sounded similar to yours, which was, as far as I can ascertain, from focusing with the LCD rather than through the viewfinder. This is probably never a good idea for real sharpness. Nikon knows about this issue and should have identified it and fixed it when you sent it in. Also worth mentioning, if you have the Focus Limit switch set to 2.5m to infinity, then you will not be able to focus closer than 2.5m. Make sure that the M / M/A switch on the lens set to M/A, and that the focus mode selector is set to S or C. Make sure that the focus lock buttons on the lens are not depressed. As there are so many people using this camera successfully, I would suspect the camera, and try Nikon once more. John =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
