Rick, can you email me your fix. I did some tests today, i'm not
convinced i have a camera problem, i am convinced my new Tamron is.
One shot was about 2" OOF



Dave

On Feb 4, 2008 5:25 PM, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> My eye at the modern viewfinder screen could not
> detect that the photo was OOF; it only became apparent
> on a computer screen or when I zoomed in while
> chimping.  It wasn't apparent very often during my
> ordinary photography, either, because I don't shoot
> very much close-up, wide-open or macro.
>
> When the question was raised in response to a PESO I
> posted a few weeks ago, though, I set up a test using
> a target against an oblique patterned background.
> Yup, the camera was backfocusing.  So, I set out to
> fix it.
>
> I took the day off today and spend the morning doing
> some macro shooting.  What a difference to have the AF
> working accurately!
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> --- David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Having read both of Ricks posts about his focus
> > problems, i was just wondering.
> >
> > Are those that have the problem, noticing things OOF
> > in the finder or
> > just when viewing on a computer or
> > the print.
> >
> > I know the D1 had a bad BF problem,  that Nikon
> > refused to
> > acknowledge, but anyone who owned
> > the camera would testify to. Mine would do it in
> > lower light, and you
> > could see it in the finder,
> > your subject was OOF but something in the back
> > ground was.
> >
> > Just curious, as normally when i focus on something,
> > it looks focused,
> > and sometimes it does not, i just focus on something
> > else, then
> > refocus.
> >
> > Can those that have said problem, comment, just for
> > my own curiousity
> >
> > Dave
> >
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