Comments on: [News] Nikon D800 Has Confirmed Focus/Viewfinder Issues

By: J J

J J — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:36:00 +0000

Digital camera techology is still immatured! I am happy with my Nikon F5

By: Kim Herrick

Kim Herrick — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 05:30:00 +0000

just bought a d600 with the bad view finder issue. diopter does not work, cant even see the numbers in the finder, let alone focus on any subject at any distance. Nikon said they are sending me a lable to send it in for service, I see a whole bunch of posts regarding this issue – sell you Nikon junk and buy Canon!

By: Annie Jones

Annie Jones — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:24:00 +0000

{sigh} I have the same issue :( This is my second D800, first one was replaced as the LCD screen was green. I’ve just sent nikon the shittiest email I could word and told them to call me asap. Every single shot is back focused by about 3-4 cm. I’ve fine tuned and tried everything!

By: jep111111

jep111111 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:00:00 +0000

I have the same problem as you Michael Holzbauer. The photos are sharp when the focus confirmation light is on, but the viewfinder is slightly blurry. If I move forward or adjust the focusring towards infinitiy, the viewfinder it in focus, but the photo is not. This also happened after an “accident” and repair. But I am not sure if it was like that before. But I don’t think so. Hope they can fix it.
All the best

Jrp

By: Michael Holzbauer

Michael Holzbauer — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:37:00 +0000

I waited months for my D800…promptly had an “accident” that damaged the camera and had to send it to Nikon. Out of the box it was perfect, after the service I now have to autofocus fine tune to +15 globally and my viewfinder is inaccurate, i.e., if I move closer to the subject, the viewfinder comes into focus, and the image taken goes out of focus. I’ll have to send it in again, but it’s a bummer since it took 2 months to fix it the first time. I’m having a bit of early adopter remorse seeing all these other issues.

By: Moviestom Thahama

Moviestom Thahama — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:59:00 +0000

Nikon D-5000 Autofocus Problem

I was experiencing the same problem and for me it actually turned out to be a VERY simple fix.

Look for a little “slider” button right beside your view finder. It will move up and down.

This controls the focus for the view finder. On mine, it was the reason things always seemed out of focus and as soon as I moved it down, everything worked perfectly.

Hopefully that helps.

More Detail : http://webcamerawebcamera.com/nikon-problem.php

By: Irvin Selimovic

Irvin Selimovic — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Damn! Are you proud of yourself?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Is this the same thing as the left AF problem?
http://photokaz.com/2012/07/nikon-d800-contrast-and-phase-detect-autofocus-testing/

By: MichaelMagpie

MichaelMagpie — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:35:00 +0000

Interesting read all the comments. Just sent my D800 back to Nikon as it seemed to suffer all of the issues outlined, focus, depth of field and exposure issues. My awesome dealer in Adelaide has agreed to send it back and I stumped up for a D4. Brilliant camera and it works ! Now very happy to be holding a D4 and D700 as my backup. Based on my experience I would suggest saving up giving the D800 a miss. The D4 has produced some beautiful images from the first 100 exposures !

By: Bill Verge

Bill Verge — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Paranoia. That’s what most of this is. You tell people their cameras could have a problem and they start seeing it whether it’s actually there or not. Add to this the Nikon Haters. They post comments telling us how they have been Nikon shooters for years and just bought the camera in question only to find it’s defective. This just fans the flames. Why do people who bought into another brand feel so threatened by Nikon? 10 years ago I switched to Nikon. I was amazed at the hatred so many people spew at just the mention of a ground-breaking feature on a new Nikon camera. Nikon has been around for generations and their cameras just keep getting better. You people better learn to deal with it or it’s just going to fester inside you.