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PixelBrine, a new member asked…….
Hey everyone, I have a Nikon D800. I love it. I even Got lucky and received one without the left focal point issue. The one gripe I have though is the problem where the live view is way too dark in manual mode. Anyone know or have heard of Nikon acknowledging this? or if there is a fix on the way? It has to be software related because it works perfectly in Aperture and Shutter priority modes.
and apa href="http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=5517&page=10#post-103812">said:
I was thinking that the d800 issues are actually a huge conspiracy by d800 owners not wanting others to share in the wonder
Guilty as charged
Don't buy a D800 they will cost you a fortune
You will need
New high end lenses( forget teleconverters with the D800)
A much better tripod
I really expensive, very powerful computer
a bigger hi resolution monitor
a high end 48"printer
Not to mention the cost of traveling to exoctic loctions to test your new camera
and sorry, No, your clients wont pay more 'cos you have got a new camera, they only want low res jpegs for their web site
@sevencrossing - TC14 is usable on d800 :) - as for the rest of Your post, well... You can always shot small jpg's on d800 :)
well after many days playing with AF Fine tuning i still cant get the left focus point tack sharp like the center, i been talking with Nikon Pair Center and been sending them sample images for last few days for them to check at various settings etc, they have acknowledged there is a AF issue with my D800 and have asked me to send it in for a Repair so all being well it should be on song when i get it back.
apparently there is a definitive shift in focus when moving from center to far left AF point.
orangebox said:
well after many days playing with AF Fine tuning i still cant get the left focus point tack sharp like the center, i been talking with Nikon Pair Center and been sending them sample images for last few days for them to check at various settings etc, they have acknowledged there is a AF issue with my D800 and have asked me to send it in for a Repair so all being well it should be on song when i get it back.apparently there is a definitive shift in focus when moving from center to far left AF point.
Is there any way to take a look at those pictures? I'm very curious to see of what's going on with the focus. Thank you!
i could email them to you if you like, I was dealing with Nikon tech support they requested i take a set of photos from center focus and from left, when you look and compare them you can see the focus shifts between both focus points, i also sent them numerous images with AF fine tune on with various setting and although it improves it quite alot it is still slightly soft to the left of the frame center tack sharp, what i found is if i tune in the left to almost perfect the center and right is then soft.
they def seem to be aware of the issue because 1hour after uploading the images for their tech guys to look at they contacted me back by phone and said there was an issue with AF which has affected a small number of camera's and i needed to send it in to them to be looked and and repaired.
which from what ive read means no software fix for this they must need to be inside the camera to fix the issue.
on a second note i must say the Nikon Live chat service with tech support is alot easier than calling them they were on the screen as i was taking the images and uploading them as i took the images.
I am the unlucky one.
When put the D800 on Manual mode, the shutter speed jump x3.
Example, the shutter speed is 1/125, f8, press the shutter, the next shutter speed will jump to 1/250 f8, then 1/500 f8, then go back to 1/125.
Camera has been reset twice to default setting. Now I saw it happens to all modes, P, S and A.
If I use S priority, the aperture will jump x3. Start off with 1/125 f2.8, press shutter, the next one is 1/125 f5.6, then 1/125 f11, then goes back to 1/125 f2.8.
Called Nikon technical support and they said they have not heard this issue, then ask me to send it in for investigation.
Does anyone have this issue and has some suggestions.
Thank you.
Got my first D800 back from repair and was worried to see that the repair note listed Checking, Cleaning and adjustment to autofocus when I had sent it back for plain fuzy images even in testing on manual focus on tripod. It was very poor compared to the second D800 I recieved two months after the early model so I knew it could be a lot better.
But now it's fine. What did they do that they are not listing on the repair note I wonder!
Marklf said:
Got my first D800 back from repair and was worried to see that the repair note listed Checking, Cleaning and adjustment to autofocus when I had sent it back for plain fuzy images even in testing on manual focus on tripod. It was very poor compared to the second D800 I recieved two months after the early model so I knew it could be a lot better.But now it's fine. What did they do that they are not listing on the repair note I wonder!
would imagine the same thing there going to do with mine fix the out of sorts autofocus which seems to plague the D800, apparently its hardware related and can only be fixed by going inside the camera body itself to my understanding
Hello D800 fans,
You might be interested in my experience, since Nikon is obnoxiously quiet and the big camera retailers are pretty tight with information too.
I ordered a D800 from Adorama on Feb 27, 2012.
I was very patient and it finally arrived Friday, 13th of July.
As soon as I looked through the viewfinder I had trouble focusing the diopter.
Maybe my eyes are getting worse?
But soon it was clear this camera had very serious trouble focusing.
Autofocus worked pretty well on my brand new 28mm f1.8, though.
After a day I got frustrated and called Adorama. They'd be sending UPS around with a prepaid label! Good for Adorama.
So, on July 24, a replacement D800 arrived.
This one seemed OK. I could focus through the viewfinder.
I took it out for a walk around the neighborhood.
It worked well with the new 28mm, not so well with my big high tech Sigma 50mm 1.4,
though that lens works great on my D300.
At night I tried the "left focus point test" with the 28mm, and my new D800 failed badly.
So today I called Adorama and they are sending UPS again with a shipping label.
Adorama gives me the choice of getting another D800 fairly soon, or a refund.
I think I'll take the refund, and probably buy a D800 in a year, or sooner if Nikon decides to come clean, admit the problems, explain them, and promise the same problems won't happen again.
So Adorama deserves kudos for handling the D800 debacle. I hope Nikon reimburses them for the expenses of handling this.
I am not so happy with Nikon. They should come clean and issue a statement.
They can't keep pretending it is user error without alienating their customers.
I spent two whole days acting as Nikon quality control.
If the focus has such serious problems, who knows what else is wrong among the many hundreds of features explained very briefly in the 450? page manual. I don't want to try a new feature a year from now and find it fails, or worse, works badly in a subtle way. Like the focus.
I did buy the $700 28mm, and about $350 in memory cards and accessories as soon as the first defective D800 arrived. These are not exactly useless, but I should have waited.
Cheers,
Adrian
hlynka said:
Hello D800 fans,
You might be interested in my experience, since Nikon is obnoxiously quiet and the bigCheers,
Adrian
sorry to hear about your problems, personally i would have had my camera repaired rather than replaced as you effectively playing Russian roulette in getting another one, as far as i have seen and read seems to be early opters of the D800 having the issue later camera seem to be ok.
Hi All, I noticed one other message about a user who had problems getting CLS to fire flash units. My d800 worked great with CLS for about 1800 exposures, then it wouldn't work for about 10 images, came back for about 4 more, then stopped working.
I took the 3 week old d800 to my local camera store that carries Nikon and they recreated the problem, it was in the camera, not anything else. Everything else was fine, the CLS commander function would initiate the external flash units, but they did not have the correct light, looked like no flash at all. The store sent it back to Nikon who got it back in about two weeks to the store. Great turn around, and they fixed a bunch of things on the repair ticket. Problem is that it still functioned the same way with the CLS, in otherwords, still broken, but the ticket showed a shutter repair.
I had the camera only three weeks, Nikon got a chance to fix it, so then I returned it to the big box store and was able to get a new one, having had it only 44 days, including the repair time. I was unable to get anyone from Nikon on the phone to discuss it, they just wanted it sent back, and I paid $35 the first time to return it.
Sorry to vent, but it really is a bother when you don't get things repaired and it was clearly described on the work ticket, what was malfunctioning.
Sorry to vent. But now I feel slightly better.
Thanks Orangebox, but I really want a D800 "perfect" from the factory.
Partly because who knows what else is wrong?
And I'd rather have my $3000 back to spend later, when it's no longer a Bleeding Edge product.
Cheers,
Adrian
http://www.imagesbyadrian.com
Newbie to the Form here: Question on the D800 I received last Friday.
Has anyone experienced problems with the CH setting using the new 18-300 lens when you hold down the button while shooting pictues the camera decides to stop. I'm only holding the button down for a few seconds and wait 5 seconds and start again the camera does not want to take any more pics until I wait longer before holding down again. I'm using the SanDisk Extream Pro 64GB. Setting on the camera is in Fine JPEG for now.
Thoughts please? Could I have a defective camera while taking multiple shots?
Hi Dave - It's probably fine. It's likely the camera's memory buffer got filled up. It takes time to write the pictures to your card. However, the card you mentioned should be a fast one.
Regards,
Adrian
http://www.imagesbyadrian.com
earth sea asked about....
"I was a bit disappointed when I discovered that the D800 does not have a simple wireless remote option, even my D7000 has this option. I thought everything was wireless these days."
And PB PM responded:
:There is a wireless remote for the D800 and all pro bodies that use the 10 pin connector, the ML-3 (not to be mistaken for the ML-L3)."
Any other ideas out there?
And the answer is: Vello has several wireless remote (10 pin) for Nikon, from simple shutter release to complete flash, shutter, remote timer. Check B & H or other large supplier...search "D800 wireless remote" on their website. Cost is from about $40 on up.
I have Nikon's MC-36 wired remote and the Vello Shutterboss wireless remote. These two remotes have basically the same level of functionality. My last PAD submission was taken using the Vello wireless. The Shutterboss works very well for me and has great functionality in that it has a fully programmable intervalometer. However, it is a bit pricey. (B & H sells it for $99.50; Model RCW-N1). As compared to the ML-3, the Velo Shutterboss has better timing functions, has a LCD screen that supports an integrated timer in bulb mode, programmable intervals and exposures etc. However for wildlife photography, the ML-3 is capable of triggering an exposure on sensing an IR beam interrupt, which the Velo Shutterboss cannot do.
On my new D800 I can't get it to format the SD card. The pictures stay on the card. This was a card I was using in my D7000.
Also, LightRoom3 can't read the NEF files, ViewNX2 does but not Lightroom.
@Bland - Have you updated ACR for LR3. The old ACR isn't compatible with the D800. When you try to format the SD card is there also a CF card in the camera? If so, you might not be selecting the SD card. Since you now have two cards, you need to be certain to choose the right one for formatting. (Please accept my apology if I am stating the obvious)
Eric said:
@Bland - Have you updated ACR for LR3. The old ACR isn't compatible with the D800. When you try to format the SD card is there also a CF card in the camera? If so, you might not be selecting the SD card. Since you now have two cards, you need to be certain to choose the right one for formatting. (Please accept my apology if I am stating the obvious)
I have no CF card in the camera and I'm formating the SD slot but I'm thinking that might be the problem.
I just formated the SD card in my D7000 and then put it back in the D800 and it works. So I can probably get by tomorrow night formating the card that way.
Glad to know that about lightroom but I'll be shooting in jpeg (medium) tomorrow night because of how large the pictures are. My computer was coughing trying to process those 30meg files. lol
@Bland - When you get a chance you might consider a CF card. The extra speed is nice with the D800. I'm using LR4 now and it seems to handle the d800 raw files just fine on my computer (Mac Pro).
Dave said:
Hlynka - I saw the buffer was not full when I was ready to shoot more pictures. I'm I expecting a delay or wait time before I can shoot more pics?
I would try to re-format the card from the camera and see where this gets you. This shouldn't happen. If it is just an issue with this specific lens I would check the contacts of the lens.
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