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Today I took some pictues of my grand-daughter, outside, D2X 70-200 vr no flash.

Most pictures are not sharp, looking in Nikon capture I did choose Image> Show Focus Area, but nothing. In other pictures I see the red focus brackets.

I set the camera on AFS, Programmed Auto, didn’t make any changes between the pics and took the pics just a few seconds after each other. So there are pics showing the red focus brackets, they are mostly sharp (not tag !) and pics show no focus area in capture, they are blurry . Hope someone can help me because till now I’m disappointed with my D2X, with my D100 I had more keepers !

Jan The Netherlands

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Pics of today, outside without Flash, inside with the SB800

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/2006-01-21/jan2006.html

Some of my pictures with the D2X

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/D2X/D2X.html

and with the good old D100

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/Nikon/Nikon.html
 
Thanks for the answer, of course I took my camera to look at the settings, on custom setting menu, a Autofocus a2 AF-S mode priority has a mark at Focus, not at "Release" , any other suggestions ?

Thanks

Jan
Jim Fenton said:
If you're not showing a red focus indicator in NC and you're
shooting AFS, then you don't have the menu set to focus on
RELEASE...you might want to try setting it to release on FOCUS.

That way, it won't fire when you haven't acquired focus lock on
your subject.
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Jim Fenton
http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957
D2X

http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957
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Your lens VR is on? I noticed your shutter speed is somewhat slower on the situation. Try it on tripod and set 1/250 shutter speed for test. And other with flash set at f8 and max shutter speed, have an object test shots around 5 ft in the dim area. Even when you are using flash, if shutter speed is slow (for balancing), then your picture will be a bit soft due to hand movement.
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Sandy
 
Jan, I also was having soft picture problems with my D2X, and like you, sometimes NC would show the red focus brackets, and sometimes not. (Without changing camera settings.)

I sent mine to Nikon repair THREE times is an effort to get the problem resolved. The last time, they said that they are replacing the camera. I should get the new camera next week. I'll post the results here.

By the way, I like the pictures of your granddaughter, particularly the one of her in the klompen. I haven't seen a pair of those in years!

....Ed....
 
Thanks Sandy,

This pic was taken this morning outside. Using a tripod is difficult, a child is moving very fast !! and asking a child (2 years old) to run enthusiast a second time with just found an egg by the chickens, no way ! Yes, VR was on, because it was early in the morning and it was cloudy I set ISO 800, the camera on Programmed Auto, the picture was taken with the choise of the camera, 1/60 at F/4 but in Nikon Capture no focus area. So now I’m looking what I’m doing wrong !

Thanks Jan


SandyR said:
Your lens VR is on? I noticed your shutter speed is somewhat
slower on the situation. Try it on tripod and set 1/250 shutter
speed for test. And other with flash set at f8 and max shutter
speed, have an object test shots around 5 ft in the dim area. Even
when you are using flash, if shutter speed is slow (for balancing),
then your picture will be a bit soft due to hand movement.
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Sandy
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Today:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/2006-01-21/jan2006.html

Some of my pictures with the D2X

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/D2X/D2X.html

and with the good old D100

http://www.xs4all.nl/~roadrats/Nikon/Nikon.html
 
roadrats said:
This pic was taken this morning outside. Using a tripod is
difficult, a child is moving very fast !! and asking a child (2
years old) to run enthusiast a second time with just found an egg
by the chickens, no way ! Yes, VR was on, because it was early in
the morning and it was cloudy I set ISO 800, the camera on
Programmed Auto, the picture was taken with the choise of the
camera, 1/60 at F/4 but in Nikon Capture no focus area. So now I’m
looking what I’m doing wrong !
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Jan, I doubt that there is anything wrong with the equipment. VR or no VR, you are asking an awful lot of a lens zoomed out to 200mm and only shooting at 1/60th with a fast moving subject.
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Dave (Sgt. Pepper), Epsom, England.
http://www.pbase.com/davecq

 
Oh... isn't she dorable! I can see you cannot resist to take some pics of her.

It's not big of picture, but I could clear see your shutter speed is slow as you mentioned - 1/60.

For moving object, I meant your grand dauther (sorry), like that should be set at higher of shutter speed. And one thing I've noticed that the lense is focused on the front of her jacket, not on her eyes.

Use much faster shutter speed and a flash.

I do not own D2X so I cannot tell you what setting it should be.
(Auto mode won't take care of moving objects)

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Sandy
 
To quote Thom's review of the D2x autofocus;

"The Autofocus Area Mode Selector (hey I don't make these names up) is going to confuse many, however, at least at first. That's because some of the selections also add Closest Subject Priority when selected, some don't. Some show the active sensor in the display, some don't. And they all interact with Custom Settings, which control the release-priority versus focus-priority choice, and the pattern that's used in Group Dynamic AF. If you were confused by Single Area AF versus Dynamic Area AF, you're going to need to carefully study these new controls--they add a great degree of choice to your autofocus options, but they are not obviously intuitive, even to veteran Nikon users."

I too had problems with what some might have called "back focus" when shooting pets and children. I took Thom's advice and studied the manual carefully. (page 76-77..I have the page numbers memorized!)

Now when I photograph children, I tend to use dynamic area autofocus, with closest subject priority. Note however that when using a telephoto and a poorly lit subject, the camera may not be able to select focus area containing the closest subject.

Until this made sense to me, I simply grabbed by D70 instead : )
 
Like RickT1 alluded to, the Thom Hogan D2x book may be the key. The Nikon manual is near undecipherable to me and to many others. Study the chapter on autofocus a few dozen times and it will click.

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RG
http://www.lostrange.com
 
for a moving child.

To test your camera and lens do a test on tripod.
Then you'll know if combo is sharp.

maljo
 
My D2X is going back to Nikon for the 2nd time for focus issues.

Make sure you test it with a tripod/stationary object first.

I've used a 'test' chart I found on the web, but after getting my camera back re-tested with other objects (like a stuffed animal) because I thought I was going crazy.

This time I can clearly see the top three sensors are 'dead on', and the others are 'front focusing'.

The same lens (85 1.4D) works fine and focuses perfectly on the D100 I own.
(This lens also shows the problem the best due to its' shallow depth of field)

I'm not sure how/what they 'adjust', but I'm hoping it comes back perfect this time.
The images are 'stunning' when right.
 
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