Sent 10D for focus adjust, waiting for results

Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Jim Campbell said:

Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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SB Lim said:

There are quite a few owners of the 24-70L in Singapore who have
complained of backfocusing.

I personally found that my 10D was spot-on with all my other lenses
(50mm f1.4, 85mm f1.8, 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM, Sigma 105mm f2.8
macro). The 24-70L backfocused. This was especially noticeable at
the 24mm end, at larger distances. It showed up on Francis Poon's
chart, but if you were taking a wide angle shot of someone or a
group of people more than 3 metres away, you did not need any chart
to see that it usually focused on the background instead. The 70mm
end of my camera was slightly backfocused, but not really
noticeably so.

I got some hocus pocus about not taking group shots at f2.8 and how
the light conditions were not good for testing AF (yeah, right, my
S$2000 lens will only AF properly if the light conditions are
ideal).

My lens has gone back to Japan, along with 2 or 3 others. Hopefully
they'll be able to adjust it, or replace it.

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Brian Rotsten said:

I picked up a 24-70l last month. It is backfocusing. I thought,
"No problem, I spent big bucks on this camera and lens, I'll send
them in and get them fixed."

I also have a Sigma 70-200ex 2.8, so I checked it. Major front
focus. I guess I need to send the 24-70 and 10D into Canon and get
them squared away, then figure out how to get the Sigma fixed.

Brian

Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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B Aoki said:

Bruce

Ira Blumberg said:

After spending 5 months using my 10D and shooting about 700 frames
I was concerned about focus accuracy (the frenzy of posts here
didn't help either). I have some shots where the intended subject
is definitely in focus (mostly at smaller apertures) and many
others where it is not. By contrast, I had a much higher ratio of
in focus shots with my D60 and the same lenses. I of course did
various focus tests and got results showing slight back focus, but
it appeared that the focus point was still just barely within the
zone of focus.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was that last weekend I took
about 70 shots of my son at a park. It was quite sunny and I was
shooting at f4.5 and f5.6 at between 1/400 and 1/500. I was using
my 24-70L mostly at 70 with a few shots ranging from 35-55. I was
between 10 and 30 feet away. I used both AI servo and single shot
AF. In some shots my son was quite still, in others he was walking
around. For the action shots, I used continuous shooting mode,
taking between 3 and 9 frames at a time. When I got home, there was
not a single in focus shot. In most shots, my son was sitting /
walking on a brick surface, so it was easy to judge the focus point
and the bricks behind my son were in very sharp focus (thus this
wasn't a matter of camera shake, etc.). This was particularly clear
when I applied some aggressive USM in PS. The bricks behind my son
got much sharped looking while my son's shirt and the brick in
front of him stayed fairly fuzzy. I was using the center focus
point only and mostly pointed it at my son's shirt which had nice
high contrast stripes that filled the focus point (so the camera
should not have gone searching for any other edges on which to
focus). Note that I used relatively large apertures precisely
because I wanted shallow DOF, which is what I got. I would however
have preferred my intended subject to be within that DOF ;-)

Now that folks are reporting good results for focus correction from
the Canon service centers, I decided it was time to send in the
camera and see if I get improved focus results. I called Canon's
tech support line as instructed by the Canon website. The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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Bartek said:

I bought mine few weeks ago from B&H but shipped overseas to Poland
where I live. I do have only 2 lenses and generally the AF looks
either well or slightly FF (I'm not sure yet and have to make the
proper test to realise).

I called Polish Canon authorised service and have been talked that
not many custommers came with the 10D for anything with the camera
(it's the only one authorised service in Poland) and in order to
calibrate the AF they need only a single day and they do not open
my camera at all just do it by computer connection.

Can anyone of you confirm me that they won't unscrew my camera body
or open it any other way?

If unfortunatelly I confirm having slight FF issue I would prefer
to go local service instead of shipping it overseas to USA for
correction. On the other hand I wonder how precise the correction
would be for the thechnician doing it for the first time maybe even
with the service manual in front of him.

PS: of course they do not respect the USA warranty here in Europe
so it will be paid service but not too expencive - some about $ 20.

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FrancisCF said:

If only there is physical misalignment they need to open the camera
for a physical alignment.

Bartek said:

I bought mine few weeks ago from B&H but shipped overseas to Poland
where I live. I do have only 2 lenses and generally the AF looks
either well or slightly FF (I'm not sure yet and have to make the
proper test to realise).

I called Polish Canon authorised service and have been talked that
not many custommers came with the 10D for anything with the camera
(it's the only one authorised service in Poland) and in order to
calibrate the AF they need only a single day and they do not open
my camera at all just do it by computer connection.

Can anyone of you confirm me that they won't unscrew my camera body
or open it any other way?

If unfortunatelly I confirm having slight FF issue I would prefer
to go local service instead of shipping it overseas to USA for
correction. On the other hand I wonder how precise the correction
would be for the thechnician doing it for the first time maybe even
with the service manual in front of him.

PS: of course they do not respect the USA warranty here in Europe
so it will be paid service but not too expencive - some about $ 20.

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Nikon F100, Nikon FM3A, Canon EOS 1V
Olymbus 3030, Nikon 995, Canon G2
Radio call sign VR2XEE
Handheld ham transceiver - Yaesu VX-5

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Ira Blumberg said:

......The tech
asked me a few questions about which lenses I was using (Canon or
3d party, etc.) and whether I had used these lenses with any other
bodies. I explained that all my lenses were Canon (50 1.4, 24-70
2.8, 70-200 4) and that they had worked well with my D60. After a
few minutes talking he told me to send in just the body. He said
turn around time runs 10-15 business days. I hope it won't be that
long, but we will see.

I'll post a follow up once I get the camera back.

Ira

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