Well as he wrote, he moved the camera closer to the subject until the AF could get a lock. That would put the distance right at the minimum focussing distance of the lens. Which means that the foreground would not be able to be as clear as further away. Partly this depends upon what Nikon means by minimum. This is easy to rule out though, shoot further away!
Can you make sure the diopter adjustment was done properly? and the distance should be about 8 feet, good light, contrast sublect. If those conditions are fulfilled, camera needs to be checked for alignment.
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--I was one of those who have been laughing and joking about the so
called backfocus issues.
Well, I guess what comes around goes around. When I got home I
tested my D70 using http://www.photo.net/learn/focustest/ and it
turns out that I have backfocus!!!
Here is my test:
I don't know what to do - I bought my camera from B&H back in the
middle/end of March - so it has been more than two weeks. And they
don't have any anyways. What should I do???
Help,
Steve
P.S. Sorry to those that I ever doubted, really sorry...
I've seen some more people here with same feelings, me included
and trhe distance was set to minimum, intentionally.
Personally, I can't figure out how to set this up within tolerable limits. How does one line up things parallel that are separated by say 12 inches? And the test then requires you rotate the target by exactly 45 degrees. Slight errors in alignment, 46 degrees, 45.5 degrees are magnified to show up as "back focus." I don't have an optical bench, so I can't even attempt this level of precision. . . .
--I'm not using a lot of light. I don't have a decent light source
to use.
As I mentioned before, I'm shooting at nearly the closest range for
the kit lens.
Here is an autofocus image, followed by a manual focus image:
--I was one of those who have been laughing and joking about the so
called backfocus issues.
Well, I guess what comes around goes around. When I got home I
tested my D70 using http://www.photo.net/learn/focustest/ and it
turns out that I have backfocus!!!
Here is my test:
I don't know what to do - I bought my camera from B&H back in the
middle/end of March - so it has been more than two weeks. And they
don't have any anyways. What should I do???
Help,
Steve
P.S. Sorry to those that I ever doubted, really sorry...
http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com
You do not have a back focus problem. The focus area should be 1/3 in front of your focus line and 2/3 behind behind that line. This is about what you have. Any varience that you have could be from your test setup. I would not send the camera in as you may get something worse.
--
--I was one of those who have been laughing and joking about the so
called backfocus issues.
Well, I guess what comes around goes around. When I got home I
tested my D70 using http://www.photo.net/learn/focustest/ and it
turns out that I have backfocus!!!
Here is my test:
I don't know what to do - I bought my camera from B&H back in the
middle/end of March - so it has been more than two weeks. And they
don't have any anyways. What should I do???
Help,
Steve
P.S. Sorry to those that I ever doubted, really sorry...
http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com
It should be but I think you are within the dof tolerance. Again at this close range your test set and procedure could be the cause. Your focus could be off just a little. Run your test at about 16 or 17 inches so you are well within the focus limits of your lens.Try stoping down one stop and see what the difference is. Make sure your focus chart is mounted on something solid and is level and perpendicular with your camera back. and at a 45 degree angle from your camera. Run your test again before you do anything else.
