D7000 Focus issue

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Hello,

I recently bought a Nikon 105mm micro from the classified on here and also upgraded from my D5000 to the D7000...

Anyways..

I notice that in macro the focus point was slightly to the right of what was in focus....
So I thought it might be the lens as being chucked around the royal mail vans..
So I sent it to Nikon for repair/test.
They called me yesterday and said the lens was in top class condition (thanks to the seller) and asked what Body I was using as that must be the issue.

Now before I send the body away,could you have a look at the pics below and see if you think I am being to fussy and there is nothing wrong..
As I hate being without my camera..

The focus issue is a little inconsistent ??

Pic 1


pic2


Pic 3


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Thanks

:)
 
Mike the AF point in the first shot is badly placed with little contrast in that dark area to focus lock on. Looking at the other two pics where the AF point is better placed, then it appears you may have an issue.

However there's a lot more things this could be other than a problem with your lens. We need to know

Are these shots hand held or tripod mounted?

Manual or autofocus?

If autofocus were they in single shot or continuous (servo) mode?
 
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You could also try taking more shots to see if you can reproduce what you call focus issues. Needs more investigation i would say.
 
Hello,

Yeah sorry all were hand held with VR on, autofocus, single shoot and spot metering.
The difference in light is due to the rare occurrence that the sun come out and shines through the window :)
All were taken withinn a 20 sec period, same aperture, iso and speed
 
Do a proper focus test with the camera on a tripod and post your results.

Does the D7000 have AF micro adjust?
 
twitch said:
Hello,

Yeah sorry all were hand held with VR on, autofocus, single shoot and spot metering.
The difference in light is due to the rare occurrence that the sun come out and shines through the window :)
All were taken withinn a 20 sec period, same aperture, iso and speed
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Well...first things mate - tests like this need to be set up very carefully or they mean nothing and you can go round in circles.

Definitely use a tripod and I'd find a better test target - something with a lot more fine detail - a barcode off something perhaps.

The trouble with using single shot is that once you've half pressed the shutter, the focus is locked. and you only have to move a cats whisker before pressing the shutter for your focus to be off.

I'd suggest also trying a new test set but using servo AF for the first lot and see how you get on with those. I'd confine the test to just the centre AF point too .
 
When you're shooting macro even TINY movements in the hands after focus is achieved can result in big differences (this is why most people use manual focus when they're shooting macro).
 
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