D200 Thumbpad

[tim_doherty]

I have had a D200 for about a year and last fall I started noticing while

shooting a sequence that both focus point would jump around some time and

using the thumbpad to move the point does not work right away. Has anyone else

noticed things like this? I wonder if I should send it back to Nikon to have

them take a look at it or not.

 

Thanks

 

Tim

[mark pav]

Mine doesn't do this, so yours may have a problem. What is your AF set to?

[rjacksonphoto]

Is the selector locked (the dot next to the L)?

[leicaglow]

You might check the manual. I think there is some setting to cause it to do this as it searches for a focus point.

[juan_parm_nides]

Or hard reset everything, take the battery out for ten minutes, and try again.

Cheers.

[j_falth]

I experienced a similar situation, and found the camera to continually re-focus, with the slightest movement.

 

I checked all the settings, but did not find any settings that would account for the problem.

 

I reset everything, only to find that it would still act in an erratic focusing manner.

 

However, after several resets, it now has settled down, and only occasionally do I have erratic focusing.

 

 

I sometimes also have erratic results from the thumbpad.

 

At first, I thought I was imagining a problem.

 

On occasion, it fails to operate, and only turning off the camera, and turning it back on, will it work in a normal manner.

[steven_pye]

I noticed that, I found my lock was not on and my cheek was hitting the thumbpad...to make it move immediately, press the shutter release half way.

[michaelchristensen]

might be simply an inability of the lens to pick up enough contast to lock focus on one of the sensors; I assume you have it set for continuous focus mode. In my case merely moving the lens to another target caused it to settle down'