<p>Hi all im new to these forums, I would just ike to say when I 1st got my D7000 I was chuffed to bits with it, I was getting very very good results. Then after about 8 months I started getting frustrated as the images where not as good a quality as they used to be (and this was a sudden change in the quality) I looked in to it and discovered this whole back focus issue and done some testing, in live view the AF was perfect as it was using contrast detection as per info provided by what the sensor was picking up, however then using the viewfinder to take shots I was finding that the camera would appear in focus but would be slightly out (AF wise) I also confirmed this with auto focus charts.<br /><br />I tried the usual AF fine tuning which worked to a certain degree but still want as tac sharp as I would like, I put up with it like this for over 4 months thinking it was just me being too judgemental over my images, until one day I thought "I've had enough of this" and took it back to the shop where the camera was purchased from (thankfully I had an extended warranty) <br>
Wilkinson cameras sent the D7000 off to Nikon who performed diagnostics and determined that work needed to be carried out, they performed a full clean and re-calibration of the AF mechanism and more importantly replaced the full mirror mechanism/carriage as mentioned in a few posts)<br>
Since getting the camera back I have fell in love with it again and im getting some awesome shots too boot<br>
Nikon D7000 AF factory defects
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<p>Hi all im new to these forums, I would just ike to say when I 1st got my D7000 I was chuffed to bits with it, I was getting very very good results. Then after about 8 months I started getting frustrated as the images where not as good a quality as they used to be (and this was a sudden change in the quality) I looked in to it and discovered this whole back focus issue and done some testing, in live view the AF was perfect as it was using contrast detection as per info provided by what the sensor was picking up, however then using the viewfinder to take shots I was finding that the camera would appear in focus but would be slightly out (AF wise) I also confirmed this with auto focus charts.<br /><br />I tried the usual AF fine tuning which worked to a certain degree but still want as tac sharp as I would like, I put up with it like this for over 4 months thinking it was just me being too judgemental over my images, until one day I thought "I've had enough of this" and took it back to the shop where the camera was purchased from (thankfully I had an extended warranty) <br>
Wilkinson cameras sent the D7000 off to Nikon who performed diagnostics and determined that work needed to be carried out, they performed a full clean and re-calibration of the AF mechanism and more importantly replaced the full mirror mechanism/carriage as mentioned in a few posts)<br>
Since getting the camera back I have fell in love with it again and im getting some awesome shots too boot<br>
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