nikon d800 focusing issues?

Question

hi
i have nikon d800 & nikon 24-70 (2.8) lense.
my problem is liveview focus photos r very good focus.
but viewfinder focus photos r some times good focus
some times bad focus. have any settings?
or AF fine tuning wich range?

Answer 1

The dirty little secret of DSLR's is that the mirror reflex viewfinder focusing that is supposed to perfectly duplicate the focus that will occur on the sensor is sometimes not so perfect. Nikon seems to have had more problems with this than they want to admit to.

Answer 2

As far as the camera is concerned there's absolutely no difference between live view and the view finder.

All that's happening is the display to you - that's it so it's not the camera... it's probably you.



Are you using all your focus points? If so get off that and to a single focus point, dead center. Your owner's manual will tell you how. On multi-point you're allowing the camera to make the decisions... that's not a good idea.

Answer 3

There is a firmware update that fixes some issues on the D800. Have you installed the latest firmware for both camera and lenses?