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Marshall Alsup wrote:
Well, I decided to risk it. I ordered a D800 from Amazon today. Should be here tomorrow. I'm leaving for the weekend so I probably wont get much of a chance to test it out, unless I can do it tomorrow night, and that depends on work. Either way, I'll post the SN range and my initial thoughts about the focusing. Wish me luck
Alright, I'm back from the weekend and have had time to test my new D800. Wow, I think I'm screwed. I REALLY hope you guys tell me I tested wrong somehow. I followed Thom's instructions.
I hung a couple targets as described by him. I focused using the right most point, the center point, and then the left most point (setting the lens to infinity between each so it would have to obtain focus). I then tested one on the left side starting from close focus instead of infinity to see if it was different (it was even worse).
FYI My camera was ordered from Amazon last Wednesday Oct, 10. It is serial number: 3047xxx
Here are links to the photos on my flickr:
1. This was taken with the right most focus point:
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2. This was taken with the central focus point:
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3. This was taken from the left most focus point starting from infinity. It doesn't seem that bad, but its noticeably worse than the other two:
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4. This was taken from the left most focus point starting from close focus. It is terrible.
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