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 p.23 #4 · D750 horrible light leak (black bandit!) reported; Looks horrible "updated" | |
badlydrawnboy wrote:
It seems from reading the comments in that article that there is no rhyme or reason as to which D750s are affected. That makes it difficult for people like me, who are considering a D750 purchase and use flare creatively a lot in their photos, should go ahead and buy one.
I have read Nasim and IR, plus followed this issue a bit more than I care to. I recently purchased a D750, don't shoot flare for effect, but out of curiosity have tried to see if I can get this too. I have failed miserably, until I tried with a specific light bulb, a Cree LED daylight, and a 50mm f1.8 G, about 2 feet from the bulb. Only then could I get this. And only at a very precise angle. No other lens of mine will do this, no matter how hard I try. And even the 50mm won't do this outdoors.
My purely unscientific and photo hobbyists mind, in other words gut feel and simply logic, suggests to me that this effects all D750's, and in all likelyhood (and aligned with both Nasim and IR, and others who are more scientific than me), can effect just about any DSLR, to some degree.... provided you can find the exact angle and light formula.
If the AF sensor was positioned differently in some copies, as much as some suggest in photo's on the insides of the D750, I would expect that would impact focus overall, and led to a chorus of AF complaints. So far all I have heard is more people claiming their new D750 is remarkable in how little AF tuning if needs. Mine too, BTW. So I suspect if there is something mechanical, it's not this.
We also have far more reports from pros claiming they have been shooting their D750's into all kinds of light and not found this at all. At the same time, we have a lot of people, like me, and Nasim and IR, who say they had to work to find this, and that it requires a very precise angle and light source. One of them says they could produce it in a test setting, but not in real life.
All this leads me to suspect that this is inherent issue, one that can be found on other DSLR cameras too, but the reason so many claim to not have it in their D750 is because it is hard to produce it tests, let alone in real life shooting. And those who have found it in real life have done so more by accident (at first), then deliberate (the latter).
The specific angle on the D750 where this occurs may be more commonly used, so the effect may be more noticed on the D750 than other camera. But it also sounds very rare and easily avoided (move a mm one way or another).
Perhaps Nikon will come up with a quite fix. But I doubt this warrants a recall or service notice.
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