Get your D70 calibrated, quickly
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Well, dropped off my D70 at Nikon this morning after determining that quite a few of my pictures were soft, as well as a 1cm backfocus. Will take 3-4 days for checking and/or recalibration.
Interestingly, there were 3 other customers at the service center, and all were there cos of their D70s! Although one guy was there just to buy the LCD cover
GYR
Interestingly, there were 3 other customers at the service center, and all were there cos of their D70s! Although one guy was there just to buy the LCD cover
GYR
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Hmm, cannot do on the spot? :dunno: so have to go another day again :sweat: wow, buy the LCD cover olso go to go to that remote place :sweat:Gymrat76 said:Well, dropped off my D70 at Nikon this morning after determining that quite a few of my pictures were soft, as well as a 1cm backfocus. Will take 3-4 days for checking and/or recalibration.
Interestingly, there were 3 other customers at the service center, and all were there cos of their D70s! Although one guy was there just to buy the LCD cover
GYR
The cover is another problem, always drop. :cry:
always drop?! You mean the cover drop or the camera drop? :bsmilie:
Haven't had any problems with my LCD cover, it fits very nicely and tight. Guy bought it for $25 (w/o GST).. very ex for a piece of plastic
Given the numbers of D70s getting sent back, the waiting time might actually increase, so don't hope for on the spot repair la :blah:
GYR
Haven't had any problems with my LCD cover, it fits very nicely and tight. Guy bought it for $25 (w/o GST).. very ex for a piece of plastic
Given the numbers of D70s getting sent back, the waiting time might actually increase, so don't hope for on the spot repair la :blah:
GYR
try it, man :blah:YahoO! :lovegrin: Just got my D70 back from Nikon, and I can tell right off that the pics are definitely clearer/sharper than before! The service report says "focus adjustment", so I wasn't imagining things before, heh. Will go home and do some BF tests to make sure they've resolved it (but am sure its ok now). Will let you guys know how it goes later! 
The service report says "focus adjustment", so I wasn't imagining things before, heh. Will go home and do some BF tests to make sure they've resolved it (but am sure its ok now). Will let you guys know how it goes later! I went to Nikon yesterday to clean my CCD and do a check. the thing i am not sure before yesterday is i always feel there is something wrong with my personal experience.
just like some posted the pictures on this forum, sometimes this is soft and the brightness sharpness cannot be said as inaccurate but there is something uncomfortable with the pictures not for the quality but for the feeling.
so i told Nikon's staff there my strange feeling about the camera.
just less than 1 min, the staff come back told me there is sunlight adjustment problem. i feel so strange why there is a sunlight adjustment problem. after i confirm it is not because of my fault of usage, once this adjustment be reset again, the problem will never appear again.
one thing i have to mention bros and sis here:
1. the technician use less than (let's say only 1 mins to check) my camera
2. when i ask why the camera will got such a problem, the staff (a young lady told me not very sure) but when i ask whether this problem will appear again after the calibration, she was very confident to tell me it won't. and after i asking whether this caused by fault of usage, she said NO.
my guess here is: nikon D70 has a small group of cameras do have this problem before they came out the factory, and nikon knows what are the group of the cameras by tracking the serial number. and the technican did not check my camera yesterday (only 1 min how to check?) just see my serial number and know my camera got this problem need to calibrate.
and i do not think Nikon will announce this because the market competition and the problem group may be just few cameras.
that is also why someone said their cameras are ok while someone feel uncomfortable for their pictures.
i have not received my camera, so i do not know what is the difference. just suggest those who feel uncomfortable with the image quality, send your camera to do a check.
just like some posted the pictures on this forum, sometimes this is soft and the brightness sharpness cannot be said as inaccurate but there is something uncomfortable with the pictures not for the quality but for the feeling.
so i told Nikon's staff there my strange feeling about the camera.
just less than 1 min, the staff come back told me there is sunlight adjustment problem. i feel so strange why there is a sunlight adjustment problem. after i confirm it is not because of my fault of usage, once this adjustment be reset again, the problem will never appear again.
one thing i have to mention bros and sis here:
1. the technician use less than (let's say only 1 mins to check) my camera
2. when i ask why the camera will got such a problem, the staff (a young lady told me not very sure) but when i ask whether this problem will appear again after the calibration, she was very confident to tell me it won't. and after i asking whether this caused by fault of usage, she said NO.
my guess here is: nikon D70 has a small group of cameras do have this problem before they came out the factory, and nikon knows what are the group of the cameras by tracking the serial number. and the technican did not check my camera yesterday (only 1 min how to check?) just see my serial number and know my camera got this problem need to calibrate.
and i do not think Nikon will announce this because the market competition and the problem group may be just few cameras.
that is also why someone said their cameras are ok while someone feel uncomfortable for their pictures.
i have not received my camera, so i do not know what is the difference. just suggest those who feel uncomfortable with the image quality, send your camera to do a check.
Gymrat76 said:YahoO! :lovegrin: Just got my D70 back from Nikon, and I can tell right off that the pics are definitely clearer/sharper than before!
Do you have other lenses, like 50mm 1.8? Coz you need to see if it is fixed on the 18-70 but AF performance/accuracy is also uncompromised for other lenses too.
wudabao said:
FYI.....
Its not new in a manufacturing to have fall outs or "marginally out of specs" units to flow into the market.......they may have all tests and calibration done on what ever products...but there is a thing call system interaction issues which may not be caught or may be intermittent.
As far as being able to get the data of test information....its not new....what they probably need is a serial number....and check through their web-connected database to see the datas archived by their manufacturing plant....
They would probably have a test fixture which the camera could be connected to and then dump out its non-volatile ram some calibration values.....
In some cases...operators in a rush may slip or terminate a calibration process while its running.....who knows....welcome to the manufacturing industry!!!!!!!!!!!
In a wrost case....jokingly.....if whoever one day see a dust in you camera may come from a chio lady who may be sneezing on a tissue paper.....and the tissue fiber finds itself into the CCD...... :dunno:
rgds,
me
Gymrat76 said:Well, that "false impression" would be to their disadvantage, wouldn't it? Its a brand NEW camera, and needs to go for servicing?
But like I said, the camera is definitely sharper now that it was before, so I'm happy.
Guys, is it ok to ask for serial numbers (range only like 700xxxx) of D70 that Nikon repaired (with reason) and also those that they did not find anything wrong.
It will be useful for new buyers and can be useful to existing owners too.
Just a simple suggestion.
I got mine 3 months old, 10/10 condition (no real scruff marks on the metal tread mount), S$120, receipt and warranty everything in.I was just testing with real world objects (2m away, 5m away, 10m away) and scrutinizing my pics (events and stuff). f2.8, f4, 28-70mm....etc etc. Humans, fridge, subwoofer, TV, plastic bag. All taken at a slanting angle so that you can gaude depth and AF accuracy. Sigh....No backfocus at all.
But i use that thick black line in the middle and ruler markings on both sides AF test, got around 1cm BF.
:think: :dunno: 50cm away, AF beep etc... (i am not a dud user lar).
Guess just need to plonk down to Nikon SG one of these days, i don't suppose they will give me a loan set since i am not NPS. Next week got 1 wedding and 1 event to whack. Anyway, i am using stuff like tamron 28-70, sigma 12-24.....not kit 18-70 lens.
But i use that thick black line in the middle and ruler markings on both sides AF test, got around 1cm BF.
:think: :dunno: 50cm away, AF beep etc... (i am not a dud user lar). Guess just need to plonk down to Nikon SG one of these days, i don't suppose they will give me a loan set since i am not NPS. Next week got 1 wedding and 1 event to whack.
Anyway, i am using stuff like tamron 28-70, sigma 12-24.....not kit 18-70 lens.- Status
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