First "Light Leaks", Now There's "Dark Bands"

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AC016

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So, the fix seems to be putting some black tape over the AF sensor, making your camera an MF camera, lol:p Well, i hope people are contacting Nikon with this problem, because this is not one anyone can fix by themselves. Let's hope they react in a more responsive manner then they did with the D600. This should be a simple warranty fix where Nikon can align the AF sensor properly. This is going to get interesting. D760 anyone....
 

Nero

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Funny how all these issues happen with full frame cameras. It's a good time for people that are happy settling with crop sensors. :p
 

AC016

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Funny how all these issues happen with full frame cameras. It's a good time for people that are happy settling with crop sensors. :p

True. Perhaps these cameras were made on a Friday night when the gals in QC were eager to go out on the town, lol :p
 

AC016

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Though this means there's a chance they'll screw up the D5500 and D7200(?)

Yep. You would think that this sort of thing would not happen after the D600, but history tends to repeat itself, though not in such a short time span. Even if someone saw the AF sensor not "sitting" right, i am not sure that anyone would be able to predict the outcome. Nikon better respond to this as fast as humanly possible or Nikon's name will be mud faster then you can say Nikon.
 

Nero

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Yep. You would think that this sort of thing would not happen after the D600, but history tends to repeat itself, though not in such a short time span. Even if someone saw the AF sensor not "sitting" right, i am not sure that anyone would be able to predict the outcome. Nikon better respond to this as fast as humanly possible or Nikon's name will be mud faster then you can say Nikon.
Yeah, it's surprising how long it takes some companies to adapt/change.
 

AC016

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Yeah, it's surprising how long it takes some companies to adapt/change.

Look at the issue Leica had with the sensors in their M9. I don't think i have ever seen a company react so fast. Fuji did the same with the light leak on the first batch of X-T1s. They responded very quickly and serviced the affected cameras under warranty.
 

Nero

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Look at the issue Leica had with the sensors in their M9. I don't think i have ever seen a company react so fast. Fuji did the same with the light leak on the first batch of X-T1s. They responded very quickly and serviced the affected cameras under warranty.
I said some, not all. ;)

Nevermind, I realized you might be enforcing what I said in my last comment. lol
 

J-see

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That's actually quite normal and the shot as it should be would they know how to shoot below light sources. Something internal blocks that part of the haze.

Those guys with their leaks are depressing. If nowadays surviving depended upon thinking, the 21th century would be called the Age of the Great Extinction.
 

Nero

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There's a reason I used quotes in the thread title. :D

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AC016

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That's actually quite normal and the shot as it should be would they know how to shoot below light sources. Something internal blocks that part of the haze.

Those guys with their leaks are depressing. If nowadays surviving depended upon thinking, the 21th century would be called the Age of the Great Extinction.

It's "quite normal"? I have seen many a photo shot under all sorts of light sources and i have not seen that before. Nothing internally should be blocking how the light falls on the sensor.
 

J-see

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I'm not even amazed they just keep spreading the Polish "science" without anyone loading both shots in PS and simply switching the layer on and off to check if the shots even match.
 

J-see

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It's "quite normal"? I have seen many a photo shot under all sorts of light sources and i have not seen that before. Nothing internally should be blocking how the light falls on the sensor.

That's not normal light, that's flare triggered by indirect light hitting the lens outside the field of view. If that band wasn't there, the shot would still be crap. I reproduced it with the D3300 and none ever cried about light leaks or dark bands since that was released.
 

Woodyg3

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It's not a "light leak" OR a "dark band." It's flare.

The odd thing is that the flare ends in a straight edge. I wonder how the location of the AF sensor causes this?

For me it's almost a non-issue, because I always do everything I can to avoid lens flare. Still, I agree this is a problem, because eventually everyone shoots into a light source and the odd looking flare pattern ruins a shot. If it is as simple as a minor adjustment in the AF sensor location, let's hope Nikon makes a quick fix.

​AS an aside, I know a lot of people use flare as an effect, but I have to laugh at the example shown in the link where the groom's face is completely covered in flare. That's what the photographer was going for? Really? :)
 

J-see

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I had flare more than once while shooting the wide but this issue would only ruin artistic use if washed out shots can be called such. ;)
 

AC016

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That's not normal light, that's flare triggered by indirect light hitting the lens outside the field of view. If that band wasn't there, the shot would still be crap. I reproduced it with the D3300 and none ever cried about light leaks or dark bands since that was released.

If you were able to reproduce it with your 3300, it does not mean it's "normal". In the article, the guy puts some black material over the AF sensor and the problem is gone. Further, as the article states, this "problem" only occurs in some D750s. It is shown in the article that on some D750s, the AF sensor is slightly higher and in others, it is more recessed. What ever you would like to call it, it is something that should not happen. ;)
 

J-see

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If you were able to reproduce it with your 3300, it does not mean it's "normal". In the article, the guy puts some black material over the AF sensor and the problem is gone. Further, as the article states, this "problem" only occurs in some D750s. It is shown in the article that on some D750s, the AF sensor is slightly higher and in others, it is more recessed. What ever you would like to call it, it is something that should not happen. ;)

If I put a CP filter on and turn it right, the problem is gone too.

Btw, putting the black material inside indeed fixes it, his whole shot looks crap now. What an improvement.

I guess none will be satisfied until Nikon does a recall and fixes it by making it worse. Then it no longer affects the shots we'll never take.
 
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