D610 - AF focuses on background + body upgrade

Dominik Tryba

New member
Hello,

I shoot event reportages with D610. Cannot say when it started, but in 50-70% of cases the AF focuses on the background. It happens in various conditions.

It refers to working with the following lenses:
- Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 VR II
- Nikon 14-24mm 2.8
- Nikon 50mm 1.4
The problem doesn't exist with lenses:
- Sigma 70-200mm vr
- Sigma 24mm 1.8

Also, the AF works perfectly in LiveView.

1) Firstly, I'd like to solve to problem abovementioned.

2) Secondly, the D610 is to become a back-up body, because I'm about to upgrade. The priority for me is precise AF and relatively high usable ISO. The top cost is set by the price of D8xx.

Thank you in advance for your time and help!

Best!
 

cwgrizz

Senior Member
Challenge Team
Welcome to the forum Dominik. I'm sure someone will come along in a little while with some suggestions for your problem. I'm really not sure why it would not focus correctly unless you are using LiveView. :confused:
 

RocketCowboy

Senior Member
Howdy and welcome to Nikonites!

I don't have any of those lenses except for the 50 1.4, so off the bat initially I would tend to agree with Don and check the focus fine tuning. That could easily explain the back focusing.

As for which body yo replace your D610, the D750 seems like the straight forward approach if you are good with the size. I prefer the D810 myself, but it just came down to personal preference for me.


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robbins.photo

Senior Member
Did you upgrade your firmware recently? Seems rather odd that all of your Nikon lenses focus fine, but both your sigmas are having issues

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subie

Senior Member
I have a similar issue. Using the Sigma DC 18-50mm 2.8 and Tamron XR Di 17-50mm 2.8. When I use auto focus (on both lens) the camera tries to capture/focus on the background image. The lens are fine, because when I manually take the same picture, the image is clean and crisp. Weird thing is that when I use Live View the images looks clearer.
 

Ima93m4k3r

Senior Member
Did you upgrade your firmware recently? Seems rather odd that all of your Nikon lenses focus fine, but both your sigmas are having issues

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Ah no my friend, you have it the wrong way around: It is the Nikon lenses that are background focusing not the Sigmas which are fine :)



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robbins.photo

Senior Member
Ah no my friend, you have it the wrong way around: It is the Nikon lenses that are background focusing not the Sigmas which are fine :)



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Not really interested in a Nikon vrs Sigma debate, just trying to troubleshoot. It seems odd that one brand of lenses appears to be working while the other does not, so sounded like good place to start.
 
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