I just got off the phone with Nikon Tech support and Adorama.
The subject was about the AF-P FX version of the new 70-300. I figured the FX version would be better anyway, and it had the option to turn VR off. I ordered one from Amazon ( now on its way back ) and the only way I could really use it and get good focus was in Live View. If I tried to focus anything in the viewfinder, it was really hard to get it to lock on focus. The focus dot would just flash on and off with both arrows blinking one way or the other. I think maybe one shot in 10 would be in focus. The rest were way off. Once, in playback mode, I saw the red focus square in center where I focused, and a white square outside of the focus points. I don't exactly know what caused that one yet. Adorama told me they heard from other users that it would be best used as a manual focus lens on the D7200. Nikon Tech Support said it was due to an incompatibility in hardware between the two. I asked if there was another firmware update in the works to fix that problem and he said since it was a hardware issue, software probably wouldn't fix that issue. He did recommended that I buy the DX version of that lens since that issue doesn't seem to exist with it. That really didn't make any sense and became very confusing to me actually. It brought up the question Why? What is different between the AF-P FX version and the DX version?
If I had really known that I couldn't fully use the newer lenses, I might have kept the d7500... but I will wait and see. Maybe I will just get a good used older AF-S version and save 4-500.00. It was a sharp lens on my d610 when I had it. Should be ok on my d7200.
The subject was about the AF-P FX version of the new 70-300. I figured the FX version would be better anyway, and it had the option to turn VR off. I ordered one from Amazon ( now on its way back ) and the only way I could really use it and get good focus was in Live View. If I tried to focus anything in the viewfinder, it was really hard to get it to lock on focus. The focus dot would just flash on and off with both arrows blinking one way or the other. I think maybe one shot in 10 would be in focus. The rest were way off. Once, in playback mode, I saw the red focus square in center where I focused, and a white square outside of the focus points. I don't exactly know what caused that one yet. Adorama told me they heard from other users that it would be best used as a manual focus lens on the D7200. Nikon Tech Support said it was due to an incompatibility in hardware between the two. I asked if there was another firmware update in the works to fix that problem and he said since it was a hardware issue, software probably wouldn't fix that issue. He did recommended that I buy the DX version of that lens since that issue doesn't seem to exist with it. That really didn't make any sense and became very confusing to me actually. It brought up the question Why? What is different between the AF-P FX version and the DX version?
If I had really known that I couldn't fully use the newer lenses, I might have kept the d7500... but I will wait and see. Maybe I will just get a good used older AF-S version and save 4-500.00. It was a sharp lens on my d610 when I had it. Should be ok on my d7200.
