You should be sending these examples to Nikon service center and let them know this is the second D7000 copy that does that for you. Maybe they can help to diagnose the problem.
D7000 - blue/purple highlights problems on 2 seperate D7000's
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You should be sending these examples to Nikon service center and let them know this is the second D7000 copy that does that for you. Maybe they can help to diagnose the problem.
Your problem looks very strange. I have no idea what could cause it, let alone on two different bodies.
Could you take the same shot with the same lens, one with the 7000 and the other with the 70. I'm just curious and love trying to diagnose things like this.
Oh, one more thing, when you send these to Nikon, make sure your exif are not stripped out.
Could you take the same shot with the same lens, one with the 7000 and the other with the 70. I'm just curious and love trying to diagnose things like this.
Oh, one more thing, when you send these to Nikon, make sure your exif are not stripped out.
I'll try to tonight take the same shot with the D7000 and D70 and post them up for you......in reality we shouldn't need to be going through all this with an expensive camera....my point and shoot L20 was better and that cost £50.....will include exif when send to nikon ill send them the raw files....see if they can figure it out..........
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
I have a very hard time looking at these and coming to the "defective camera" conclusion. Just because the D70 doesn't show the same thing doesn't mean it's a problem with the D7000. It could be that the sensor is more sensitive, or that there's a setting we're not looking at. With the reflection being upside-down and on the opposite side it's definitely happening in the optics and not on the sensor. Have you changed anything on the eyepiece or put something over top, like an eyepiece mounted screen protector? Do you wear glasses (mirror shades?)? This is a reflection of some kind, to be sure.
I'd be very interested to hear what Nikon had to say.
I'd be very interested to hear what Nikon had to say.
The eyeglasses would not interfere while mirror is up and shutter open… I'm quite perplex with this one and hope Nikon will say something other than B-2 repair...
YOu guys are getting very technical now!! I do wear normal glasses [never shades when shooting] when I am out shooting but would this really cause this issue??? I can't imagine this at all....again, why didn't it happen on the D70? or for that matter any other camera I have ever owned and no one else on the planet seems to have this issue when many people wear glasses......for me it has to be a camera problem....my settings are constant always have been, even all the extra stuff on the D7000, most isn't used...ISO, apperature, occasionally SS, white balance and metering are my only fluctuations.......could it after all be the San Disc memory card I mentioned earlier??
I can't see this being a card problem. Bad cards won't behave like bad or corrupted film or double exposed film. There is no image on the card, just numbers. An interruption to those numbers from a bad card or bad file will usually make the image not viewable at all or a partial image followed by pure junk or a single blank color. These look like reflections. Being upside down is a clue, but its beyond me what it could be. Looks like a lens would need to be involved like Dave said. Or some other combination of reflections that would flip the image top to bottom, but I have nothing useful to suggest. Interesting problem though.
Rexer John
Senior Member
The ghost image is upside down and back to front.
That suggests strong light is reflecting off the sensor and bouncing back off the rear lens element for a second hit at the dark side of the sensor.
Have you used a cleaning solution on the sensor that could cause a surface mirror effect?
That suggests strong light is reflecting off the sensor and bouncing back off the rear lens element for a second hit at the dark side of the sensor.
Have you used a cleaning solution on the sensor that could cause a surface mirror effect?
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
That would be interesting as all get out (and possibly void the warranty).
well guys....I may have found the solution after all.....i stress 'may'.....the UV filters.......it was hard to pin point a suspect due to it being a problem only in specific light....so tonight i took many pictures - 100's- and npticed a difference depending upon how much lght was reflecting off the TV which was on and also weather the filters were on the lenses......so i took 5 with 5 without over and over again......without the filters there was never a reflection......with the filters there was...sometimes huge reflectins in blue/purple always.....seems, when there is strong blue/purple light [had sky news on which uses this a lot] and the filter is on, the problem ccured. red. green, yellow light didnt cause to much of an issue but still some flaring...so that's it....i think....will need more testing but i think it is this....the uv filters.....but why? both bought from amazon, HOYA's best UV ultra thin multi coated......so it's strange the fltwrs would cause this. The question is, are the filters dodgy or the camera simply can;t function correct when they are on....? well, i put them on a lens on the D70 and some reflection occured but not as much as the d7000....so if i simply leave them off the d7000 or buy different brand maybe the issue has gone?????????????? who knows !!!
Rexer John
Senior Member
Backdoorhippie suggested the filter in the very 1st reply on this thread.
It can't be the filter because you said you took them off to test it.
I was sure I have tested with the filters off, and I'm sure that those pictures didn't have filters on. I may be mistaken as I am human....I do hope this is the problem as i'll simply discard them,,,I need to test more to be sure but it points to that at present....I still appreciate the help you guys offered....
Rexer John
Senior Member
No worries mate, hope it is just your filter.
Give post number 2 of this thread a "like" by pressing the like/thanks tag. I've just done it.
Give post number 2 of this thread a "like" by pressing the like/thanks tag. I've just done it.
I don't think you should just discard your filters. You should keep them on to protect your lenses and use them in normally lit situations. When you shoot with a lot of light coming in at the lens, then you remove it.
You can now start enjoying your D7000. It's a fine camera that will give you a lot of great images.
Hi maybe i'll keep them as you say they can be useful sometimes and they were very expensive....do you know why they would cause this? I thoight the thinner multi coated wre supposed to be good! Again, many thanks for the replies and hopefully i'll start to appreciate the camera a bit now!! 
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Again, The Nikonites come through to help a fellow Nikon shooter.
This is a great group.
This is a great group.
BackdoorArts
Senior Member
No sweat - you're welcome!!
My lenses have Nikon UV filters and I have not had the reflection problem on either my D3000 or D7000. I don't think it has to do with the brand of filter, as long as it is a good, reputable brand. I have used Hoya and B&W filters and have always have excellent results. You must have some very strange lighting going on.
I also agree with what was said by others regarding the filters. Normally, you should not have any problems with using filters in "normal" lighting conditions. For those weird, indoor lighting issues, you have had, you can always take a test shot first to be sure you are not going to get weird results.
Just some thoughts.