Recent content by chico

performed the dot-tune method for auto focus fine tune.cloudy day but did the best I could.learned a few other things in the process. 1) my tamron 70-200 wont auto focus in live view. 2)my giottos vt806 tripod is almost useless with my set-up 3) it is very hard to manually focus in live view...

Am I wrong to expect a brand new camera to have good,sharp focus out of the box?since when do we have to purchase software,after we get our camera,to be able to get acceptable pictures.I did not see any warning on Nikons website making me aware of this.my four previous new cameras focused...

I've been doing a ton of reading in books and on the internet about the d-7000.It seems to me that a lot of people dial in a lot of in camera sharpening when shooting jpeg.don't you loose a lot of data with lots of sharpening?I've been seeing sugestions of +7 to +9 levels.should'nt the d-7000 be...

I keep filling in my equipment section of my profile and saving it but it only saves some of it.is this why I see other members putting their equipment in their signature section? thanks,Troy

Hi,first post.has anyone used the dot tune method to adjust focus fine tune? I don't want to purchase software if I don't have to.I,m having trouble focusing with my tamron 70-200 F2.8.thanks, Troy

Hello all. newbie here but not to photography.I would say that I am an advanced amateur/hobbyist.I just stepped into a d-7000 from a d-80 and can see already that there is a pretty big learning curve ahead of me.should be fun. Troy