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<blockquote data-quote="Englischdude" data-source="post: 301270" data-attributes="member: 16372"><p>my d7k was a nightmare when I first purchased it new from amazon. all the images seemd to be very soft until I notice at one image of my daughter, although the focus point was on her eyes, the hair around her ears was razor sharp. I then dug through the manual and went through the procedure for tuning the AF. the camera was demonstrating severe back focusing which could only be corrected when ajusting in AF fine tune to the absolute limits of the scale. As the camera was under guarantee I sent it back to nikon without any lenses for recalibration. The camera which I received back was completely different. Focus spot on with most of my lenses, some minor adjustment required on 1 or 2 of them. All in all, I am very satisfied with the results. WIsh the quality control at Nikon was a little more thorough though. There are so many threads on the web of the d7k showing backfocus issues out the box. Maybe this can help. Also, are you sure the softness is not down to motion blur resulting from camera shake? As a rule of thumb I always try to achieve a minimum of 2 times the focal length for the shutter speed. do you get the soft pictures on lenses with VR, without or both?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Englischdude, post: 301270, member: 16372"] my d7k was a nightmare when I first purchased it new from amazon. all the images seemd to be very soft until I notice at one image of my daughter, although the focus point was on her eyes, the hair around her ears was razor sharp. I then dug through the manual and went through the procedure for tuning the AF. the camera was demonstrating severe back focusing which could only be corrected when ajusting in AF fine tune to the absolute limits of the scale. As the camera was under guarantee I sent it back to nikon without any lenses for recalibration. The camera which I received back was completely different. Focus spot on with most of my lenses, some minor adjustment required on 1 or 2 of them. All in all, I am very satisfied with the results. WIsh the quality control at Nikon was a little more thorough though. There are so many threads on the web of the d7k showing backfocus issues out the box. Maybe this can help. Also, are you sure the softness is not down to motion blur resulting from camera shake? As a rule of thumb I always try to achieve a minimum of 2 times the focal length for the shutter speed. do you get the soft pictures on lenses with VR, without or both? [/QUOTE]

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