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<blockquote data-quote="crewchief227" data-source="post: 367730" data-attributes="member: 33158">Hi All, Maybe you can help me with this as their might be a terminology problem.&nbsp; I went to the Nikon Support site and sent them a message that when I use a new 55-200 lens on my new D7100 I am having a focus hunting problem.&nbsp; Now when I say &quot;Focus Hunting&quot; what I am trying to convey is that when in AF-S with a single focusing square and am in the middle range of my focus length, somewhere between 80-125, the lens seems to be having a hard time finding a focus.&nbsp; It just goes in and out and eventually won't get a lock.&nbsp; Now the focus setting in camera is for focus priority when I use AF-S and shutter priority when in AF-C.&nbsp; It doesn't have a problem in AF-C but that's not really a surprise because it is always searching plus I don't need a lock to activate the shutter.&nbsp; I was just hoping someone else can chime in as I know the 55-200 is kind of at the bottom of the barrel but still I could understand slow focusing but not finding one period seems unacceptable.Now where Nikon Support comes in is that they sent me a email today and asked me to send in test shots to this website thing they have.&nbsp; How are test shots gonna have anything to do with showing them how it searches for a focus?&nbsp; I can't take a pic until the focus is locked anyways which would show no problem in the first place.&nbsp; So that's why I asked if the term &quot;Focus Hunting&quot; is the wrong term to tell them, is their a better way of explaining it to them?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crewchief227, post: 367730, member: 33158"] Hi All, Maybe you can help me with this as their might be a terminology problem. I went to the Nikon Support site and sent them a message that when I use a new 55-200 lens on my new D7100 I am having a focus hunting problem. Now when I say "Focus Hunting" what I am trying to convey is that when in AF-S with a single focusing square and am in the middle range of my focus length, somewhere between 80-125, the lens seems to be having a hard time finding a focus. It just goes in and out and eventually won't get a lock. Now the focus setting in camera is for focus priority when I use AF-S and shutter priority when in AF-C. It doesn't have a problem in AF-C but that's not really a surprise because it is always searching plus I don't need a lock to activate the shutter. I was just hoping someone else can chime in as I know the 55-200 is kind of at the bottom of the barrel but still I could understand slow focusing but not finding one period seems unacceptable. Now where Nikon Support comes in is that they sent me a email today and asked me to send in test shots to this website thing they have. How are test shots gonna have anything to do with showing them how it searches for a focus? I can't take a pic until the focus is locked anyways which would show no problem in the first place. So that's why I asked if the term "Focus Hunting" is the wrong term to tell them, is their a better way of explaining it to them? [/QUOTE]

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