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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 340800" data-attributes="member: 9240">I've been using the D7100 almost exclusively this week at Musikfest and I've experienced some wild deviations in getting focus lock on a second consecutive shot.&nbsp; I've been shooting outdoors and in bright light with a 24-120mm f/4, so the conditions shouldn't be an issue.&nbsp; I have it set to back button focus and am using AF-S with 5 points (center point almost always active) and Focus Priority set to Focus Lock, so it will not fire unless focus has been achieved.&nbsp; Here's what is happening.&nbsp; I'll be looking through the view finder, focus and shoot, and immediately move the camera to a new spot (usually as the subject is moving) and re-engage the back button to focus a second time.&nbsp; At this point it will sometime not focus at all and the shot will be missed.&nbsp; Other times it just takes a long time before it locks and finally fires.&nbsp; I'm also running into wild variations in the display of the image on the back screen after a shot using a SanDisk Extreme 92Mbps card, so speed shouldn't be an issue, shooting one image at a time.&nbsp; It was a refurb, and all this stuff screams ,&quot;Send it back and get it checked while you're still in the 90 day window!!&quot;, but I thought I'd check here first to see if anyone else has had similar experiences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 340800, member: 9240"] I've been using the D7100 almost exclusively this week at Musikfest and I've experienced some wild deviations in getting focus lock on a second consecutive shot. I've been shooting outdoors and in bright light with a 24-120mm f/4, so the conditions shouldn't be an issue. I have it set to back button focus and am using AF-S with 5 points (center point almost [I]always[/I] active) and Focus Priority set to Focus Lock, so it will not fire unless focus has been achieved. Here's what is happening. I'll be looking through the view finder, focus and shoot, and immediately move the camera to a new spot (usually as the subject is moving) and re-engage the back button to focus a second time. At this point it will sometime not focus at all and the shot will be missed. Other times it just takes a [I]long[/I] time before it locks and finally fires. I'm also running into wild variations in the display of the image on the back screen after a shot using a SanDisk Extreme 92Mbps card, so speed shouldn't be an issue, shooting one image at a time. It was a refurb, and all this stuff screams ,"Send it back and get it checked while you're still in the 90 day window!!", but I thought I'd check here first to see if anyone else has had similar experiences. [/QUOTE]

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