Just ordered a 7100 body

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RocketCowboy said:
From what I'm reading, Nikon recommends that both the camera and body match settings, so if the lens was set to manual focus the body should be set that way too. I knew the lens' built in motor would take precedence over the camera body's (if it exists), but I didn't know the mechanics of how that was determined.
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Yes...I guess what I was trying to ask is that there isn't any way to simply turn off the silent motor in the lens while allowing the body to use its ability to AF the lens. It's either on or off, isn't it? The AF switch on the lens and the camera body shuts down the AF completely. No way to only turn off the lens' motor, right? At least that's the gist of how I understood the OP's question.
 
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hark said:
Yes...I guess what I was trying to ask is that there isn't any way to simply turn off the silent motor in the lens while allowing the body to use its ability to AF the lens. It's either on or off, isn't it? The AF switch on the lens and the camera body shuts down the AF completely. No way to only turn off the lens' motor, right? At least that's the gist of how I understood the OP's question.
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Exactly. There's no user-selectable way to do it, it's a mechanical mechanism for the camera body to detect whether the lens has a servo or not. If the lens does, it wins.

The selector on the side of the lens and on the body disable the AF system completely.
 
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tea2085

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Got my 7100 today from Adorama. Refurbed and $579.00- I put my prime lens on it and inserted a SD card. WOW- I love it. Now just have to learn all the things this camera is capable of, but I like that idea. I checked shutter count on this site https://www.camerashuttercount.com/result/e7e26844-f062-49a0-82e8-23db4d1e6a82
and it said one (my 1st pic and 4 on my 4th pic) . People say there's no way to alter pic/shutter counts, so how can this be? Thanks guys for all the encouragement as I am a very happy man with this camera. Paul
 
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tea2085 said:
People say there's no way to alter pic/shutter counts, so how can this be? Thanks guys for all the encouragement as I am a very happy man with this camera. Paul
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Some poor soul learned a life lesson the same way I did. Showed up at home and proudly showed his new camera body to his wife without having something for her, and then was told to go return it do not pass go and do not collect $200. It happens, and makes for a nice surprise for the next guy who buys it off refurbished.
 
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RON_RIP

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What a bunch of wimps. Just tell the little lady that this is the way it is. If she don't like it, she can lump it.
Provided you have decent immune system, you will heal up in time, I did:black_eyed:
 
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RocketCowboy

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RON said:
What a bunch of wimps. Just tell the little lady that this is the way it is. If she don't like it, she can lump it.
Provided you have decent immune system, you will heal up in time, I did:black_eyed:
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I married a pharmacist. She knows what kinds of poisons they can test for, and what kinds they'll miss.... :)
 
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tea2085 said:
... People say there's no way to alter pic/shutter counts, so how can this be?
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Some refurbs are cameras that failed to pass all of the required, in-house quality control checks.

They go back for repair, pass inspection the second time around and get branded as refurbished.
 
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Nikon can reset the shutter count. This answer pops up on the Nikon knowledge base on occasion:
https://help.nikon.ca/app/answers/d...mes-has-my-nikon-camera-released-the-shutter?

My d7200 refurb from Adorama came with 6 actuations (maybe, see below). I can't image something as complicated as a camera makes it through final test and adjustment with only 6 trials, new or refurb. I think customers customers would drive Nikon crazy if their new cameras came with all kinds of shutter counts from factory testing. 50 on one, 200 on another, etc. It would be a customer service nightmare. I gotta think they reset them before they go out the door.

After having 4 Nikon digital cameras all with shutter counts under 10, something dawned on me. Merely entering and exiting live view without taking a photo increments the shutter count. So its quite possible my cameras came with no shutter count and in powering it up and exploring the buttons after unboxing, I ran up the shutter count up a few clicks by entering live view before actually taking my first picture.
 
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