Red glow in viewfinder

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Archr0y

Senior Member
Hi All,

So I decided to upgrade to a D500 from my old D7100, and I have a small annoyance.

When I half-press the shutter (ie focusing), the entire viewfinder faintly glows red, along with the illuminated focus point. This is quite distracting. The camera is brand new, no settings changed out of the box. I have tried factory reset.

I did do some googling, and there are a handful of posts where people have observed the same issues (D700,D750,D800), and even the D500.
So my question is, does anyone else encounter this? Is it a fault affecting a tiny percentage of D500s? Is it not a fault at all, just a design feature of the viewfinder/focus illumination?

If other people say that their D500 also does this, then I'm fine with it.

Cheers,
Paul


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BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
If you have "Focus Point Illumination" turned on it will flash red when the background is dark as it assumes you want to see the point and red will show up better than the black point you get with a lighter background. Feature, not an issue. Not a problem.
 
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Archr0y

Senior Member
That's fair enough then, thanks.

I guess the amount of illumination is much more than I would expect, it is certainly many times brighter than on my 7100.

Maybe I was expecting the 500 to feel a bit more 'familiar', just found it a bit jarring at first.

Otherwise, it's a bit of a beast.


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tomlavelle

New member
My D810 started exhibiting this behavior after it came back from Nikon USA service for a different issue (mount slightly cracked, aperture potentiometer ring cracked). The Focus Point illumination causes the entire focusing screen to glow red, making it difficult to see the subject. My D850, D700 and D200 all still behave normally, which is to say that when the Focus Point illumination is anctivated, it only illuminates the grid and the focus point rectangles. Interwebs suggest that the focus screen is misaligned.
 
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