Warranty Repair. I have a question.

Dawg Pics

Dawg Pics

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Before, I send my D500 for repair, I need to know if the center button of the AF/MF switch on the camera body turns. Mine does, and now the switch is sticking. I was trying to use Auto AF Fine Tune and found the issue.

On a side note, my favorite Tamron lense has a problem as well. While manually focusing, the image was jumping like the lens is being moved. Never seen that before. So, I have all kinds of problems.

Anyway, I wanted to properly describe the switch problem, and I don't want to include wrong information.
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Daz

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On my D500 that little button does spin/turn.

On the image jumping, is that just the AF-C (Or AF-A) still working ?
 
Dawg Pics

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Daz said:
On my D500 that little button does spin/turn.

On the image jumping, is that just the AF-C (Or AF-A) still working ?
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I was trying to manually focus it in Live View while on a tripod. It was acting really odd. At first, I thought maybe the camera was moving, but my other lens didn't do that. As far as I know, the AF was working ok. I will have to go back and look at it.

The other Tamron would try to focus each time I pressed the shutter button half way. With each press, the focus ring would move a little. This was a steady target with light on it, so it should find focus and stay there.

I am so frustrated right now. I will see if they are doing the same thing on the D300. Maybe that will shed some light on what is happening.

Thanks for letting me know about the center button. I couldn't remember if it was spinning before or not. The AF/MF switch is not acting right for sure. Sticks some when going from AF to MF.
 
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Texas

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One of my VR lenses will occasionally do a dance and through the viewfinder it looks like the lens is bouncing around before it settles down.
 
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Dawg Pics said:
Do I send the camera with a battery or no?
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No. You don't want to send the battery, cards, or strap. Make sure to keep the body cap on it. Does this happen in Live View? If so, can you record it with your cell phone? When you go through Nikon's web site and ask questions, they like to see what's happening before sending anything in. Since it's a Tamron lens, I'm not sure how they will respond. Be sure to check and see if it happens with any Nikon lenses.
 
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@hark
Thanks.
I am sending it in because the AF/MF switch is sticking.

I am going to do some testing with the Tamron. It is probably the lens since my other lenses don't do that. It was given to me, so no big loss if it stops functioning. I just thought it was odd that it was acting like that while manually focusing.
 
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aroy

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Texas said:
One of my VR lenses will occasionally do a dance and through the viewfinder it looks like the lens is bouncing around before it settles down.
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Same thing has started with my 16-80. The image would jump around when trying to acquire focus for the first time. There after if I move the camera or change the focus location then it is fine, but if I change the focus object drastically it will hunt and vibrate before settling down. So I guess this is a lens problem and not camera's.
 
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@aroy
Thanks
Suddenly, I am having all kinds of issues with equipment. Most of the equipment was given to me, and served me well, but it is now time to start replacing things.

I am thinking it is the lens as well, since it only happened with that one lens.
 
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Dawg Pics said:
On a side note, my favorite Tamron lense has a problem as well. While manually focusing, the image was jumping like the lens is being moved. Never seen that before. So, I have all kinds of problems.
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That's interesting that you and @aroy have mentioned issues with jumping views with VC on. I too am having a problem with my Tamron 150-600 (first gen). I've tried different bodies and cleaning contacts, etc. It only goes away when the VC is turned off. I'm in the process of trying to warranty the work with Tamron. Hopefully all goes well.
 
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