Nikon SLR Cameras

Nikon D800 focus fine tune Voigtlander 58mm 1.4?

Guest
Guest

So everyone knows D800 has back focus problem. Mine is no exception & I been able to work around with with focus fine tune feature on Nikon lenses. I recently bought a Voigtlander 58mm 1.4 for Nikon, it is very nice, but on the D800 back focus ruins a lot of my images. Focus dot says the subject is in focus, but when a picture taken, the back ground is in focus. I'm trying to add the lens to the profile so I can fine tune it, but so far I can't.

Anyone successfully add this lens to Nikon D800?

fhotoace
fhotoace

You need to ask Nikon.

Apparently, Nikon will repair this known problem that plagued many of the first D800 cameras that were sold.

qrk
qrk

Your lens may have focus shift issues (Spherical Aberration). When you focus using phase focus (using the viewfinder) your lens focuses at the widest aperture (f/1.4). When stopped down, the focus point changes. This happens on fast lenses like your f/1.4 lens.

You can try using live view to focus. Live view uses the actual set f-stop.

If you have focus shift issues, no amount of focus fine tuning will work since this is a distance issue also. If you focus on things far away, focus shift becomes a non-issue.

Focus shift is a big problem with Nikon's 80-200 f/2.8 lens at close range (10 ft).

See http://photographylife.com/what-is-spherical-aberration.