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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / February 2007D200 defective!!! :(((
Hi all, I got a new D200 and I thought it was losing the focus because of the temperature < 0C or because of some setting but it now looks really defective to me!! :(((( - I have three (All with CPU) lens: Nikkor 18-70mm AF ED Nikkor 18-200mm AF ED Nikkor 70-300mm AF ED - Old D70 - New D200 The D70 Autofocus works perfectly OK with the three lenses above. The brand new D200 does not!!! - With the 18-200mm it just does not focus automatically and I had Reset the Menu settings and had: P Multi-Programming shooting mode, Lens switches to: M/A and focus mode S(ervo). It does not prevent me from taking out-of-focus pictures in this mode. - With the 18-70mm it happens the same as with the 18-200mm - With the 70-300mm it just blinks a message fEE and I can not decipher anywhere not even in the D200 manual it is written what that means :((( almost for sure either E stands for Error :(((( I got the camera on ebay with cameta camera power seller and I live in Switzerland, am I totally screwed up now? even paying customs twice for sending back-forth???!!! :(((( Nikon support told me the symptoms were pointing to the direction of the D200 being defective. Any ideas how to confirm it is the case? workarounds? TIA, Best regards, Giovanni >I got a new D200 and I thought it was losing the focus because of the >temperature < 0C or because of some setting but it now looks really [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mode, Lens switches to: M/A and focus mode S(ervo). It does not prevent > me from taking out-of-focus pictures in this mode. I assume you mean AF-S which is Single servo mode, vs. AF-C which is Continuous servo mode. >- With the 18-70mm it happens the same as with the 18-200mm >- With the 70-300mm it just blinks a message fEE and I can not decipher [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Any ideas how to confirm it is the case? workarounds? Verify that Custom Setting a2: AF-S Mode Priority Selection is set to Focus if using AF-S mode (.148 of the fine manual). Check and clean the electrical contacts on the body at the lens mount. Compare these to the ones on your D70, sounds like a possible communication problem between the lenses and the D200 body.  SignatureEd Ruf (Usenet2@EdwardGRuf.com) http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photography/General/index.html > Hi all, > > I got a new D200 and I thought it was losing the focus because of the > temperature < 0C or because of some setting but it now looks really > defective to me!! :(((( Just for a little perspective, my D200 is functioning flawlessly, and there's no need to shout about your problem here, as none of us can solve it for you. Cameta is a big time ebay store, and they have a brick and mortar presence as well. I'm sure you can trust them. However, you will most likely have to use Nikon service to get your camera up and running again, or replaced. Start by contacting Cameta, and see what they say. According to Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com>: > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > - Old D70 > - New D200 [ ... ] > - With the 70-300mm it just blinks a message fEE and I can not decipher > anywhere > not even in the D200 manual it is written what that means :((( almost for > sure either > E stands for Error :(((( IIRC, that is the error you get if the lens is not stopped fully down. It certainly is in my D70. Assuming that you have an aperture ring on that lens (I don't know the lens from personal experience), then the aperture ring should have a lock which can be engaged when it is stopped down fully. I don't think that the D200 has the sensor which the D70 has for that to show up however. If the lens is one of the new ones without an external aperture ring, then it is likely to be communication problems between the CPU in the lens and that in the camera. Checking the contacts just inside the lens mount ring and perhaps cleaning them by polishing with a lint-free cloth for a little time might make a difference. > I got the camera on ebay with cameta camera power seller and I live > in Switzerland, am I totally screwed up now? even paying customs twice [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > D200 > being defective. Ouch! > Any ideas how to confirm it is the case? workarounds? Take it to someone local with experience who can compare it to another camera of the same sort. Good Luck, DoN. SignatureEmail: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- > I don't think that the D200 has the sensor which the D70 has > for > that to show up however. Yes it has. When I mount my AF 50/1.8D with the aperture ring not set to the largest value it displays the fEE error. When I do not mount a lens and move the coupling on the outer ring of the lensmount the aperture value readout on the top lcd changes. Apparently the D200 knows what lens can have the aperture set from the camera body (by cpu?) and expects the aperture ring to be in the smallest position. Perhaps there is an option in the camera menu to change this behaviour, I don't have time now to figure that out. Signaturegroeten, Remco homepage: http://www.rraap.nl Mail : remco at isgitarist dot nl > DoN. Nichols wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> IIRC, that is the error you get if the lens is not stopped fully >> down. Same fEE blink on the D200 with a micro-chipped lens. Set the ring to f/22 and adjust aperture with the front dial on the body. >> It certainly is in my D70. Assuming that you have an aperture >> ring on that lens (I don't know the lens from personal experience), then [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Perhaps there is an option in the camera menu to change this behaviour, > I don't have time now to figure that out. With an older un-chipped AI lens you actually use the aperture ring. In this case you need to enter the max f/stop and focal length of the lens in the menu to tell the camera and meter where it's stopping down from. f/? - - - - - -> f/22 menu: 28mm f/2 f/2 - - - - - -> f/22 The camera doesn't know what units to use for the aperture tab till you tell it, that's all the microchip does is report this simple data and maybe some other gunk for the EXIF. When used this way, the EXIF data reads f/0.0 as the max aperture (a mistake in the firmware) but it does record 28mm focal length. |
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