I once had a Nikon FA, the focus is off, I have to put a tape of 0.2mm
thick under the mirror (at mirror rest pin position) to correct the
problem.
C.H.Ling
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2000 1:50 AM
Subject: [OM] OT: Nikon AF and Grumpy (was OM2000 flash, etc.)
>I wonder whether Nikon AF is by intention close but not right on.
About
>the time I left the Nikon list, there was a report that Nikon had
>deliberately designed the FE2, and perhaps other cameras, either to
over-
>or under-focus ever-so-minutely. One owner said that he consistently
>focused and then (I think) backed off just a little and got slightly
better
>results.
>I consider this no better than a rumor, but it affected me to the
>extent that I determined that I was not committed enough to Nikon and
the
>FE2 to test to see whether the claim played out or not. I pretty
much
>switched over completely to Oly sometime after that. I've always
gotten
>better results with Oly than Nikon, but I've also improved my
technique at
>the same time. I guess there might be a connection though. :)
>
>Joel Wilcox
>Iowa City, Iowa USA
>
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