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paultergeist.be

paultergeist.be

Member Since 18 Jul 2022
Offline Last Active Jul 18 2022 01:13 PM
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Hello from London!

18 July 2022 - 01:13 PM

Hey everyone and thanks for welcoming me in the forum! 

I'm a 33 year-old photographer based in East London. I have been shooting for 12 years now. I used a D7200 for ages and upgraded to a D750 last year. 

I shoot music, event, cycling races, music & performers portraits etc... 

I have a day job as Marketing Manager for a small brewery because I'm really cool like that (or not). 

Looking forward to seeing everyone's work and getting tips :)


AF outline guide gone / Nikon D750

18 July 2022 - 01:08 PM

Hello all, 
I'm new to this forum and hoping you can help solve my problem. First of all, I'm not a native speaker and I'm mainly self-taught (but have been shooting for 10+ years) so I might not know some technical lingo. I'll try to explain as best as I can but please bare with me. 

I shoot gigs and bike races with my Nikon D750 (fx mount). I typically use back button focus for gigs and shutter for bikes. It works great, never had any issues.
 
Yesterday, I was shooting an event and swapped to my Sigma 8mm lens that's from my old kit, so a dx mount. Not an issue, great shots. But when I switched back to my 24-70 fx lens, I noticed the back button focus was gone. Reset it quickly, but I realised I don't have the outline guide - black lines + a small red square - in my viewfinder I normally move around to pick my focus point. The square is present on the screen but that's too slow for gigs so I use the viewfinder. 
 
I looked into AF area modes and numbers of focal points, reset my camera to original settings etc but no luck. Spent ages googling but again, no luck. 
 
Is there a wise person here who knows how I can solve this?
 
I turned it off and on again, battery out etc. I gave the sensor and mirror a good clean too (post festival bath lol), but still nothing. Is it the heat? Is it because I just shot a 3-day festival last week (no damage to the camera though)? I didn't drop it, I didn't leave it in the sun or anything that could damage it really.

Thanks a lot for your help!