Test Shots from the Coolpix P510

After much experimenting with the Nikon that I bought last winter, I finally sent it back a second time for repair. I procrastinated on doing so for several months because when I sent them sample photos, they implied that the problem was user error, although they didn't actually use those words. Well, I've been using other digital Nikons for quite a few years and I could see the difference in the focus (or rather lack of focus) in the Coolpix 510, and there definitely was a problem.

However, I had the impression that they were not willing or able to fix the camera. So when I sent the camera back the second time, I was not too surprised when they sent it back saying they found nothing wrong with it.

It was a while before I bothered to test it. When I finally did, I just took a series of pictures at our living room window. Well, the autofocus worked fine! This was not an acid test; I still need to try it on objects that are fairly close, but at least the focusing on distance seems to be fixed, as you can see from these pictures. So apparently they made some crucial adjustment to the camera.

The yellow trees are on the other side of the lake and I zoomed way in. I did brighten this image in Photoshop to get make up for the haze that was there. You an still see it on the distant ridges but that's natural.

The last image is not completely sharp but it is only a test picture taken through double-paned glass and with two objects moving at different speeds. I was pleased that the camera was able to quickly find the objects to focus on; it would not do that before the repair.