>Then I tried Live View focusing. And guess what - it got worse
>as well!

I'm sure you realise that Live View uses a completely separate AF system. If there are problems with both, there must be something more basically wrong with your camera.

>But this is not over yet. When putting a lens on (and I'm OCD
>about my things - keep everything clean, keep all boxes,
>packaging, keep everything in cloth and protected) I see a lot
>of dust particles around the mirror AND there is a scratch on
>the mirror. A long horizontal scratch along the bottom side of
>the mirror.

That's not a scratch. It's due to the partially-silvered finish of that part of the mirror for AF purposes, and it quite normal. If you'd looked carefully before sending the camera in, you would always have seen it.

Hopefully you will get things sorted out in time

Brian
Welsh Nikonian
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