redhalton
Oct-03-2008, 07:42 PM
Hi
I had another message yesterday on this board which all started with the purchase of an ebay lens. I've worked through this issue with the help of many here on Dgrin, the thread is here http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=107560 if you care to read.
I just got home and I still can't believe my 10 month old Nikon D80 will not autofocus. Took it to my dealer who changed out the lenses to try on another body and the lenses are all okay, even the lens I purchased on ebay. They tried for a considerable time to get the camera to AF, but finally came to the conclusion the camera was pouched.
I don't give up easily and have been trying everything to get the camera back to where it will AF when I just discovered if I hold the shutter button down half way and then push the 'AE-L/AE-L' button on the backside of the camera, right top beside viewfinder, the camera will autofocus everytime. Now this makes me feel the (dealer) assessment of the camera being pouched may not be correct. The dealer said no setting in the menu will prevent the camera from focusing--I now believe there maybe a setting they don't even know about which has locked the AF out.
Oh...I've reset the camera a hundred times, changed the settings, nothing makes this camera AF unless I hold the shutter and the button as described above. They may in fact be right...but try I must.
Any D80 users out there who can add something to this mystery.
I had another message yesterday on this board which all started with the purchase of an ebay lens. I've worked through this issue with the help of many here on Dgrin, the thread is here http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=107560 if you care to read.
I just got home and I still can't believe my 10 month old Nikon D80 will not autofocus. Took it to my dealer who changed out the lenses to try on another body and the lenses are all okay, even the lens I purchased on ebay. They tried for a considerable time to get the camera to AF, but finally came to the conclusion the camera was pouched.
I don't give up easily and have been trying everything to get the camera back to where it will AF when I just discovered if I hold the shutter button down half way and then push the 'AE-L/AE-L' button on the backside of the camera, right top beside viewfinder, the camera will autofocus everytime. Now this makes me feel the (dealer) assessment of the camera being pouched may not be correct. The dealer said no setting in the menu will prevent the camera from focusing--I now believe there maybe a setting they don't even know about which has locked the AF out.
Oh...I've reset the camera a hundred times, changed the settings, nothing makes this camera AF unless I hold the shutter and the button as described above. They may in fact be right...but try I must.
Any D80 users out there who can add something to this mystery.