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#1
Posted 16 August 2019 - 11:24 PM
Today I was hiking up to a waterfall, taking photos. Get to the top, take one photo, then the camera stops taking pictures.
I played around with it, and it seems it won't take a picture at all when in autofocus. When I switch it to manual it takes a photo, but it is blurry, and I can not adjust the focus. I can also hear a clicking and grinding when I rotate the lens between the 35 and 24 mm marks.
The 55-200mm lens works just fine, so I'm fairly certain it's not the camera body.
(Also, if I rotate the lens and focus ring together while half pressing the shutter, it takes a blurry photo in auto.)
Can someone please help me? 😁
#2
Posted 19 August 2019 - 06:19 AM
It seems like either dirty contacts or something broken in the lens. Try cleaning the contacts with a good contact cleaner, such as DeOxit. Try to get one that is formulated for plated contacts. If that doesn't work, getting a new normal zoom is probably cheaper than having your basic kit lens repaired.
The lack of manual focus when the electrics don't work is a major drawback of the AF-P lenses. As long as things work, they are better than the AF-S equivalents, but there is no backup system if things go wrong.
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#3
Posted 24 August 2019 - 07:24 PM
It seems like either dirty contacts or something broken in the lens. Try cleaning the contacts with a good contact cleaner, such as DeOxit. Try to get one that is formulated for plated contacts. If that doesn't work, getting a new normal zoom is probably cheaper than having your basic kit lens repaired.
The lack of manual focus when the electrics don't work is a major drawback of the AF-P lenses. As long as things work, they are better than the AF-S equivalents, but there is no backup system if things go wrong.
Thanks man, I'll try that.
Do you generally use the af-p or af-s? I might have to go lens hunting soon
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