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[Marcus Rowland]

I rather stupidly bought a Nikon 1 J1 with 10-30mm without testing it properly, and it turns out to have a fault which I understand is common - the screen image is usually much darker than it should be and the lens doesn't focus properly. What I don't know is if it's the lens, the camera, or both, and what can be done about it these days - anyone got any suggestions?

[Nikonphotographer]

The Nikkor 1 10-30 was known to have faults, Nikon were repairing them way after the warranty had expired, luckily the one I bought with my V1 never played up, try cleaning up the contacts on both the lens and camera to see if that helps

[Marcus Rowland]

Already tried that but I'll give it another go. My inclination is to cut my losses if it doesn't start working, just sell it for spares/repairs, I suspect that any repair would cost more than the £40 I paid for the camera.