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I had a problem with my autofocus, and i could not find the answer. Therefore i investigated further and found out what to do. This i have wrote in this guide.
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The problem is that the autofocus can not adjust correctly. There can be more than one solution.
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1. Try forcing the lens to rotate a fraction of a inch. This will sometimes help the problem. Or simply move the switch from M to A on the lens.
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2. Try to switching to a single of the 11 auto focus points. Then try if there are specific points that are the problem.
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This is done by selecting in the menu of your camera to the points. Then focusing on a single object with a background far away. Try focusing on the object then on the background. If this is possible the autofocus point is fine.
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3. If all auto focus points are fine, try updating the firmware or cleaning the sensors inside the camera behind the mirror. If a one or more points are out of order, also try cleaning the sensors behind the mirror.
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4. Detatch the lens from the camera, by applying pressure on the release button and twisting the lens so it can be released. See picture
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5. Set the camera selection wheel to manual (M), see picture
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6. Turn the camera on, and start the liveView format. This will flip op the mirror inside the camera.
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Take a dry can blower. Or if in lack, use an empty plastic bottle, without moisture inside, and use it to blow on the autofocus sensors.
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They are located at the bottom under the mirror. NOTE Do not blow with your mouth, small amount of moisture will hit the CCD also located here.
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Turn the camera off
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Reattach the lens. Push the lens, white point to white point and turn the lens in place.
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This worked for me, hope it also helped you ;)
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Hope you could use this information
Hope you could use this information
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wow! good tip, AF appeared broken on my D3100, detach and reattach lens did fix it !!
My camera fell on the concrete floor 2 times within 10min..thanks to my little devil..the autofocus wasn't working. I was hopeless and thought of contacting nikon service center and the I searched for some repair tips and came across this page..wow. ...it worked for me as well..thank you so much..you saved me a few good bucks for sure..more than that I'm having a trip after a week and wasn't hopeful to get it back..but I'm a happy man now and I'm noy mad at my little angel now :)
Hi Mithles Shrivas
Happy to know that it worked :) I know the problem with the small ones, have 3 my self :)
have a nice day :)
Yes!! Thank you so much. The center point of our autofocus wasn't working, and I was worried that the camera would need expensive repair. This did the trick instantly. You just made my day!
My manual focus does not even work? I guess I have to have it repaired? It just stopped working one day.
