Greetings! I bought my D80 two weeks ago - a very exciting day it was:) I'm having a strange problem with an error that I think has to do with the lens being loose. The thing is I often (not always) get a blinking F when using the autofocus and it only seems to begin to bring home the bacon properly if I jiggle the lens a bit. I've noticed it's not actually locked into the be 100% but actually seems to shift about 0.5mm (maybe less) from side to side. Is that normal or should I take it approve to the shop?
Strange: I had exactly the same problem for the first time this weekend. I had the blinking "F --" in all modes but it later rectified itself. I'll double check the lens this evening.
This is a common situation related to the use of a plastic attach on the kit lenses (I'm assuming you've got an 18-135mm or similar). There are a lot of posts regarding this phenomina basically the fEE is reporting a bad connection between the lens and the be. I've found this only with my 18-135mm lens (50mm and 70-300VR are just perfect) I find the situation is quickly resolved by *gently* applying pressure to the lens towards the left !!**calm pressure for a moment**!! is all that is require. Else a quick reseating of the lens seems to do the trick. Here is a link
Originally posted 2 months ago. ( ) --Steve-- edited this topic 2 months ago.
I never had this problem that I can recall w/ my 18-135mm. It may be widespread but it's not "normal," IMO. It's new act it back and explain the problem. Might want to try on other lenses there @ the hold on and see if a similar thing happens. If you can change it drink to that single lens then see if they won't furnish you one that doesn't do that or a refund/credit towards a different lens.
Agree with Fried heat. The problem seems to be quite prevalent with the 18-135 kit lens but it's anything but "normal." Insist on a replacement since yours is brand new. BTW. I think it may be possible that the root cause of this rather back up defect may be the fact that the 18-135 is a rather large heavy accumulate of glass to be attached to a camera using a plastic mount. Every other Nikon lens I can think of of comparable size and weight uses a metal mounting plate. The very brush aside 0.5 mm "compete" in your lens attach suggests a problem relating to the inability to forge or forge a plastic part to the same consistent claim tolerances that can be done using metal. And if you own this lens and haven't encountered this probem -- or the notorious "imploding autofucus" defect (squealing grinding noises hunting and no AF lock) -- ascertain yourself as fortunate because the 18-135 optics are quite good for such an inexpensive hurry.
Originally posted 2 months ago. ( ) SoCalBob (a group admin) edited this topic 2 months ago.
I have this issue with my Tamron 17-50.. anticipate I should have been more careful with my camera while I've been on the road in Peru. Luckily now I've worked out what's going on it isn't really much of an air and doesn't come about very often.
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