D500 Beep Red Light Won't fire

ckqualls

Senior Member
Just tried to shoot my D500, indoors, with flash. Get a beep, with a red flashing light on front of camera. Tried upping ISO, changing f stop and shutter settings, no go.

Any ideas?
 

grandpaw

Senior Member
What I think is going on is that you have the auto focus illuminator turned on. This a red light that comes on to help the camera focus in low light and when it achieves focus your camera will give you an audible beep to let you know that it has achieved focus. Having the flash on doesn't have anything to do with the light coming on and hearing the beep. I am trying to find it in the menu so I can tell you how to turn it off. It is just something that will help you obtain focus in low light situations and will not cause you any problems while taking pictures.
 
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