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007molco

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When i'm looking through the viewfinder and pressing the af-l button the camera dosn't focusing. But when i change to live view the autofocus is working.what do i nead to do?
 
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Bikerbrent

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Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.

Since you are posting on the D7100 Forum, we will assume you have a D7100. Is that correct? Does your camera focus when you half press the shutter release button? If so, I would suspect you don't have the af-l button configured to autofocus in your camera setting menu.
 
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007molco

Senior Member
I have D7100. My camera dosnt focus when i half press the shutter. When i press the af-l button few second the camera try to focus .when i switcht to live view and press the af-l button. the camera focus in a meter second.

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Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
007molco said:
I have D7100. My camera dosnt focus when i half press the shutter. When i press the af-l button few second the camera try to focus .when i switcht to live view and press the af-l button. the camera focus in a meter second.

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Did you buy this camera used? I'm thinking you may need to do a two-button reset to restore your camera to the factory defaults.
 
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Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
007molco said:
It's a new camera. Which are the two-dutton?

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To do a 2-button reset hold down the green dotted ISO and EC buttons on the camera body and watch the top mounted LCD screen. This resets the functions found on the shooting menu. You can also navigate to the shooting menu and select Reset Shooting Menu > Yes.

To reset all Custom Settings, navigate to the Custom Settings menu and select Reset Custom Settings > Yes.
 
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RocketCowboy

Senior Member
007molco said:
I erset the camra. It focus only in live view
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If after a reset the camera is only autofocusing in live view mode, I would contact the seller. Knowing the clock is ticking if you do end up needing to return the purchase, best to get them involved sooner than later so that the complaint is logged.

If the body is autofocusing in live view mode, that tells me the camera and lens are correctly set for autofocusing. The reset should clear out and preset that may have forced back button focus, etc. You could continue to troubleshoot, but on a new camera this is not the behavior I would expect.
 
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