Recent content by DJM1981

Well i now have discovered the problem. So as mentioned above I believed it to be the ribbon cable but it turns out whoever had this camera before me I suspect had tried to repair or replace something within the camera. And they have ended up creating a short near the internal battery on the...

Just a tiny update... I took of the rear back of the camera this morning and discovered this ribbon flex cable. To me it looks like is not seated correctly and the wires below it are kind of sitting funny not allowing it to seat properly where it needs to be. Fingers crossed this could maybe...

I'm afraid after trying the above suggestions from other members of the forum that they didn't work for me. So now im thinking the contact pads / ribbon cale or combination of both inside the camera are broken or just failing to make proper contact with the lens. I'm tempted to put some solder...

Thank you for your reply. I will give those tips a try and see if it works. I hope it does. But all is not lost. Thanks again.

Hi there I would appreciate a bit of help with my camera. D5100 I purchased the camera body in perfect working order however the seller said that the camera would only work in manual mode. I suspected from the description that he was unsure even if he had the correct lens in the first place. I...