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<blockquote data-quote="Aleks" data-source="post: 388950" data-attributes="member: 19069">Hello, I'm using a Nikon D3300 with a 18-200mm VR Nikkor lens and I have an issue. Using the viewfinder whenever I try to take a photograph of a scene using a focal length less than 24mm my camera can not lock focus (using autofocus either single servo or continous), the focusing ring turns (correctly) to infinity when I press the shutter but it never makes the beep to let me take a photo, it just stands there doing nothing no matter how many times I press it, sometimes about 2% of the times it locks focus into something but its very rare. Once I turn my focal length to more than 24mm my camera focuses into everything with no issue. EDIT: I found what is going on but I have no permanent fix. So if my camera was facing down before I try to take the shot it will never focus below 24mm, but if my camera was facing upside it snaps into everything perfectly, I suppose a glass inside the lens is loose...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aleks, post: 388950, member: 19069"] [SIZE=2]Hello, I'm using a Nikon D3300 with a 18-200mm VR Nikkor lens and I have an issue. Using the viewfinder whenever I try to take a photograph of a scene using a focal length less than 24mm my camera can not lock focus (using autofocus either single servo or continous), the focusing ring turns (correctly) to infinity when I press the shutter but it never makes the beep to let me take a photo, it just stands there doing nothing no matter how many times I press it, sometimes about 2% of the times it locks focus into something but its very rare. Once I turn my focal length to more than 24mm my camera focuses into everything with no issue. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][B]EDIT: I found what is going on but I have no permanent fix. So if my camera was facing down before I try to take the shot it will never focus below 24mm, but if my camera was facing upside it snaps into everything perfectly, I suppose a glass inside the lens is loose...[/B][/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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