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<blockquote data-quote="Crispix396" data-source="post: 451614" data-attributes="member: 38777">Long story as short as possible.&nbsp; Went out last weekend with a friends birthday party taking photos.&nbsp; Nikon 7100 / 25mm 1.4 - made it to 4 different bars, no problem and someone asked if they could look at the photos and went through a few photos.&nbsp; When they gave me the camera back, the auto focus illumination bulb would not light up and when you looked through the view finder, it looked like it was only trying to focus on one spot (set to 51) at around far 3:30 (clock example of where the the spot was).I went through all the settings, turned the focus lock dial to L and off of L. could not get it to stop.&nbsp; Switched to the fully auto mode, and it worked just fine, switched back to P mode, and same issue.&nbsp; Took lens off, took battery out, put all back together, same thing.&nbsp; Went into menu, focus light was set to ON. Focus area was set to 51 AF-A (Tried AF-S, i dont think i tried AF-C) all with the same results.&nbsp; Finally just hit the two green buttons to reset it, didnt immediately work, but then suddenly it was working again..&nbsp; Lasted about 6 shots, and then it was broke again.&nbsp; Reset the camera, worked again for the rest of the night.&nbsp; I have not been back in the dark since to see if the issue happens again, but it has me concerned.Is there anything someone could have hit on the back of the camera which would do this?I wish there was a way to choose exactly which point the focus system would choose, but that did not seem to be the case.&nbsp; Seemed like it just chose a random point and thats all it was trying to focus on.Any help is appreciated.&nbsp; Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crispix396, post: 451614, member: 38777"] Long story as short as possible. Went out last weekend with a friends birthday party taking photos. Nikon 7100 / 25mm 1.4 - made it to 4 different bars, no problem and someone asked if they could look at the photos and went through a few photos. When they gave me the camera back, the auto focus illumination bulb would not light up and when you looked through the view finder, it looked like it was only trying to focus on one spot (set to 51) at around far 3:30 (clock example of where the the spot was). I went through all the settings, turned the focus lock dial to L and off of L. could not get it to stop. Switched to the fully auto mode, and it worked just fine, switched back to P mode, and same issue. Took lens off, took battery out, put all back together, same thing. Went into menu, focus light was set to ON. Focus area was set to 51 AF-A (Tried AF-S, i dont think i tried AF-C) all with the same results. Finally just hit the two green buttons to reset it, didnt immediately work, but then suddenly it was working again.. Lasted about 6 shots, and then it was broke again. Reset the camera, worked again for the rest of the night. I have not been back in the dark since to see if the issue happens again, but it has me concerned. Is there anything someone could have hit on the back of the camera which would do this? I wish there was a way to choose exactly which point the focus system would choose, but that did not seem to be the case. Seemed like it just chose a random point and thats all it was trying to focus on. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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