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Nikon D50 issue with lens/autofocus.
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<blockquote data-quote="moose" data-source="post: 20769" data-attributes="member: 3587"><p>While I hate to bring up an old topic, the situation has developed.</p><p></p><p>Because it will soon be summer, I considered having my camera professionally cleaned before I enjoyed the summer months with it. Additionally, I hoped to have this issue resolved once and for all -- cleaning the contacts helped a little (or so I thought), but it was still having issues, so I stopped by a local camera store and had them take a look.</p><p></p><p>The salesman was extremely helpful, and first checked the contacts of my lens and my camera. He said the contacts seemed to be fine, but he could see how jiggling the lens caused the issue, and understood how it may happen accidentally while focused on shooting. He decided to try another lens and try as we might, we couldn't recreate the problem. His diagnosis was that one of the connectors on my lens was (going) bad, and he also noted he could hear the autofocus struggling. Because it is a D50, I thought the auto focus was in the body. He said it was, but there was also one in the lens. Long story short, he said that my lens was dying, and that I should buy a new lens. To his credit, he didn't lead in with "And I have the perfect lens here than you can walk out with today!" or any kind of sales pitch. Rather, he suggested I buy used off of eBay since new would be so expensive (and this was even before I informed him I was a college student).</p><p></p><p>Long story short, my lens is bad, and I need to purchase another. I could have found that out months ago if I had a different lens (and really, I should have taken the camera in a long time ago).</p><p></p><p>With this in mind though, I have a question. Assuming I have a lens and camera that both have autofocus, should I use the autofocus on the lens or camera? What happens if i use them at the same time? I didn't realize my lens had autofocus (although now it seems obvious, and I feel rather foolish), and thus turned the focus on both the camera and the lens to "auto". I'm afraid that by turning both on, I may have put undue stress on either or both the lens and the camera body. Does anyone know if this is the case? What should my plan of action be in the future?</p><p></p><p>From here forward, I am looking for a new lens. I was about to purchase a 70-200, but I would hate to not have my old standby 18-55. Would it be worth the increased cost to purchase an 18-200? The main disadvantage I see to that, is that to get what I feel is a reasonable aperture (2.8, preferred) the lens will be huge and unwieldy. </p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone, for your help both then, and now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moose, post: 20769, member: 3587"] While I hate to bring up an old topic, the situation has developed. Because it will soon be summer, I considered having my camera professionally cleaned before I enjoyed the summer months with it. Additionally, I hoped to have this issue resolved once and for all -- cleaning the contacts helped a little (or so I thought), but it was still having issues, so I stopped by a local camera store and had them take a look. The salesman was extremely helpful, and first checked the contacts of my lens and my camera. He said the contacts seemed to be fine, but he could see how jiggling the lens caused the issue, and understood how it may happen accidentally while focused on shooting. He decided to try another lens and try as we might, we couldn't recreate the problem. His diagnosis was that one of the connectors on my lens was (going) bad, and he also noted he could hear the autofocus struggling. Because it is a D50, I thought the auto focus was in the body. He said it was, but there was also one in the lens. Long story short, he said that my lens was dying, and that I should buy a new lens. To his credit, he didn't lead in with "And I have the perfect lens here than you can walk out with today!" or any kind of sales pitch. Rather, he suggested I buy used off of eBay since new would be so expensive (and this was even before I informed him I was a college student). Long story short, my lens is bad, and I need to purchase another. I could have found that out months ago if I had a different lens (and really, I should have taken the camera in a long time ago). With this in mind though, I have a question. Assuming I have a lens and camera that both have autofocus, should I use the autofocus on the lens or camera? What happens if i use them at the same time? I didn't realize my lens had autofocus (although now it seems obvious, and I feel rather foolish), and thus turned the focus on both the camera and the lens to "auto". I'm afraid that by turning both on, I may have put undue stress on either or both the lens and the camera body. Does anyone know if this is the case? What should my plan of action be in the future? From here forward, I am looking for a new lens. I was about to purchase a 70-200, but I would hate to not have my old standby 18-55. Would it be worth the increased cost to purchase an 18-200? The main disadvantage I see to that, is that to get what I feel is a reasonable aperture (2.8, preferred) the lens will be huge and unwieldy. Thanks everyone, for your help both then, and now! [/QUOTE]
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