Hello Everyone,
As you may or may not know (doesn't really matter though) it was my 24th birthday on Friday (sept 18) and so I set out today (sept 19) to purchase a new camera, Nikon D90, from Broadway Camera in Richmond, B.C.
It's a work of art but one problem. NO AUTOFOCUS! From what I read the AF dot will display and stay solid in the view finder when the subject is in focus or it will blink when it is out of focus. That seems to work but when I want the camera to focus automatically nothing happens. I've changed lenses and still no results. It's not that big of a deal since I mainly focus manually but at the same time it kind of is and it would be nice to know that my new DSLR is not broken.
Both body and lens are on autofocus but it does not display AF-A, AF-S or AF-C in the control panel. It does not display anything. I press and hold the AF button and turn the command dial that's right under it nothing happens. When I press the INFO button it says MF where it should say AF-A, AF-S or AF-C.
There's no way to change it on the camera. I've read the entire manual and researched online whether it is some type of firmware problem or lens compatibility (I'm using a Nikon Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm VR)
EDIT: Also, when I press the menu button and go to custom setting menu then choose autofocus, a1 AF-area mode is grayed out and I am not able to select it. If I press the OK button it says "this option is not available with current settings"
Please help I have tried everything and all signs lead to a defective unit.
Thanks
Mike
As you may or may not know (doesn't really matter though) it was my 24th birthday on Friday (sept 18) and so I set out today (sept 19) to purchase a new camera, Nikon D90, from Broadway Camera in Richmond, B.C.
It's a work of art but one problem. NO AUTOFOCUS! From what I read the AF dot will display and stay solid in the view finder when the subject is in focus or it will blink when it is out of focus. That seems to work but when I want the camera to focus automatically nothing happens. I've changed lenses and still no results. It's not that big of a deal since I mainly focus manually but at the same time it kind of is and it would be nice to know that my new DSLR is not broken.
Both body and lens are on autofocus but it does not display AF-A, AF-S or AF-C in the control panel. It does not display anything. I press and hold the AF button and turn the command dial that's right under it nothing happens. When I press the INFO button it says MF where it should say AF-A, AF-S or AF-C.
There's no way to change it on the camera. I've read the entire manual and researched online whether it is some type of firmware problem or lens compatibility (I'm using a Nikon Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm VR)
EDIT: Also, when I press the menu button and go to custom setting menu then choose autofocus, a1 AF-area mode is grayed out and I am not able to select it. If I press the OK button it says "this option is not available with current settings"
Please help I have tried everything and all signs lead to a defective unit.
Thanks
Mike