20 Most Recent Nikon D50 Digital Camera - Page 7 Questions & Answers

do you have a usb cable to connect your camera to your pc?
Then generally by pressing the power button once the usb cable is connect, your pc will recognise your camera and then follow the onscreen instruction.

R12 is telling you that you have 12 pictures remaining in its internal buffer ... if it continues to show that then it is having trouble transfering to the memory card ... it is possible that you have a fake memory card or maybe a bad one (or ouch a bent pin in the camera) .. there are lots of fake cards around now ... if the card has worked in the past you might want to reformat it or check it on your computer .. unfortunatly its not hard to bend a pin inside your camera if the CF card is inserted wrong ... you can look in the slot with an led flashlight .. there should be no missing or bent pins ..

if you cant solve the problem then call :
Nikon Customer Service @ 1800-645-6689

Nikon shutters are typically good for 100,000 trips...do you think you've taken that many pics?

Hi Al
not sure if i can help here but will try.
Ive not owned the D50 but i have the feeling the highlights function is similar to other cameras in the Nikon range.

On your cursor when viewing an image, just press down on the cursor maybe once or twice to remove the highlights .This is just a pointer for you like the histogram.

Now it seems like you may have damaged the sensor and will not collect enough light.

Try setting the camera to A = aperture priority and take a shot in bright light...no flash.

Are the images still dark ?

If so raise your iso to 800 and shutter speed to 1/250 at F5.6 aperture in mode S =shutter priority and take the shot in bright conditions.

Are the shots still dark ?

Is the aperature switch on the barrel of the lens all the way to the
left for automatic?
If so, the next thing I would try is to clean the electronic contacts around the lens mount, on both the body and the lenses. Make sure that you have a good metal-to-metal electronic contact.

kindly set on auto central focusing setup by using menu option

this sounds like its 1 of 3 things
1 dirt or dust in camera or lens
2 dirt on sensor
3 sensor is cracked
try giving it a good blow out with air can,,, softly though!

Are you saying that you're using a white background but it doesn't appear white in the pictures? If so, then yes, you need to change the white balance to match the light. Probably "tungsten" but you could try different settings and pick the one you like best or you could use a white piece of paper and set a manual white balance.

It would help to have more information.
You should call Nikon.com repairs. Go to the website and find the support and the repairs and call the 800 number for the repair department.

Try cleaning the contacts on the camera body and the lens where they meet with a cotton swab lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol.

You said "any setting". I assume that also means automatic green button setting. If this is the case I suspect your Ev button is set to a + number. Find the little button that says Ev and wheel it down to 0.

CHG indicates problem with the memory card. If there are pictures on the card, take it out and download via a card reader.

Then you need to reformat the card. The best way is to do this on the PC and then in the camera, but you can also do it in the camera only.

On the PC, right click on the icon for the card, then select format and do a regular (not quick) format on the card. This will delete all the data from the card.

Then, put it in the camera and do a format there.

If the card still doesn't work, the problem is the contacts on either the card or the camera. To check which one, you need to get a new card and repeat the format process. If the error persists, it's a camera problem and you need to take it in for service.

Let me know if you still have questions, I follow threads but not always every day.

Try resetting all folders in the camera to default setting or erasing any existing folders in the camera, then insert your card.

This is the error code for having a lens with manual or auto aperature adjustment in manual mode with the camera in anything other than "M". You need to put the lens in the max aperature (usually it's red) and then move the small red switch to the red dot. I don't think anything else will give you this error.