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Autofocus does not work ( when ON ) with any lenses .

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  • krazydarcy Jul 17, 2008

    My autofocus seems to sweep from far focus to near and back once and gives up trying to focus. My focus indicater when in manual focus ) works fine which tells meit's not a problem with the sensor. I suspect my problem might be the firmware (flashed from v1.0 to 1.02)

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I remember reading a review of the K100D that mentioned that it had poor low light performance. I know mine has a really hard time focusing in low light situations. It does the sweeping back and forth & most of the time never ends up taking a picture. (Even when it bursts the flash to try to focus.)

I've just started experimenting by using a flash light aimed at the subject I want to focus in low light situations, and the camera seems to be able to focus & take a shot more reliably.

If this works, I'm going to rig up something to hold the flash light underneath the camera so that I can use it more often.

I will post an update if this works!

Take Care & Happy Imaging!
Glen
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