I sent him instructions on how to do a Factory Reset, and then told him to follow the setup instructions in the manual. Then take it to a local Nikon dealer to ask for help. I feel terrible because I know that it was working fine when ai sent it, and feel that he monkeyed around with the buttons Or even gotten into the menus.

I tried shifting that lever both on and off on my D800, and D850, and it doesn’t seem to do anything, my cameras autofocus no, matter what position the switch is in !

Back RIGHT that is !

Is that the lever by the touchpad on the back/left ?

I just sold my perfectly functioning Nikon D300s camera w/Nikon battery grip to a newbie on the other side of the world, and he tells me that he cannot get the camera to “focus”. I think that he just pushed the wrong button or flipped the wrong switch that deactivated the AF, but I’m all out of suggestions, not having used the camera in years... I told him to bring it to a local camera shop, before sending it back to me. Does anyone have anything to suggest he try before sending it back to me, only to find it perfectly fine ?
Thanks,
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This was shot with the Velvia film simulation, and at first the color struck me as being a bit too much, but when I thought a second, it is really what the sky looked like ! I usually shoot landscapes in RAW with my Nikon D850, but with this Fuji, I think that the JPEG are just too good to ignore !

Just upgraded from my old X100s, and so glad that I did !
All are JPEG with almost no processing.

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My love is photographing the boating businesses surrounding my home near Barnegat Bay, NJ...

I want to know if anyone sells such a beast...
I am searching for an S type speedlight bracket that will hold 2 Speedlights like my trusty Nikon SB 800 units that could be used wit a Bowen’s Mount Softbox.
here is a cut fron B&H’s catalog of a similar Single unit From Godox
Any info would most appreciated.


https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1342131-REG/godox_s_bracket_for_bowens.html

indeed, that's exactly what I found out. The funny thing is, I knew that and used that process when I first bought the lens used several years ago, I just forgot !

For some reason, I had trouble understanding the manual. Of course it's the first place that I looked, but I find the if you have a problem, YouTube usually has someone explaining it in English instead of English that was translated from Japanese... It reminds me of the ridiculous translated manuals that use to come with sophisticated Marine electronics, like Radar, LORAN, and Sonar that we struggled through on the late 70s and 80s...Where there's a will, there's a way.

I have not. My fix is working, and it suits my style of shooting, so I’m considering this case closed, and problem solved. Thanks for your input.

It does not, and the Df is a completely different camera who’s style is to duplicate tat of an old style manual film camera where it was natural to use the aperture ring.

Solution found !
the 105 f2 DC is an interesting, and fantastic older portrait model D lens which has an external aperture ring. To work on a modern DSLR, you must keep that ring turned all the way to the right to its tightest aperture, and then use the command dials to set the exposure aperture. Bingo, All fixed !
I honestly knew this at the time that I purchased the lens used a year ago, but forgot. Thank you Angry Photographer and YouTube, for those who don’t already know, the Angry photographer’s videos are a great source of esoteric info, if you can take his quirky personality.
I believe this will be true with any older lenses with manual aperture rings.

I just switched lenses on my Nikon D850, and my shutter release does not work. Auto Focus is fine, but it just does not release the shutter. The lens is a Nikon 105 f2 DC which seems to be causing the problem, all othe Nikon and Sigma lenses work perfectly...Have I switched some hidden switch or button somewhere ?
I’m pretty stumped.