topic Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:02:43 GMT

Hello I'm new to cameras I recently purchased a M50 mark 2. Camera worked great took a few picture everything was clear. Well I went to mess around with it some more today and tried out a different lens a vivitar 49 mm telephoto lens. Since doing that when trying to use the base canon efm 15-45mm lense it will only focus on objects directly in front of the lens. I'm talking within 1 to 2 inches.

I've initially thought I messed up the settings so I did a settings reset. I've reseated the efm several times still no improvement.Tried to clean lens makes no difference. One odd thing is when I put on the vivitar 49mm wide angle lens it goes back to normal.

I'm hoping I'm making some simple rookie mistake any help would be appreciated. Two pics included one with the efm 15-45 mm and the other is the efm 15-45mm + the vivitar 49 mm wide angle lens

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:03:48 GMT

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Tronhard — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:10:54 GMT

Hi, sorry to learn you are having issues.

It might be worth checking to see that the camera has not been set to manual focus mode by the Vivitar lens.

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

kvbarkley — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Does the lens retract/extend when you turn the camera on or off?

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Tronhard — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:20:17 GMT

The lens does have a switch to extend to use, and if it is not extended, the display is blocked by a message that it must be extended to use and it won't focus at all, so I discounted that.

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:24:48 GMT

I checked that it's not the case. Thanks

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 23:25:43 GMT

If you mean automatically no. Manually yes

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

FloridaDrafter — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:09:10 GMT

"one with the efm 15-45 mm and the other is the efm 15-45mm + the vivitar 49 mm wide angle lens"

Are you talking about a wide angle Vivitar "filter" that you screw on the end of your EF-M 15-45 lens?

Newton

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Waddizzle — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:54:05 GMT

It almost sounds like there might be multiple “lens filters” in use at the same time. If you use a UV filter on the lens, then remove that one, too. It might not be the UV filter.

Make sure all filters are removed from the lens, and test it again.

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 17:31:33 GMT

Yes exactly . It works with the wide angle filter excuse me for using the wrong language

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Tronhard — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:02:01 GMT

We had this same issue with another recent thread, can anyone remember what the result of that was?

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

FloridaDrafter — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:48:09 GMT

@Harped90 wrote:
Yes exactly . It works with the wide angle filter excuse me for using the wrong language

No big deal. It is a lens of sorts and marketed as and looks like a lens, if it is the one I'm thinking about. TBH, I meant to type "filter type", as in it screws onto an existing lens. My bad.

Newton

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

FloridaDrafter — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:47:11 GMT

I remember the post, Trevor, but not the outcome. That is why I asked for clarification.

Newton

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Waddizzle — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 20:18:35 GMT

@Tronhard wrote:
We had this same issue with another recent thread, can anyone remember what the result of that was?

I seem to recall that multiple filters were installed. The OP had though the one [remaining] on the [camera] was a UV filter, but it was another tele/wide/macro lens attachments.

Re: M50 Mark 2 . Focus issues

Harped90 — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:48:37 GMT

Rookie mistake. Thank all of you guys so much for the help I look forward to being part of this community.

For anybody new to cameras having this issue. It may not seem apparent but some of these filters are two pieces. So it's possible to remove one half of the filter from your camera and leaving one half on without realizing it.