problems with eos r100 camera zoom and auto focus are not working.

[chocolade130919]

at the time i bought the camera everything was working fine but since then the display preview is very blurry and no matter what mode i set it on the ring if A or M or any other mode when i press half the shutter button it's not automatic focusing.  and i tried to play with the focus settings. in the A mode you can't change the focus mode.  

also, i can't rotate with my hand the lens to change the zoom.  and there are no buttons on the lens that i can switch between automatic and manual.

a video clip i recorded of what i have tried so far. i tried to focus close objects far objects view outside inside.

played with the settings.

[jrhoffman75]

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@chocolade130919 wrote:

at the time i bought the camera everything was working fine but since then the display preview is very blurry and no matter what mode i set it on the ring if A or M or any other mode when i press half the shutter button it's not automatic focusing.  and i tried to play with the focus settings. in the A mode you can't change the focus mode.  

also, i can't rotate with my hand the lens to change the zoom.  and there are no buttons on the lens that i can switch between automatic and manual.

a video clip i recorded of what i have tried so far. i tried to focus close objects far objects view outside inside.

played with the settings.

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Go into the menu and select reset camera to clear any setting that you may have inadvertently actuated. That will put it back to the original factory setting.

[stevet1]

chocolade130919,

What lens are you using?

With no switch on the side of the lens to change from AF to MF, it sounds like you are using a manual lens. If that is the case,  half-pressing the shutter button will not focus the lens for you. If you do not have auto focus, you can't change the focus mode either.

Does your lens have a focus ring separate from the zoom ring?

Steve Thomas

[Waddizzle]

What lens are you using?

I suspect the cup/mug that you appear to be trying to focus on is too close to the lens:.  Every lens has a different MFD specification, minimum focus distance.  

[deebatman316]

That looks like the kit lens. If it is there are no switches on it to control, AF/MF, IS & the control ring. Instead it’s controlled from the camera menu for RF & RF-S lenses that lack these switches. Some RF & RF-S have physical switches that control those functions. When they lack those switches those settings are controlled from the camera menu.

[jrhoffman75]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

What lens are you using?

I suspect the cup/mug that you appear to be trying to focus on is too close to the lens:.  Every lens has a different MFD specification, minimum focus distance.  

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I had the same thought but then I saw that they said they tried outside.

[LeeP]

"i can't rotate with my hand the lens to change the zoom..."

If the ring won't zoom, could the lens be jammed?

[Waddizzle]

"i can't rotate with my hand the lens to change the zoom..."

If the ring won't zoom, could the lens be jammed?

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Maybe.  It’s an STM lens.  The STM lenses are “focus by wire.”  I am not familiar with the RF version of 18-45mm lens.

The R100 is basically the M6 m2 with an RF lens mount. The lens seems to be an RF adaptation of the EF-M 18-45mm lit lens. I do not know whether this lens has “zoom by wire.”  The camera does have a setting that you can enable to “retract the lens on power off.”  The existence of the setting suggests that it could have electronic zoom.

 

[deebatman316]

@Waddizzle all RF/ RF-S lenses are focus by wire. Doesn’t matter if it’s VCM, USM or STM. The only non-focus by wire RF lens is the RF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 lens. The only reason this lens isn’t is because it uses Micro Motor. Then also it’s an old EF lens that was repackaged for the RF Mount.

[LeeP]

Looking at the lens online is a curious one. The lens has a physical zoom ring, but it has a retractable setting (white dot) and you rotate it to the left to get to the focal length options. I understand the concept of zoom by wire, but if the ring itself will not move...That's what's confusing me.