Here is something odd. Went out for a walk today and took the R6 with my RF 24-240mm lens, (principally to see a pub/restaurant on the seafront that was burnt down today but that's another story).
I went to take a photo and found that the camera was in manual focus mode as clearly shown by the MF indicator in the view finder. It was impossible to select AF, that option was just not there on the menu option and this lens does not have a MF/AF switch. Tried both the menus and the Q button, same result. Switch off and on, nope, remove battery, same again. How about P, TV & AV (I always use FV)? The same. Tried C1 (setup for 40 frames/sec), now the AF returned and was working normally. Switch back to FV and it was straight back to MF only again.
My initial thought was that I had had the RF 100mm on the camera, and that does have a MF/AF switch, so perhaps it was something to do with changing the lens without moving it back to AF first. When I got home I found that the RF 100mm was actually already on AF, so I tried it on the camera and AF worked perfectly normally and switched back and forth between the modes; tried my RF 35mm and again AF was fine. Put the 24-240 on and the camera was straight back to fixed MF.
So it looks like that it's the lens that's at fault somehow, I'll be in touch with LCE in the morning and will most probably have to go to see them and take it from there. I need the lens ASAP.
I'll let you know what transpires.
Ian
I went to take a photo and found that the camera was in manual focus mode as clearly shown by the MF indicator in the view finder. It was impossible to select AF, that option was just not there on the menu option and this lens does not have a MF/AF switch. Tried both the menus and the Q button, same result. Switch off and on, nope, remove battery, same again. How about P, TV & AV (I always use FV)? The same. Tried C1 (setup for 40 frames/sec), now the AF returned and was working normally. Switch back to FV and it was straight back to MF only again.
My initial thought was that I had had the RF 100mm on the camera, and that does have a MF/AF switch, so perhaps it was something to do with changing the lens without moving it back to AF first. When I got home I found that the RF 100mm was actually already on AF, so I tried it on the camera and AF worked perfectly normally and switched back and forth between the modes; tried my RF 35mm and again AF was fine. Put the 24-240 on and the camera was straight back to fixed MF.
So it looks like that it's the lens that's at fault somehow, I'll be in touch with LCE in the morning and will most probably have to go to see them and take it from there. I need the lens ASAP.
I'll let you know what transpires.
Ian
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