Nikon D700 has trouble...

[leica M2 fan]

A couple days ago my D700 would no longer automatically focus near or far.
I tried other AF Nikkors and no luck. I could go to the AIS lenses but what's the use?
Anyone have any suggestions or should I send it to a tech?

 

[Rob-F]

Did the switch get moved off of AF? (I've done it before.)

 

[willie_901]

A couple days ago my D700 would no longer automatically focus near or far.
I tried other AF Nikkors and no luck. I could go to the AIS lenses but what's the use?
Anyone have any suggestions or should I send it to a tech?

So you're saying AF worked properly at medium ranges?

 

[x-ray]

Which lens? Some lenses like the 70-200 f2.8 VRII have a focus range limiting switch. Do other lenses work properly? Have you tried that lens on another body?

 

[leica M2 fan]

The AF switch is in correct position. The AF doesn't work at all, near, far. nor medium range. The lens I usually have on it is the Nikon 24-85 and I tried several AF's and none worked! Thanks for all your input.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Did you try cleaning the lens contacts (metal contact points at 12 o'clock position just inside the mount) on the body?

 

[x-ray]

If cleaning contacts doesn't work it's time to send it in for service.

 

[leica M2 fan]

Thanks to all for your help. The D700 is working fine now. I went through each item in the
menu and found that the command for auto AF was OFF! As soon as I pushed ON it worked.
I am so excited. Thanks again to all. My D 700 thanks you too.

 

[ornate_wrasse]

Glad it was such a simple fix, and that you were able to get it working properly. Sometimes, it is something we normally wouldn't think could cause a problem. In your case it was well worth the effort to go through each item in the menu to locate the problem.

 

[Keith]

Menus within menus within menus. I like Nikon DSLRs but ........ 😀

Glad you sorted it Tony. 🙂

 

[nikon_sam]

The last time my camera wouldn't fire was because I had left it in Self-Timer Mode...
Glad you sorted out the problem...

 

[willie_901]

Great news!

Thanks for the update.