Glad that you found your problem, too. And it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who sometimes suffers from techno-troubles. I had an AF lens on the camera, and replaced it with a MF lens, and for got to set the switch <sigh>
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C > Hey! This has been my trouble all along... forgetting to set focus mode to > manual... since I was using a MF lens to begin with, I wouldn't have > noticed the change in feel when focussing. > >From: "Shel Belinkoff" > >That seems to have been the problem. I noticed that the camera would fire > >normally when the focus indicator light came on, but not if the indicator > >didn't light up. You completed the last par of the puzzle ... sometimes > >there's just too much to think about with these cameras. Thanks a lot, > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > > > > > Hi Shel, > > > It would behave that way if it's set on autofocus and you're > > using a manual focus lens.

