Randolph
07-08-2006, 01:44 PM
I now have this problem on my new HVX-200 with only 4 hours on the meter.
"Warning. Focus Lock"
(In a search, I found a post for this warning on a DVX-100. My DVX-100 has never done this and I didn't see any conclusive answer in the thread).
Yesterday I was shooting an outdoor wedding by the creek in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, AZ (my first commercial job with the new camera). I had finished shooting the ceremony (THANK GOD!!!). I had turned the camera off to shoot some stills with my Nikon D2X and I turned the HVX-200 back on to shoot some B-roll of Cathedral Rock and the creek. It made this HORRID clacking noise and the "Warning. Focus Lock" red message was flashing in the LCD panel and the focus was racking back and forth repeatedly. I turned the camera off and on, I tried setting it to manual focus, I turned "Autofocus" off in the SW menu, I pressed the focus button, I turned it off and on and then in desperation pressed every damn button on the camera (except the VCR button). I even took the battery out and put it back. Nothing had any effect.
15 minutes later, as we were walking back to the parking lot, I turned the camera on and it worked perfectly.
I just tried the camera this morning and the "Warning. Focus Lock" was back. I pressed the VCR button and it stopped, I switched it back to "Camera' and it still had the problem. I cycled the button again and it stopped the Focus Lock problem and worked perfectly. I cycled the VCR button again between VCR and Camera and the Focus Lock problem came back. I cycled again and it went away.
Jan, I hope you are monitoring new posts and have some advice. HELP! My new camera is useless in this condition. I can't trust it.
"Warning. Focus Lock"
(In a search, I found a post for this warning on a DVX-100. My DVX-100 has never done this and I didn't see any conclusive answer in the thread).
Yesterday I was shooting an outdoor wedding by the creek in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, AZ (my first commercial job with the new camera). I had finished shooting the ceremony (THANK GOD!!!). I had turned the camera off to shoot some stills with my Nikon D2X and I turned the HVX-200 back on to shoot some B-roll of Cathedral Rock and the creek. It made this HORRID clacking noise and the "Warning. Focus Lock" red message was flashing in the LCD panel and the focus was racking back and forth repeatedly. I turned the camera off and on, I tried setting it to manual focus, I turned "Autofocus" off in the SW menu, I pressed the focus button, I turned it off and on and then in desperation pressed every damn button on the camera (except the VCR button). I even took the battery out and put it back. Nothing had any effect.
15 minutes later, as we were walking back to the parking lot, I turned the camera on and it worked perfectly.
I just tried the camera this morning and the "Warning. Focus Lock" was back. I pressed the VCR button and it stopped, I switched it back to "Camera' and it still had the problem. I cycled the button again and it stopped the Focus Lock problem and worked perfectly. I cycled the VCR button again between VCR and Camera and the Focus Lock problem came back. I cycled again and it went away.
Jan, I hope you are monitoring new posts and have some advice. HELP! My new camera is useless in this condition. I can't trust it.