I think my AF100 died… any ideas on what's happening?

heavyG

heavyG

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Pretty frustrated right now. Here's the deal:

I shot yesterday with another DVX member (bgundu) - studio day, two actors on a white seamless - and the cam worked great. This was after a full 5 days of paid shooting the week before; so I think I know my way around the camera pretty well…

Turned it on this afternoon in the studio, just because I wanted to play with settings and shoot some slow-mo of liquids pouring.

But no picture! Black screen! on both the lcd and evf, even the sdi out. The only difference from yesterday to today was I turned it off and then back on.

Now all the extraneous info shows up: time code, battery level, card info etc. The bars show up also on all three monitoring options - so the monitors work.

I checked and yes 'Lens Check' is set to off.

When I press the record button (either of them) the icon doesn't turn from green pause to red dot record. So I can't check and see if it records anything; because record can't be initiated.

The function knob doesn't work.

I tried a fresh battery (xª many).
I made sure the cards weren't locked, I re-formated in camera, and I swapped out to fresh ones.
I checked the shutter and it's at 180º.
I tried different lenses.


Interestingly, when I press the zebra button to turn on the marker it registers and I can see the value change as I change the lens iris (or move my hand in front of the sensor with the lens off). Yet the waveform registers nothing when I do the same…


Have I missed something???

Is there a 'reset' button hidden somewhere just like on the HVX200???

Do I have to send it back already???
 
Are you shure the detachment lens button is not partially pressed? If pressed, even partially, all is black. I have had some seconds of panic, after I have moved a little the lens, I have heard a click and the image appeared
 
Gary Senda said:
Are you shure the detachment lens button is not partially pressed? If pressed, even partially, all is black. I have had some seconds of panic, after I have moved a little the lens, I have heard a click and the image appeared
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Thank you!

That was the problem, and after changing lenses a couple of time I hadn't noticed it. Next time I'll know...
 
It is great - someone always has the answer. Plenty of opportunity to learn and grow as a filmmaker.
 
Wow... That was almost as scary as when the client thought there was no footage on the drive yesterday!!!
 
Glad your AF100 is okay. Even though I don't shoot with AF100, we all can relate to THAT feeling.
 
benniles said:
HeavyG can you post some footage from your Digioptical lenses?
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Would love to… but so far pretty much everything that I've shot belongs to clients. So I can't show anything until they release it.

However - I did just shoot with bgundu, and his af100. So there will be a spot coming out shortly with a mix of the DigiOptics lenses on my cam and Nikon / Lumix on Bob's.

I can tell you, that so far I do like what I see on screen; and while they may not be Alura or ANGENIEUX mechanically - I prefer them to my set of Nikons. Also they do breathe on big focus racks...
 
Oh man, this happened on the set of Verse before dying..... I **** my pants. i thought i bricked the camera..... but yea just detach lens and reattach.
 
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