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300D Won't Focus

Started Oct 9, 2012 | Discussions thread
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Roboto66 Forum Member • Posts: 53
300D Won't Focus

I still have my original 300D.  This is the camera the wife prefers (lighter, less expensive) and my pseudo back-up.

Now the camera will not auto-focus.  All lenses hunt from zero to infinity and never obtain focus. I can still shoot with manual focus so it seems autofocus is the only issue.  I checked the sensor and it is clean.    tried two fully charged batteries.  Re-loaded firmware 1.1.1 still the same.

Is this camera now "bricked"?  That would be a shame.

Is this a common failure mode?  is it easily fixed?

Canon EOS 300D (EOS Digital Rebel / EOS Kiss Digital)
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