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My lens is blurred and does not focus on anything properly

Started Mar 6, 2014 | Questions
Kaarthis photography New Member • Posts: 1
My lens is blurred and does not focus on anything properly

I have a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II lens. I have attached it properly to the body of the camera. When I try to take a picture, it does not focus on anything properly. It just remains blurred all the time. Would there be anything that I should be doing / would that be a lens issue?

My lens 18-55mm works perfectly fine with the body. I even tried on different Canon EOS T3i camera bodies and experiencing the same issue.

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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Canon EOS 600D (EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5)
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TTMartin
TTMartin Veteran Member • Posts: 7,304
Re: My lens is blurred and does not focus on anything properly
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Make sure the MF-AF switch is set to AF.

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William Woodruff Contributing Member • Posts: 971
Re: My lens is blurred and does not focus on anything properly

Is it trying to focus, or does nothing at all happen?  If nothing at all, check for AF on. If it is trying to focus, try in live view and see if it focuses there.  If not, try AF off, and focus manually.  If you can't focus manually, it goes back to Canon for sure.  If you can focus it manually, but it will not focus properly using either OVF or live view, try it on another camera (to find out if the problem is the camera or the lens.)

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bed bug Veteran Member • Posts: 3,120
Try removing the lens cap ;-)

Sorry for the bad joke, but it is a friday.

jon lake
jon lake Senior Member • Posts: 1,632
Re: My lens is blurred and does not focus on anything properly

Another vote for the AF/MF switch. Done it myself. Little shiver of panic!

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AusPic Regular Member • Posts: 331
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Try checking that a front element retaining ring is not loose. Coupla years ago bought a 200mm Prime for nix, thought it was a bargin till I found it would not focus. By chance I was holding the camera lens pointing at the ground and lifted it to focus on a bird in a tree…….heard a clunk!

The front retaining ring was loose and the guy who sold it to me thought he had sold me dud and skun me for a bit!!!…..After adjustment I had a prime worth several thousand, that cost a couple of hundred!!

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