A solid budget wide-angle lens for Nikon DX cameras. In this in-depth field review, we are going to have a look at the new Nikon wide-angle DX lens Nikkor 10-20mm f/4.5 – f/5.6 AF-P ED VR, which was launched in June 2017. This lens was announced among two other professional wide-angle lenses (FX Nikkor Fisheye 8-15mm and FX Prime Nikkor 28mm I have a nikon d40 plus standard 18-55mm lens about 2 years 6 months old.The lens has been playing up and today it decided to pack up,it will not focus and can not hear the motor working,put my 55 1. Check Autofocus mode. Make sure both the lens and the camera switches are set to Autofocus. On the camera, the switch must be set to AF (Autofocus) and not M. M is for manual. Make sure the same is also true for the lens. If the lens doesn’t have an AF option, set it to M/A. 2. Unlock the back dial Good riddance. Nikon's 18-55mm P is extraordinary in that unlike every other 18-55mm kit lens, its new stepper autofocus motor lets it focus essentially instantly, even in near total darkness, even on the cheapest D3300 camera. It focuses so close that you won't need a macro lens. 18-55 mm lens problem on D5200The focusing system is jammed when focusing on very dark subject or while lens cap mounted.The only way to unlock it is to swit Nikon D3200 video focusing. By default, the D3200 doesn't AF during recording, but you can always trigger an AF cycle by half-pressing the shutter button. Single-shot or full-time servo AF (AF-F) for continuous AF during recording. Focus motor noise with kit lens is very audible in sound track, so probably best not to select continuous AF when The D3400 does not work well with manual focus lenses or any AF lens with an aperture ring. If a lens has an aperture ring, the D3400 will not be able to autofocus (turn the focus ring manually and look for the green OK dot on the lower left of the finder), and it will not be able to meter or set exposure (use Manual exposure and pray). In this in-depth field review, we will look at the Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-P VR, the latest Nikon basic DX standard kit lens launched in September 2016. It is an all-plastic lens featuring the newest stepping motor, which focuses faster and quieter than the traditional silent wave motor used on most standard Nikon lenses. When you activate live view, the camera uses contrast detection. Contrast detection is available only in the live view mode because it needs the camera's sensor. For more details about how these technologies work more, see this Fstoppers article: The Difference Between a DSLR's Viewfinder Autofocus and Live View Autofocus Set the lens and camera to manual focusing. First, move the focus-method switch on the lens to the manual position. The setting is usually marked M or MF. Next, you need to set the camera to manual focusing by setting the Focus mode to MF. (Get the job done via the Information display control strip.) ioE1.