Nikon D40x - Help I am Panicking!

[dbrandon]

yeah i am glad too.

I noticed another problem since this one though, sometimes I start my camera and it says the lens is not attached. I fix it by reattaching the lens. Do you guys recommend removing the lens before putting the camera away in the bag?

Strange, i can't imagine it's at all necessary to do that. I would have said check the contacts on the lens / camera arn't dirty, but with it being so new that seems pointless.

The lens is fully attached 'til the *click* i presume ?

 

[Mav]

You might try cleaning the CPU contacts of both the lens and the body. There might be some gunk on one or multiple contacts resulting in the intermittency. I don't see any reason to keep removing and re-attaching lenses, though. Do you have another lens to work with? Does it do the same thing or is it just the 18-135 lens?

 

[kdabbagh]

Yes, it does click.

And how do I clean the CPU components? Is there a special way?

 

[leopardforest]

CPU components? do you mean the sensor? If so search the forum there are countless articles on how to clean your sensor.

 

[dbrandon]

CPU components? do you mean the sensor? If so search the forum there are countless articles on how to clean your sensor.

I believe he means the contacts on the lens and the lens housing which CPU lenses have.

Don't really know how you're 'supposed' to clean them, but i'd probly just give them a quick wipe with something which isn't statically charged (don't know if they're sensitive to static in the same way many PC parts are ?).

 

[Mav]

Yeah I meant the CPU contacts of the lens itself, along with where it connects to the body. The actual imaging sensor is not a CPU - it's a sensor. Another CPU probably on the other side of that PCB in the camera body is what will be cranking through all of the sensor's data, but I'm pretty sure that's not the issue here.