I had a Quantaray lens that started doing that. I took it in to a repair shop and it was an older one. They said they couldn't get the part to fix it and I'd have to send it to Japan. I called Quantaray, but they wanted a ridiculous amount of money, even with the trade back, so I just found a newer Hi, Has anyone experienced this issue but only focussing one way? My lens will focus on a subject further away but refuses to focus back to nearer subjects. Its such a pain having to set to manual in order to reset the focus to near everytime! After re-assembly, I checked the lens and it works perfectly. A good result and a nice saving on a professional repair. References. Repairing defective autofocus on Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens; Fixing Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens; How to disassemble the Canon EF 50 1.8 II lens; Canon EFS 17-85mm IS stuck/locked zoom repair/disassembly This item Canon EOS Rebel T5i 18.0 MP CMOS Digital SLR with 18-55mm EF-S is STM Lens Nikon D3400 w/ AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR (Black) Canon EOS Rebel T3i Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 is Lens (Discontinued by Manufacturer) Remove the lens and reinstall it. If it still doen't work check the contacts between the lens and body. There are what are called pogo pins in the body. If they are stuck then the electrical connection between the lens and body might be bad. Be careful when doing this becasue the intenals of the camera will be exposed. Try not to drop or get If you shop around you dont have to spend $750 on an entry level DSLR. Last year the entry level Nikon D3400 with 18-55mm VR kit lens was on closeout for $299 + tax. . Deal of the century. The autofocus and OVF arent that good but at $299 new with warranty and its very good 24mp sony sensor. Cheaper than any new mirrorless at that time. "The camera is 3 years old I use the camera 5 days a week, and on average, I take about 800 pictures. in just one day" You are one lucky fellow! That is well over half a million shots for a camera that has a life span estimated at 75,000. I'd say it it time to retire that work horse and I have 18-55 efs lens and having some focus issues. While taking photo on Af mode lens is focusing with turning the focus ring to left direction and shooting okay, however if for focusing turning of focus ring to the left is required lens is not responding, so motor is working one way only.. All directions are while shooting position. .

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