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Is there any routine maintenance I should be doing on my DSLR?
I've had this for about a year, it's my first DSLR. I was just curious if there was anything I needed to do as far as taking good care of it. Both my 18-55mm lens and 50mm pancake Canon lenses are starting to have issues autofocusing. I can still manual focus perfectly fine, but I noticed it takes quite a while to autofocus on both lenses, if it even does at all. Also my 50mm lens can't seem to focus on anything anymore. I try to adjust the focus and it only affects the actual lens' clarity by a small amount. Help?
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Have you checked for firmware updates?
The only maintenance thing I could think of that *might* cause symptoms like this would be the contacts on the camera and lens. Here is a page with a diagram that instructs how to safely clean those contacts: canoncanada.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1...
As far as actual maintenance on the camera, I have a EOS 20D and the only maintenance I've done on it in the 6+ years I've owned it is clean the sensor. Otherwise I keep it stored in a camera bag when not in use and make sure I don't let it get too dusty. Most newer cameras have filters and what not to protect the sensor so this is probably not something you need to worry about.
If I was having this issue with my camera I would be concerned there was something wrong with the camera itself. If your camera is still under warranty it might be worth getting it checked out.
The only maintenance thing I could think of that *might* cause symptoms like this would be the contacts on the camera and lens. Here is a page with a diagram that instructs how to safely clean those contacts: canoncanada.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1...
As far as actual maintenance on the camera, I have a EOS 20D and the only maintenance I've done on it in the 6+ years I've owned it is clean the sensor. Otherwise I keep it stored in a camera bag when not in use and make sure I don't let it get too dusty. Most newer cameras have filters and what not to protect the sensor so this is probably not something you need to worry about.
If I was having this issue with my camera I would be concerned there was something wrong with the camera itself. If your camera is still under warranty it might be worth getting it checked out.
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