Nikon D90 Problem

[Bullydog]

Ok, yesterday my wife took the camera out to take a few pics. She had it set on the auto setting. Most of the shots were out of focus and overexposed. Checked all the normal settings, everything seemed fine. Battery is charged, lens is on good, etc. Brought it inside and it was doing the same thing in the house while taking shots.

The one thing I noticed is the AF seems to be running slow. Almost like it doesn't want to focus or is getting hung up while Auto focusing. Im a complete novice when it comes to cameras.

Anything I need to check. Camera was not left outside in the heat or anything like that. Stumped.

[Randy]

Dig around on it there is a reset button that will take it back to the original factory settings. Ive had to do it a time or two.

[TB80]

Is it set on autofocus or manual focus on the lens barrel?

[TexasBob]

In addition to checking the above items, try the P setting (basically auto) and see if it is a glitch with the auto mode. Also try a lens with a built in motor if you have one, just to isolate issues.

[Bullydog]

Is it set on autofocus or manual focus on the lens barrel?

Its set on Autofocus on the lens and body...

[Bullydog]

In addition to checking the above items, try the P setting (basically auto) and see if it is a glitch with the auto mode. Also try a lens with a built in motor if you have one, just to isolate issues.

Just did this, and its still doing the same thing. Im thinking about the full reset at this point.

[Hillary]

Sounds like a sensor issue to me, have to tried to blatently under expose your picture?
Like take a picture inside at f/11 and 1/2000
If it is still bright then it would be a sensor fault, I would imagine.

[Hillary]

Also, look at your metering, if you are in matrix metering it is reading light all around you and has a tendency to overexpose, on all nikons, just usually a stop or 2.

if it is still blatently white in your picture you may have a bigger problem

[WyoBull]

Definitely do a reset on your camera body if you are not that familiar with the camera and individual settings. It could be a number of things and rather than go through a process of elimination, just do a reset.
With these digital SLR's today there are so many custom settings that one can set up. Unless the user is pretty familiar with it, it is easy to get something out of sync.