Hikvision camera suddenly lost focus. Is that fixable?

[nimnim]

I have a Hikvision DS-2CD5546G0-IZHS camera that has been working fine for a couple of years with zero issues, until sometime yesterday when it suddenly lost focus. Focus controls work, but can't fix that. Here's a video of what happened if it helps (

). Externally, the camera is looking good and functioning properly, but everything is out of focus. What happened and why? Is it fixable?

 

[JB1970]

I have a Hikvision DS-2CD5546G0-IZHS camera that has been working fine for a couple of years with zero issues, until sometime yesterday when it suddenly lost focus. Focus controls work, but can't fix that. Here's a video of what happened if it helps (

). Externally, the camera is looking good and functioning properly, but everything is out of focus. What happened and why? Is it fixable?

I’m not sure why it happened but you need to check the autofocus setting in the cameras web menu. It can be set to manual, auto or semi-auto. The preferred would be semi-auto where the focus only readjusts when the zoom is adjusted. On auto it will adjust if an object moves in front of the camera which is usually undesirable.