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D5100 Shutter panic
- Thread starter Lawrence
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Battery is fully charged. Card was formatted again.
I think I have covered everything I can think of so will take it in tomorrow to the shop I bought it from and ask for a replacement.
In the meanwhile todays picture for 365 is boring and I will need to find out if I can continue that using my Casio PandS
I think I have covered everything I can think of so will take it in tomorrow to the shop I bought it from and ask for a replacement.
In the meanwhile todays picture for 365 is boring and I will need to find out if I can continue that using my Casio PandS
Battery is fully charged. Card was formatted again.
I think I have covered everything I can think of so will take it in tomorrow to the shop I bought it from and ask for a replacement.
In the meanwhile todays picture for 365 is boring and I will need to find out if I can continue that using my Casio PandS
I don't see where the camera used matters. It s not in the rules.
I went to movies to forget everything. Returned and of course tried it agin. Still no difference. Put it down,picked it up half an hour later and it is working.
Now I should be happy but to tell the truth I am more worried than before in case this thing rears its head again at the end of the warranty period. But for now I shall continue as if nothing happened.
Thanks everyone for the help - it was most appreciated.
Now I should be happy but to tell the truth I am more worried than before in case this thing rears its head again at the end of the warranty period. But for now I shall continue as if nothing happened.
Thanks everyone for the help - it was most appreciated.
I understand you did the reset, but anyway, just to be 101% sure,I ask: are you sure that the shutter button is decoupled from AF (thus, not in a mode which prevents the shutter from actuation, if the focus had not been achieved, despite of shutter release button being fully pressed down)?
I understand you did the reset, but anyway, just to be 101% sure,I ask: are you sure that the shutter button is decoupled from AF (thus, not in a mode which prevents the shutter from actuation, if the focus had not been achieved, despite of shutter release button being fully pressed down)?
I am not sure of anything other than it was actin inconsistent. Sometimes it would click and others not WITHOUT me changing any settings in between. I am not quite sure what you mean by "decoupled" as I assume that the shutter is always linked (coupled?) to AF.
I think dragan is referring to assigning the AE/AF-L button to autofocus. That could prevent you from taking a picture with the shutter button unless the lens just happens to randomly fall into focus. But it would not just clear or time out by itself. Was the lens attempting to autofocus? That may be a clue to note if it happens again. Maybe clean your lens contacts just in case.
JohnFrench
Senior Member
If I remember, my 5100 would occassionally, not often, refuse to fire with the release button, I soon realized that it was because it could not focus on what I was aiming at. Operator error in my case, the camera is functioning like new a couple years later.
If I remember, my 5100 would occassionally, not often, refuse to fire with the release button, I soon realized that it was because it could not focus on what I was aiming at. Operator error in my case, the camera is functioning like new a couple years later.
Yes, but in many cases, you don't really want to be in "servo" mode - when you re-compose, and you would like the part of the scene to be blurred (out of focus). So it is nice to set your camera (menu>custom modes) to have such mode too (the shutter button actuates even when the AF was not achieved and a "half depressed shutter button" only memorizes the exposure parameters).
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All hands on deck!
My shutter seems to be playing up and I am hoping it is a setting that I have inadvertently changed.
The shutter is only working intermittently. Seems to work in live view but not when shooting through the viewfinder. In view finder mode I get [r10] where the shutter speed usually is as soon as I press down on the shutter.
Anyone know what is up?
Do verify if you get the green dot indicating focus was achieved. In default of AF-S mode, the shutter will not activate unless there is focus achieved. Default of AF-C will activate shutter regardless if focused or not.
If that is the case this is the end of my photography hobby.
It should still be under warranty as I only bought it in November.
My shutter went bad in my D5100 and the Nikon factory repair cost in New York was $175 US. Still much cheaper than a new body I'll bet. Yes, you are likely within the warranty period.