D780 locking up

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dieselnutjob

Senior Member
Until recently, and just once, my D780 totally locked up.
I couldn't even turn it off, the only solution was to pull the battery out and re-insert.
Last month I was using the camera a lot on a trip and it happened a couple of time, so I googled it and found a post saying that if you put the camera in airplane mode (no wifi, no bluetooth) the lockups stop happening.
I tried and had no more problems.
It seems like a bit of a bad bug that multiple people are experiencing so I'm wondering why Nikon doesn't fix it? and how one would go about report it to them?
Mine is a grey import from panamoz so I don't suppose that they are going to listen to me.

for example https://www.facebook.com/groups/1009452569408174/posts/2259938474359571/
 
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Sami Z

New member
Well, I didn't have Wi-Fi on and I don't have my Bluetooth hooked up. The camera simply froze after shooting all afternoon. I was shooting a flyby air show, using the same f-stop, shutter speed, same ISO all afternoon. And only shooting to the west and south skies. I turned it off. I turned it from manual to auto. I changed the settings from one shot to multiple shots. It would release if I pointed it at the ground or at a totally different point in the sky like to the north. I would appreciate your suggestions? I lost a lot of good shots because of it.
 
Needa

Needa

Senior Member
Challenge Team
Was camera set to focus mode or release? Maybe a focus issue, low contrast E/W where as down and N had better contrast?
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

Senior Member
It feels like some release mode was active. Release on focus can behave that way. If this was early afternoon you were shooting towards the sun in the problem directions.
 
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