Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
Questions about a specific problem or issue, often dealing with a lens, camera body, image sensor, lighting equipment, or software specific to photography.
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I hear a burning sound when I try my built-in flash, and my shutter button doesn't work
I can normally take pictures, but when I try the built-in flash, my flash won't fire and shutter won't work. Also sometimes I hear a burning sound from within the camera when I try the flash.
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When using color film pictures come out black and white. What's wrong with my camera (any idea approx repair cost?
When using color film in my Minolta X370 my pictures come out black and white. What needs to be repaired in the camera? Any idea approximate cost? Thanks
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Why does my intervalometer fire only once and then display 99:59:59?
I have a JCC Intervalometer with a problem! Bulb setting set to 2 minutes, interval 1 sec., number of shots 15. Actually, the numbers do not matter. When the unit gets through the first exposure time,...
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What's wrong with my Sigma 18-250mm lens?
I don't know what happened with my Sigma lens. Basically when I mount it on my camera everything is dark and auto focus cannot focus. It's like not enough light is coming though.
When I put other ...
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Why is my Nikon D3300 taking almost totally black pictures through the viewfinder but is fine on liveview?
Total beginner here, have been having great fun with my Nikon D3300 during the past year but recently, when using the viewfinder, everything looks perfect but when I look at the image that has been ...
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What is the difference between flash control and flash compensation?
In the Nikon D5600 , there is the usual flash compensation setting where you can set it from -3.0 to +1.0
But there is also a setting called flash control in the menu , where you can set the flash to ...
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Why won't my Powershot A450 power on?
My Canon Powershot A450 was fine but needed a battery change. Did not turn on with new batteries. Retried old, same result. Tried more new batteries, still no response. Is there a reset button? Or did ...
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Canon T7i- won’t power on
My 3 year old Canon T7i suddenly decided to stop turning on. I’ve tried everything including
powering the battery fully
replacing the battery twice
changing the lense
switching the microswitches on ...
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Why does my Canon dSLR screen go black after taking two photos?
I have a Canon EOS 1300D/T6. The screen keeps going black after I take two photos. To fix it, I have to take the battery out and put it back in. The battery is fully charged. How do I fix this please?
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Camera Broken? All Images White...camera takes pictures but when I view them it it just a white screen
I have a Samsung NX3300 and had it for 3-4 years and I've found a few answers but no ways to fix it (e.g., at DP Review and Tom's Guide).
I can see it fine as I'm taking the image but if I view it ...
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D5000 is changing random colors in photos
My Nikon D5000 started changing random parts of my photos to blue and purple while I was at a equestrian show. I originally suspected that the CCD had started to fail. However, I just replaced the ...
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Why won't my Canon 400D/XTi turn on/off properly?
My camera is a Canon 400D (digital rebel XTi). It sat on a shelf for quite some time.
When I insert a (newly charged) battery, the camera doesn't switch on. I get this screen:
and switching the ...
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Why did I lose my NEF files, and could only find small JPEGs in their place in the Recycle Bin?
All of a sudden lots of my NEF files were gone. After finding them in the recycle bin they turned out to be NEF jpg. files... Yes, both! and only 72 dpi, sometimes not more then 88 kb. I have no idea ...
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Is this just chromatic aberration? Or is something else happening in these photos?
I took these photos with an old Nikon D60, using a 55-200mm f4-5.6 Nikkor lens, with no filters. ISO was set to 200 and aperture was set as open as possible - which suggests to me this might just be ...
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Why is my dSLR sometimes not letting me take a photo?
I’ve just gotten a Canon 800D/T7i and I'm having issues using it. Sometimes when I try and take a photo it won’t let me. Can someone tell me why?
What’s the best mode to be taking photos in?
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Error:"Press Shutter Release Button Again" on Nikon D5300 [duplicate]
My D5300 with 18-140mm lens is having problem "Press Shutter Release Button Again"...as error message pops ups in AF mode....but in manual focus mode...the error is not there, but images are ...
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Suddenly my camera says "Card cannot be accessed. Reinsert/change the card or format card with camera"
Suddenly my camera says "Card cannot be accessed. Reinsert/change the card or format card with camera". I have canon EOS 600D. Help me
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Is this light stripe at the top of images from my DSLR a light leak?
I want to ask about my Nikon D90
I was encountering a light leak or something like it. I'm not really sure what it is. This is a sample picture:
Here's another one:
All of my photos are now like ...
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How can I repair a broken lens?
The lens is a Canon EF-S 18-55mm.
I recently dropped my camera from the tripod falling over while I was recording, now the camera won't AF and MF is very hard. It gets stuck easily when I try to MF ...
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How to resolve error "-.-" and not able to take pictures on an Olympus OM-D E-M10?
I'm getting this error on my Olympus OM-D E-M10 and I can't take any pictures:
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Lumix DMC FX10 - purple pictures in camera mode, normal and clear in video mode
I found an old camera that I had from around 10 years ago. The camera takes all of it's pictures in purple. However, the video camera mode functions normally. I've cleaned the lense and tried all the ...
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How do I unlock the shutter of an Agfa Billy Record 7.7?
I am not familiar with vintage cameras. On looking through some old family storage boxes I have found an Agfa Billy Record with bellows - I think its the 7.7 model.
The shutter button on the top right ...
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Why doesn't my pinhole image cover the film?
I am not sure why this image here resulted in a tiny circle on the 120 film. Why is it not covering more of the negative?
The hole is about f/323. The film sits behind the hole about 73mm?
I thought ...
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What is causing increased noise in my recent photos?
In the last two shoots I've taken I have noticed much more noise in the resulting photos. In the first instance, I put this down to my fault, as I was shooting at high ISO levels, but in the second ...
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Why do I get the "Press Shutter Release Button Again" error when my D3200 isn't set to max. aperture?
I know there are quite a few posts out there about the famous "Press Shutter Release Button Again" error. But mine seems to be quite weird. I own a Nikon D3200 with the standard 18-55 mm lens. It ...
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My Nikon Digital D50 is showing black screen when I take photos
I am camera illiterate and I am trying to surprise my husband by fixing his Nikon digital camera that all of a sudden stopped working after I let my brother use it.
HELP!
It turns on, and takes photo, ...
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What is causing the strange lighter circles in images taken with my Canon 15-85?
I took these pictures with my Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens this morning:
Would somebody please tell me that what is that white part in the lower right corner of the picture?
EXIF info:
F/...
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D3200 "Lighting is Poor; Flash Recommended" with 35mm f1.8DX lens on Manual
Yesterday I took my D3200 out with a 35mm f1.8 and 70-300 f4-5.6 lens for some fall shots at a park. I pulled my camera out of the bag, mounted the 35, switched to manual, lined up my shot, and then......
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Why do pictures turn out dark when I shoot with my external flash?
update 2 years(ish) later: please help
so i tried this, i took photos with different shutter speeds. I was shooting manual for all photos with f1.8, iso of 200, white balance: Flash, my first shot was ...
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What could cause a D7000's mirror to flap and "Err" to be displayed when trying to take a picture?
When I press the shutter on my Nikon D7000, the mirror noisily flaps up and down — nothing else happens except
Err in display. It's not possible to take a picture ...
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Why am I getting soft images with my Sigma 24-70 f2.8?
I recently purchased a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 lens which I am using on a Canon 40D body. Around 8 of 10 shots were soft, regardless of subject matter. Exposure, white balance etc. all looks fine. I only ...
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Nikon d5100 producing extremely underexposed images
I have a most vexing problem.
I have a Nikon d5100 (roughly a year old) which up until two days ago handled exposure and metering just fine. However, at night, in a well lit room (florescent bulbs) ...
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Sony alpha a6000 camera error
My camera encountered a fall and I have the message after pressing the shutter “Camera error. Turn off power and On”. But that never helps! Removing the battery clears the message but the problem ...
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use of ND Variable filter
I am an amateur photographer and I tested a ND 2-400 variable filter-at its maximum 8 2/3 stops-for a low light landscape scenery.My Nikon d610 suggested data were aperture 4.0 ,shutter speed 0.4s,iso ...
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How can I fix what seems to be a stuck Ricoh FF-3AF shutter release?
At least, that's what it seems to be. Whenever you want to advance the film on this model, you have to load the film, close the door and press the shutter release button once. After that, it should ...
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Err 80 appears when I turn on my Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Recently when on holiday in Italy my 5DII stopped powering up. Turn the switch on and - nada. Pulling the battery and popping it back in brings the camera to life, however as soon as the camera goes ...
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How do I fix a non-firing Metz Af58-1?
I have a Canon 50D and a Metz Mecablitz AF 58-1.
A few years back I used to work a lot with this combo, but it's been set aside for a few years.
I took it out, and changed the batteries of the ...
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Why does my camera hesitate when shooting?
It seems like when I take a picture, the end result is not the picture I wanted because it hesitated and took too long. I have a Nikon D3300 and just use the auto focus. What am I doing wrong?
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Is the noise coming from fast aperture ring adjustments of Sigma 100-400m lens on Sony A6500 expected?
I recently got a Sigma 100-400mm for my Sony A6500 and love it so far. But I noticed that the aperture ring makes noticeable noise on power ON and power OFF. See Google Photos album of two videos ...
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Why won't my Canon 60D take more than one photo with the internal flash, without closing it manually?
If the internal flash is raised, when I try to take a photo nothing happens; the shutter do not open and the focus too do not change while half-pressing the button. No error is displayed when this ...
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How can I produce high quality images of field ranges for training sets?
I am an Agronomic researcher assisting on a ML problem for identifying soy diseases. I would like to capture an image of a single range of soy (roughly 1' wide by 5' long) that is at least mostly in-...
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Is my DSLR viewfinder dark because there's no battery in the camera?
I'm new to DSLR cameras; as I love photography, I decided to get a Nikon D7500 with 18-140mm kit lens.
I've just mounted the lens to the camera but when I see through the viewfinder, the image doesn't ...
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Why does my Yongnuo YN-685 freeze with my YN-622-TX?
I have a Canon 77D, a Yongnuo 622-TX controller on top of the camera, and a YN622C transceiver with a YN-568EX II speedlight.
This system works perfectly.
Yesterday I bought a YN-685. The problem is ...
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Why won't my Fujifilm X-E3 focus or take photos?
I’m new to photography but I bought an X-E3 today, pressed some buttons, and I’m not sure what happened but my camera won’t focus now. In the photo, it’s on auto and I’ve tried changing the settings, ...
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Canon lens hood will not lock (brand new)
I have a Canon 7D Mark II with the standard kit lens (EF-S 18-135 mm). I bought the EW-73D hood for it and it slots in to the bayonet mount but will not turn and ...
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Why can't I update the firmware on my Nikon Coolpix?
I'm trying to update the firmware on a Nikon Coolpix B500. I'm using a new memory card. I have tried formatting the card in the camera first. Then I put the downloaded folder on the card. I've ...
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Why is my Nikon D90 viewfinder shaking?
My Nikon D90 started having an issue where the image in the viewfinder shakes, or taps whenever I turn it on or focus. Has anyone ever seen this issue? I'm assuming that it's the mirror.
I turned ...
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What are these strange lines on images from my Fujifilm FinePix F850EXR?
My camera recently started displaying lines on captured images along with some discoloration (you don't see the lines or any discoloration when simply looking through the lens). There was no ...
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Unsmooth Star Trails
My setup:
Peak Design Carbon Fiber Tripod
Sony A7r4 + Sony GM 16-35 lens shooting at 16mm
ISO 640, f/3.5, 30 seconds
Camera set to continuous shooting mode
Remote shot for 1+ hours continuously
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Is there a focusing issue with the Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 on a Canon 70D?
I have just shot a long outdoor trip using the Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM on a Canon 70D. I've read excellent reviews of the Sigma lens but the photos didn't turn out that great. Neither the ...
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