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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How to troubleshoot “shutter error” message in my Nikon D3000?
The LCD is displaying the following error message: "Shutter error - press shutter release." I have pressed shutter release but the camera still will not work.
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Why will my shutter not work with a bayonet mount lens and pop-up flash being used?
This was working fine yesterday. I have an older bayonet mount lens on Nikon D90 and am using a pop-up flash in commander mode. I turned on the camera today and no shutter when pop-up is ON. I turned ...
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Why do images get “corrupted”?
I have had my Nikon D40 for a while, and some of the pictures are coming out distorted.
Two examples are below:
So my questions are:
How do I fix them after the fact? - i.e. after they have been ...
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Does the setup of Vivitar 283 flash with radio triggers work with Sony NEX 6?
I've just got a couple of Vivitar 283 flashes and a set of DSLRKIT (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110980410870?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649) radio triggers. The plan was to have ...
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Why is my Phoenix external flash not charging?
I just got a Phoenix DZBIS-112CII external flash for my Canon 550D. I have tried everything that I can think of to make it fire, without any luck. It came with four dead batteries in it which had ...
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Nikon D5100 Stopped Working?
I have had an issues and not sure what I should do, here is what happened:
Yesterday I was shooting with my D5100 and all the sudden it would not respond. I would press the shutter release and ...
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How do you know if the shutter button is misfunctioning?
I have a Panasonic GH3. It is very difficult to partially press the shutter button to focus as it often takes a picture at the slightest pressure. I thought this was my inexperience, but a couple of ...
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How can I repair a kit lens with a stuck auto/manual focus mode switch?
Recently got a Nikon D5100. After a few days I realized that I can't focus in manual mode. The auto-manual (A-M) switch on the lens seems to be the issue (I have to press the switch hard to manually ...
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Dark band obscuring upper third of live view screen and pictures taken on Nikon D5100
I discovered in live view on my Nikon D5100 there is a black band obscuring about a third of the screen. It rotates with the screen and stays on top. Shots I take now are also affected by this band. ...
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What might be causing my AF system to misfocus?
I have a Canon Rebel T1i with the default Canon lens.
When I shoot with it, I use Auto Focus and get the red dot indicators in the viewfinder as expected.
But even though it looks like the camera is ...
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Why do Canon 7D RAW files come up colorless in Canon DPP?
I have problem with DPP 3.12.40.0. When I import CR2 files (RAW Files) from my 7D to edit, DPP shows images very poorly (colorless). I searched on the net and can't find any explanation or solution. ...
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Why does my Nikon D3100 no longer auto-focus via the viewfinder?
My Nikon D3100 out of the blue cannot focus correctly.
It seem the that the focus motor always stops at the end of the run (Infinity) and cannot lock on the target, thus cannot release the shutter. I ...
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How can I retrieve internal memory photos on D3100?
I have a Nikon D3100 SLR camera. Recently bought a new SDHC card but forgot to format it before using, so all photos wen to camera internal memory. I only realised this when we went to upload on the ...
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Why won't my new Canon Rebel T3i take a picture with the 18-55mm lens in autofocus mode?
I just purchased a brand new Canon Rebel T3i kit from Costco.. I used it for a couple of days, but now when I have the 18-55mm lens attached and the camera on auto-focus, it will not take a picture. ...
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Why is my Nikon 18-200 lens not focusing at higher focal lengths?
My Nikon 18-200 lens on a D300 camera will not focus when it is zoomed between 135mm and 200mm. Is there any tips on how to solve this besides handing it in to a photo store?
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Canon 1Ds Mk II's scratched Low Pass filter. Now what?
Besides our workhorses (Canon 5D3 and 60D), we have an old camera - Canon 1Ds Mk II which has its OLPF scratched. That is, the camera works (ok, more or less because the signs of time are present on ...
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Why does my Nikon D5000's AF Assist only turn on in some automatic modes?
I am using a Nikon D5000 with a 50mm f/1.4 with autofocus. When I try to use manual mode (or aperture priority, or shutter priority), my AF assist beam does not light, which makes it hard for my ...
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Why does my D90 shutter release button sometimes not respond?
Once in a while, my recently acquired used D90 doesn't respond to the press of the shutter release button. Half-press, full-press, neither works. I make sure the Automatic/Manual focus switches are ...
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Why are my Lightroom exports too dark in Flickr?
I've been using LR3 for a while now and have noticed that when I export a photo to JPG and upload it to Flickr it ends up slightly darker. The exported photo is ok, it's the image when viewed through ...
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Nikon d5100 won't autofocus at all
A good friend of mine has a d5100, which was working perfectly fine yesterday. Today, however, it refuses to autofocus at all - it makes no effort to move the focusing ring etc.
I have tried ...
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Should I be worried that my Canon 1dx gave an Err01 on my Zeiss 21mm 2.8 lens for ONE exposure and after that it was fine?
I had this weird experience when I was out shooting at a park. Everything was fine for the first 30 exposures or so and I was not doing anything unusual when all of a sudden on one of my exposures my ...
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How to fix lens “stuck” on Nikon D3100?
My younger sister has a Nikon d3100. Now she asks me if I can help her fix it. She uses the lens that came with the d3100 kit, and for some reason it's completely stuck. She claims that it's been that ...
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Problem with Wacom Intuos 4 tablet with Nik collection
When clicking somewhere in a picture within e.g. Viveza 2 using the stylus and my Wacom Intuos 4, an animated white circle is drawn on the screen around the point where I click.
The problem is when ...
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Windows 7 photo gallery corrupts my images
My win7 photo gallery started to corrupt my photos when I open up them.
I am copying from cameras memory card to my external driver and start to view them with win7 photo gallery they start to ...
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Aperture 3 - Open first aid options for external library
I have a huge Aperture 3 library that will not open, giving the following message:
Verify that you have iPhoto 9.4 or later. Then open the library in iPhoto to upgrade it..
It is not set as my ...
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Why does my 420EX Speedlite sometimes fail to start up?
I have a Canon 420EX Speedlite that sometimes won't start up. When it's not working, it behaves as if it didn't have any batteries in it... just totally dead. The odd thing is, it doesn't seem to be ...
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Why is my DSLR taking pictures with the top darkened?
What's wrong with my D5100? Recently, I'm not getting full size pictures? Pictures taken shows top side with darkened layer. It started after I had a sports activities coverage, but as far as I can ...
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What to do when my pop-up flash doesn't work after being obstructed once?
Once while I was taking pictures, the pop-up flash was blocked by my cap. Now, it no longer opens. How can I fix this?
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Autofocus Not Working on Canon 70-200 F4 L USM
This lens has been sitting on the shelf for years and I recently hauled out my DSLR to play with it. Turns out the autofocus no longer works. I'm wondering if there's any kind of remedy for this short ...
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What to do when manual focus doesn't work on a Nikon DX lens after DIY repair?
I have a Nikon 55-200mm DX auto focus lens. I recently repaired the bayonet mount myself - all went well. But when I went to use the manual focus option on the lens, the focus ring remained locked, as ...
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Why does my Adobe Lightroom temporarily pixelate photos after every change?
I'm using Adobe Lightroom 3.0. I go to develop mode and everything is fine (the photo is sharp). After I do any change (saturation, fill light, sharpness... whatever) the photo automatically gets ...
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Nikon D3100 won't autofocus [duplicate]
I have a Nikon D3100, and I found out recently that when I half-press the shutter to focus, it wont autofocus anymore. I've tried it with another lens - still the same problem. The autofocus is ...
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What can I do if autofocus does not work but manual focus does?
Recently, the autofocus on my Nikon D3100 stopped working. The ring of the lens wouldn't even turn when I tried to focus. However, when switched to manual focus, the camera works fine.
When I used a ...
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Why does my Nikon D3100 no longer auto-focus correctly?
I bought my camera on January 2011. Since a few months ago, I'm facing a problem with the autofocus.
It happens with my two lenses 18/55mm and 55/200mm. I noticed that the focus light doesn't turn on ...
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Nikon camera issue [closed]
I have now had 3 occurrences of the same thing happening, with two different cameras, my Nikon D90 and Nikon D800e, that I am concerned about, don't understand, and need some info about.
The first ...
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Is a chattering noise normal with the Fuji X-E1 and 35mm F/1.4 lens?
Is it normal to hear chattering noise in Fuji 35mm 1.4 x-lens when half-pressing and releasing the shutter button? Kind of annoying when the lens has focusing noise. Using the latest firmware.
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Nikon D5100 Focusing Issue
The issue I have had is where the camera tries to focus and cannot focus. It just zooms in and out constantly and no matter what I do it will not focus and fire. The only way I have found around this ...
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Why can't my SLR autofocus on certain parts of a scene?
I had my Nikon D7000 on single-point auto focus and it just would not focus on the spots I wanted. I have marked the spots that could not be focused on with red circles, and the parts that could be ...
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Why are some of my photos coming out almost completely purple?
Some of photos that I took look like this one. Look at the purple picture, it is supposed to be exactly the same as the one on the right-wall, window, etc. Nothing purple in it at all. This happens ...
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What should I do about Nikon D90 intermittent shutter release failure?
Over the last few months, I have noticed a problem with the shutter release on my D90.
Most of the time, the shutter release works ok. But sometimes, both half-press and full-press fail to work. ...
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Is it normal that manual exposure does not work on the Nikon D7000 in Live-View?
When in Live-View and Manual (M) exposure mode, I can control the shutter-speed with the command-dial but the aperture does not respond to the sub-command dial. This does not occur when using the ...
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What could cause pink spots on my RAW photos?
I have only started shooting in RAW and have noticed pink spots on them. They are never in the same location and don't affect some photos, they just seem to appear every few shots.
It never happened ...
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Some .CR2 files open with Camera Raw but some do not - on my mac
I am able to open some but not all of my .CR2 files with Camera Raw 6.7 and Photoshop CS5. On my Canon Rebel XSi, if my Quality setting is set only to RAW, the .CR2 files open in Camera Raw 6.7 and ...
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Is it typical to experience zoom creep with the Canon EF 24-105mm F/4 L IS USM?
I noticed this more than once. Whenever I'm in the range from 24mm to somewhere between 35mm and 50mm, the lens starts moving if I'm fixing it vertically with its front element facing the ceiling or ...
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How to prevent zoom-creep?
The Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens creeps until fully extended if pointed vertically down.
This is preventing me from using it on a rostrum camera.
Is there a piece of equipment or a simple (and ...
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What causes white blank images when shooting with a Canon PowerShot A4050?
I have a 3 week old Canon PowerShot A4050 camera. Almost all of my pictures (8 out of 10) are blank, white images. Video shooting is OK, but only occasionally good stills - does anyone know what can ...
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Do these colored streaks mean that my CF card is bad?
I have been shooting with the same Nikon d700 for about three years (about 200k clicks). I started seeing a streak run across one out of every 250 images (example here: http://wp.me/aRb6L-1lT). So, I ...
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Why is my Canon 500D with kit lens having trouble focusing at higher focal lengths?
I have a Canon 500D with the kit lens. Recently I have observed that its not able to focus at higher zooms but it works at min zoom. To get it to focus, I have to zoom out or recompose and it works.
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What can I do if my T4i becomes unresponsive while in live-view?
Recently I got a Canon Rebel T4i camera. Yesterday, when I was happily trying out different features, I got it locked such that no button was responsive anymore, that include the on/off button. I ...
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Is there a way to read or recover corrupted/incomplete photos on CF card?
OK, last summer I was traveling and we decided to go on a cycle and I thought that would be a great opportunity to play around with some timelapse stuff. I've got a Nikon D70 so I had to tape down the ...
