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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How do I diagnose the source of blurry photos?
Probably a novice question, but how do I correctly diagnose from a photo for what reason that camera wasn't able to focus properly? Or tell if the image was blurry for some reason other than incorrect ...
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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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My Godox flash won't fire off-camera. What should I check?
I have a Godox flash with a built-in radio trigger, and I honestly can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've checked that:
All the batteries in everything are good and everything's turned on.
The ...
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How can I avoid soft dull "spots" in my pictures?
Recently, I've been doing a lot more photography, particularly with my 100-400mm telephoto and 16-35mm wide. I am skilled enough that I can capture the shot mostly as I want with just the camera gear, ...
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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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How do I troubleshoot the "Error, press shutter release button again" message on my Nikon?
The LCD on my Nikon D3000 is displaying the following error message:
Error. Press shutter release button again.
I have pressed the shutter release button but the camera still does not work.
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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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What should I do about Canon PowerShot "Lens error, restart camera"?
I've had a Canon PowerShot A1100 IS camera for almost a year now.
About a week ago, I went on a trip, took pictures the whole trip, everything was ok.
When I got home, and tried to turn the camera ...
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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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Why is my camera showing a lot of stuck red and white pixels?
After shooting for one hour with my Rebelt2i + Tamron 17-55 f2.8, I went back home and checked pictures on my computer.
For every single picture, there are a lot of 'dead' pixels at the same location....
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Why does my Nikon D3100 give the error "Lens not attached" with a Vivitar 200 telephoto lens?
I have a Nikon D3100 camera, and am trying to use an "Automatic Fixed Mount Vivitar 200mm lens" with it. When I attach the lens, I get the message "Lens not attached". and nothing works. HELP!
I can'...
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Why don't these external flashes fire when the camera shoots in Live View mode?
I had the opportunity to use some professional flashes yesterday and I found out that they didn't fire when I was trying to shoot with the camera in Live View mode.
The flashes were two Elinchrom ...
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How do I get a stuck screw filter off of my lens?
There is a UV-filter screwed on my Canon 16-35mm. For some reason, I'm not able to get it off the lens.
Does anyone has a simple but safe trick?
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Why is sharpness lost in my DSLR viewfinder?
I have a fairly new Nikon D7000 (I've taken about 2000 pictures).
Something happened during my last trip, where thew viewfinder never gets sharp anymore. It always looks out of focus, regardless if ...
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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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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 is the sky in photos always too white?
Why do I never seem to get a clear picture of the sky during the day, even with white puffy clouds in the sky? It always looks over exposed and whitened out? I am using a Nikon D3100, no lens hood, ...
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How can I prevent blurred images when using a tripod?
I'm doing panoramic HDR photography for work using one of those stupid cheap mirror balls mounted on a tripod (not my decision!) and I am noticing on my longer exposures that sometimes I'm getting ...
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I cannot open the internal flash on my Canon 60D camera; how do I fix it?
I tried opening the internal flash on my Canon 60D camera the other day and it didn't open at all. I couldn't understand why. After messing around in the menus, I found out that the camera thinks that ...
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Where do these "redshifts" and "blueshifts" come from?
I make many product photos for the company I work for. For this I use Canon 400D with two external flash devices Walimex CY-600K.
I've noticed an interesting effect on many of the photos I take with ...
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Why is my camera focusing fine in liveview but getting it wrong with the viewfinder?
When I first got my Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 it would not focus through the viewfinder. It will always miss (95% of times). Yet it worked fine in liveview. And now, recently, I started noticing the same ...
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Why has my 550D camera buffer decreased?
Normally I can shoot 9 JPEG's into the buffer. This amount is indicated by the number in the lower right of the viewfinder, next to the focus confirmation light.
Now that number says 2. And indeed, if ...
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Why do I get "F - -" on my Nikon camera?
When I press the shutter release to focus, a message on the viewfinder displays F--.
Any photos snapped turn out black.
I switched the camera off, took out the ...
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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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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 ...
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What causes outdoor photos to turn out bright white when taken with a digital camera?
I set my Canon Powershot A460 to automatic mode and took photographs outdoors. When I see the to-be-photographed area on the LCD, it appears normal; but when I take a picture, the photo turns out ...
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What is this shadow in my photo?
I'm pretty sure the subject didn't move, the shutter speed was ok @1/80s. I was using Canon 70D + 18-55mm IS STM and a built-in flash and shot in RAW. What it could be? What may be causing this?
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Nikon D3100 taking black images. Stuck shutter?
I have had my Nikon D3100 DSLR for about three years, and it has worked like a champ until today, when it started taking nothing but black pictures in any mode. The LCD screen still works (I can see ...
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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 non-...
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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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Is it sensor damage? Or dust?
I have been trying to shoot partial solar eclipse today with my Nikon D3100, and later noticed this spot on images:
I do not have special sun filter, but i tried my best to cover lens with disk from ...
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What causes auto-focus "freezing"?
On occasion, the auto-focus system in my camera and/or lens just stops working. I'll be holding down the shutter release halfway and tracking a subject and I can feel/hear the auto-focus system ...
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Photoshop only prints in B&W on Pixma Pro 9000, MK2
One week ago I purchased the Canon Pixma Pro 9000, mk2. Using photoshop, every print I printed, up to today, was breathtakingly beautiful in all sizes. 8x10,11x14,13x19's looked like you could ...
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What should I do when my Nikon AF-S lens won't auto focus?
I have a Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX I bought for my Nikon D5100, it's only a couple months old, never been dropped or anything, and it all of a sudden won't auto focus. Anyone know if this is a simple ...
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Nikon D5100 half bright-half dark image with horizontal thin black line
I am getting half bright-half dark image with horizontal thin black line on my Nikon D5100. Does anyone has any idea ? i am extremely worried. Warranty just expired. I have sample images uploaded at ...
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Why am I seeing two JPG files instead of RAW + JPG with a Canon 1100D?
I have a Canon 1100D and I started taking pictures in the RAW+JPG mode. For some reason when I open my files on my PC I see 2 files, but both of them are JPG (they even have the same size). What is ...
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What to do when my Nikon DSLR back LED keeps blinking, draining the battery quickly?
The back LED on my Nikon D90 keeps blinking, and it is causing the battery to discharge completely. As far as I understand, the LED is supposed to blink a few times to detect the memory card and then ...
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How to fix Yongnuo 568EX speedlight not switching to manual mode?
I covered an event today with my Canon 7D and YN568EX when all of a sudden the flash changed from manual to E-TTL mode. I tried switching it back to manual using the in camera flash menu and ...
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What is this bright squarish pattern that I'm getting in long exposure images?
I took few long exposures of the night sky yesterday. I know about the hot pixels those appear brighter with longer exposures but this seems to be something different. Can anybody tell what it is?
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How can I turn off the loud sound my D3100 produces when I take a photograph?
Nikon D3100 produces sound when I take the photograph. The sound is loud and attention grabbing.
What is the term for this particular sound, and how can I turn it off?
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Why do I get blurry pictures when I take a lens attachment off?
I bought a Canon D3300 bundle. This is my first dSLR. It came with a couple lenses. On Easter, I decided to use a wide angle lens to get all the action. Now I can't use my camera without this lens ...
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D5200 darker area at top
I'm using a Nikon D5200 and when I use my flash on auto I get a dark bar across the top of the image. When I use the auto but disable the flash the image looks fine. If I turn the camera on its side ...
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What causes an f/0 error on a Nikon D700?
Recently (and always at the worst possible time) my camera will either freeze and give me an f/0 error code or will shoot with a strange click that sounds like the shutter is getting stuck. The ...
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How to troubleshoot a Nikon D5100 that will not 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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How to recover data from a damaged/chewed up SD card?
In short, my new puppy chewed up my SD card. I took the card out of the camera after a shoot to back it up onto an external hard drive. I then decided to grab a glass of water. As I was filling up the ...
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How can I fix the dark corners on the rear LCD of my Nikon D7000?
I have a Nikon D7000. The rear LCD is showing some dark shadows. All four corners have this dark shadow but the shadows on upper and lower corners on the right side of the LCD is bigger. At first I ...
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Why is my Canon 300D not switching on despite changing both batteries and the CF card?
My Canon 300D is 12 years old and has worked perfectly until now.
It will not switch on. Nothing lights up. There is no change to anything when the power button is switched on. Changing both batteries ...
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Why can't I turn the focus ring on my Vivitar 100-300mm far enough to get infinity focus?
I recently bought VIVITAR 100-300mm F5.6-6.7 macro zoom. I use it with Nikon D70S. Here is my problem. When distance between my D70S with VIVITAR and object of photography is 15meters and more, I can ...
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Canon error message: "Card cannot be accessed. Reinsert/Change the card or format card with camera"
I have a new Canon Rebel T6 and just charged and loaded the battery and then loaded a Lexar 32 GB card. I am getting the following error message:
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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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