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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Why am I getting overexposure with only one lens?
I am having an issue with my Nikon D300s. When using a Nikkor 70-300mm lens and a Nikkor 75-200mm lens, my pictures are fine. However, when using the same body and switching to a Nikkor 28-80mm lens,...
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LCD screen is black on Nikon FA
When I look through the view finder of my Nikon FA, I am unable to see the LCD screen on the upper left of the view finder.
I've tried two sets of batteries. With both sets of batteries, the shutter ...
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Why is my YN-568EX not switching to M, Multi mode from ETTL?
Suddenly my flash is acting weird. It's not switching to modes from ETTL even when it's no camera. But if I long press the mode button it changes to slave and wireless mode and again if I try to ...
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What could cause entirely dark frames on a Fuji X100S?
I have a Fuji x100s and it's giving me headaches: the information overlay comes and goes, and the pictures I take are all black (see below). The EVF and LCD are black too.
The aperture works OK though,...
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Why are my Yongnuo RF-602N triggers not working?
Rookie here. I have a Nikon D7200, Yongnuo RF-602N remote flash trigger, and a YN-568EX flash.
I tried setting up the wireless flash using a remote flash trigger the Yongnuo RF-602N. But I couldn't ...
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What do I need to do to trigger my Yongnuo 560IVs reliably from a distance and behind objects?
I am shooting with Canon 7D Mark II and I am currently trying to get into the flash photography. I am still working on a budget so I started with two Yongnuo YN-560IVs and a YN-560-TX transmitter.
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Why are my off-camera flashes not firing with my triggers?
I have a Canon 7D, Viscio Softboxes, Phottix trigger/receivers, and two external flashes: Nissin and Sony. My camera and softboxes work fine with Phottix trigger and receivers. The issue is that ...
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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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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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Why does my 70D give an Err01 only with my Tamron 90mm lens?
My Canon 70D gives Err01 when with a Tamron 90mm lens but works perfectly with other lenses. The same lens works fine on other bodies (1200D)
I'm not sure if a specific combination is giving an error....
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Why won't my Nikon D3100 go into Manual mode when I set it?
I have a problem with my Nikon D3100. When I set it to Manual mode, it's actually in Automatic mode. No matter what I try it's always Automatic mode. At the same time, not all other modes are working. ...
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The command dial on my my Nikon 5100 suddenly stopped working — what can I do?
It was working fine. Just suddenly can't adjust the aperture or the f stop using the adjustment wheel while in M or A mode. In fact, the adjustment wheel doesn't work for any purpose. Basically the ...
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Is there anything I can do when my Canon DSLR is dead even on a full battery? [duplicate]
Today i was trying to click a macro image with my Canon 100 mm macro and 70D in live view and using an external flash when my camera suddenly went dead. I think it gave an err80 before completely ...
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I have a Canon EOS 600D and it cannot take pictures, but it can record videos
I have a Canon EOS 600D that I believe may be broken or some random setting may have been activated.
Oddly enough, I can take videos with the camera, but when I attempt to take a picture or use auto-...
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Pink/Purple lines on my photos while shooting long exposure?
You can see the lines in this photo:
I shot the image with a Nikon D7100 with a 18-105mm lens at 18 mm. Shoot with 120 second exposure with Hoya ND400 Filter, ISO 1600 at f/8.
Please help :)
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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 is my Epson SureColor P600 suddenly printing weird cyan colors?
This printer has been really good so far. Suddenly it started to print weird cyan colors. I did some nozzle check and head cleaning with no progress. Did anyone experience that?
When I did the nozzle ...
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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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Why is my film SLR taking white photos?
I recently found an old 8-year-old film Nikon SLR that I used. There was a roll of film in it for 3-4 years. So I finished taking photos with the whole roll and when they were developed, most of them ...
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What are these slightly-translucent, branching squiggles on the top of my photo?
I recently came back from holidays and noticed a lot of my photos have these lines on them. I have a Canon 450d and use Canon lenses. I used a polarizing filter at times. What could be causing this?
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What causes these "striped" streaks from light sources? [duplicate]
About 10 days ago I took this photo with a Samsung G S3
and why do those lights appear as eh.. eh... stripes?? Just like there was a star filter but lacking the stripe which is perpendicular to the ...
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What are the grey to black lines at the edges of objects in this photo?
The photos I have taken with Canon EOS Rebel T5i has lines at the edges between individual fruits. The colors of these lines range from grey to black. I have attached two versions of the same photo, ...
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How can I preview photos from camera on laptop?
When I import photos to my laptop, windows 7 they are saved in a folder by month. When then clicking on the folder it opens up the individual photos but they all show a 'flower'symbol and I have no ...
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Why do I have to press the shutter button twice to take a photo with my Canon DSLR?
I have a problem with my DSLR, a Canon 70D. When I push the shutter button to take a photo, I need to push it once more to take a single shot. The AF mode is not on self-timer.
What could be wrong?
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How do I use a Canon 430EX II off-camera with Cybersync triggers and a 5D Mark II?
I am aware that the Canon 430EX II can only be used as a slave, but if I have the hot shoe adaptor with a standard PC cable connecting it to my Cybersync receiver (which fires upon connection) when ...
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Why do I get a light halo only on sunny exposures using my FED 2?
I recently bought a FED 2 and I got some weird results from my test roll. I've been taking pics in various conditions (inside and outside) and I do get a light halo on sunny outside pics (see below on ...
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Why does my Zorki 4 take blurred pics on infinity focus?
I've recently bought a Zorki 4 and the results I get from my test roll are quite disappointing.
I've been calibrating the mirror, adjusting it for both infinity focus and close one (1 meter).
Here is ...
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How do I fix my Panasonic DMC-FZ35 from releasing the shutter on a half-press?
I have an older Panasonic Lumix (DMC FZ35) that has worked well for 7 years. Today I found that every time I half-pressed the shutter button to focus, it took the picture without letting me compose or ...
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Why does using the viewfinder on my Nikon D3200 prevent autofocus from locking and the shutter from releasing?
I just bought the camera less than a week ago and I was happy with it until things went wrong. I woke up one morning to take photos and noticed that when I pressed the shutter button, it didn't ...
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Is it normal to hear a noise when shaking a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR?
Whenever I shake the back side of the lens near my ear, I hear a sound, like something is moving inside the lens. However, it is working properly when mounted. Is this normal?
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D5100 blocked in "Lock mirror up for cleaning" state
I used the "Lock mirror up for cleaning" feature of my Nikon D5100. It worked several times, but the last time I did it, turning off the camera didn't work: it's supposed to unlock the mirror and go ...
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Why won't my camera communicate with a new flash after doing an experiment with an older film camera flash?
I used a Cobra Auto2 10 (older film camera flash) on my Canon DSLR 5D mark 3 for an experiment. The flash was working fine. Then I put my newer Metz 58 AF-1 and AF-2 flash back on on the camera.
My ...
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"Lens not attached" error with new Sigma 150-500 zoom lens on Nikon D3300
I received my sigma 150-500mm F/5-6.3 zoom lens. I connected my lens to my Nikon D3300 which is compatible. When I take a picture the picture is black. I think it's because the shutter is closed. I ...
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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 do prints (and print preview) from my Brother printer look like etching?
Trying to print b/w photo on my Brother MFC-J870W printer. My Windows Vista x64 defaults to the Windows Photo Gallery software to print. This has never been a problem before! I tried printing from ...
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Different colors of light are disrupting my focus. What lens feature minimizes this?
I took this photo with a Canon 50mm compact macro lens & Canon "life size converter", and it looked somewhat fuzzy.
After separating out the RGB channels, it seems evident that the different ...
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Broken photos on dslr [duplicate]
During the last session with my Canon 50D, 4 or 5 photos from 180 appeared to be with artifacts:
Fullsize 15Mb
Fullsize 7Mb
These photos were already broken in preview on camera display, so it can'...
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Why would a Nikon D80 have a momentary pause before taking a picture (or refuse to take altogether)?
My dad has a Nikon D90, and we were out taking some pictures last night. He's complained about the camera "randomly" refusing to take a picture before. My theory was that it was because his focus was ...
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Flashing display on Nikon F801s/N8008s
I bought a Nikon F801s at a camera flea market (actually, it came attached to a lens I wanted). The camera is pretty beaten up on the outside, but very clean inside the film chamber.
When I fire the ...
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Is it normal that a 40D produces a continuous noise in Live View mode?
So I just found out how to turn on the Live View mode on my Canon EOS 40D (turns out there's a setting for it, big surprise) and I was pretty surprised to notice that while the camera is in the Live ...
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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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How does one save the entire Picasa database of photos in order to migrate to lightroom?
I'm new here, and am in the same boat as many of you needing to transition photos from Picasa 3 to another photo editor like Lightroom 3. I am still running XP pro on desktop. I have 2 vista notebooks ...
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Where Does Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 Save?
Google recently made their suite available for free and I found how to open files with HDR Efex Pro 2. I get to tweak parameters until it looks a certain way and hit Save. A scrollbar appears, ...
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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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Main Dial stops working on Canon EOS 7D
The main dial on my Canon 7D has started to intermittently stop functioning. Powering it off for several minutes has always brought it back. Am I the problem or do I have a camera problem?
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How do I fix a non-charging Yongnuo YN568II flash?
My Yongnuo flash suddenly refuses to charge up. The batteries are good and new (Eneloop). The charge light is dim red when I press the power button and nothing is displayed on the LCD. It never turns ...
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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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Photo, when zoomed to actual size look unsharp, "dotted" and noisy
I am video-maker. And I tried to make timelapse video, which mean that I took several thousands of photos to glue them into video. Every photo look something like this:
The idea was to zoom parts of ...
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Autofocus not working on AF-S 35mm 1.8 DX with Nikon D3100
I haven't been using my camera very much over the past few months. The few times I've pulled it out, I noticed that the autofocus doesn't work when I put on my 35mm prime. I tested my 55-200mm and 18-...
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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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