On 10/4/2016 7:58 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
Shooting a cross country meet this evening there were numerous
instances in which the shutter did not fire or firing was delayed
when I pressed the shutter release button.
My camera is a k-5. I was using the 4-5.6/50-200 lens. On some of the
occasions I experienced the problem, maybe all of them, I had a
polarizing filter on the lens. Many of the situations were likely
underexposed. I assume exposure settings should not affect whether
the shutter fires or not. The battery indicator indicated about a
half-charge. I changed batteries anyway, and for a moment that seemed
to make a difference, but only for a moment.
I checked through the menu after the meet to see if there was
something I might have set that would have caused this problem, but
didn’t find anything.
Any clues as to what was going on? Might it be a mechanical problem?
If you're shooting in AF.S mode, the action priority might be set to
"Focus-priority" (default setting). The K-5 manual says the shutter
won't fire if the subject is not in focus.
See the Custom Setting 3 menu on p.92. This can be a problem especially
if you use the shutter release button for both auto-focus and shutter
release.
There should also be a function that allows you to use the AF button on
the back for auto-focus & the shutter release only for shutter release.
It seemed like enabling the AF button on the back makes AF button and/or
pressing the shutter release halfway causes it to auto-focus. I couldn't
quite figure out how to separate the functions by what it said in the
manual.
Thanks,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA [email protected]
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