D700 Shutter won't actuate?

ann · Dec 24, 2011

It would work for a few shots and then it would stall (or as the repair fellow said, a hicup) then I would get the error message. Every time we tried various things it would repeat it's little dance.

Trever1t · Dec 24, 2011

and when you try now it does the same thing? Mine only seems to do it after a couple hundred frames in a short time span? Pick it up right now and it's good to go!

ann · Dec 24, 2011

now it is the shop waiting to hear from Nikon about the part. ugh..........

Trever1t · Dec 24, 2011

wow, that sucks big time.

Derrel · Dec 24, 2011

Has it been fraternizing with a Canon or Pentax???

Trever1t · Dec 24, 2011

Never!!!!

I keep the Canon well away and out of sight.

ann · Dec 24, 2011

Derrel said:
Has it been fraternizing with a Canon or Pentax???

I hope not, but it does have a mind of it's own. :sexywink:

Trever1t · Dec 25, 2011

Seems this is a similar issue? http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/beyond-basics/215461-d700-problem-urgent-help-needed.html

manaheim · Dec 25, 2011

All Nikon's (and I assume any camera) will refuse to take a shot if they don't have a focus lock. What are your light conditions like? If they drop low enough it will be harder for the cam to focus? Just an idea. I would bet you a dollar if you switched it to manual focus it would start shooting again.

Kerbouchard · Dec 25, 2011

manaheim said:
All Nikon's (and I assume any camera) will refuse to take a shot if they don't have a focus lock. What are your light conditions like? If they drop low enough it will be harder for the cam to focus? Just an idea. I would bet you a dollar if you switched it to manual focus it would start shooting again.

Huh? We talked about this in the second post. The way Nikons perform is based on how they are setup...custom setting a1 and a2 determine whether the camera will release the shutter or not on the D700.

Trever1t · Dec 25, 2011

I tried it in good light and it still didn't function for a few moments. I will double check my settings but pretty sure I have it in shutter priority mode for continuous focus but either way it's like it stops doing what it was doing ya know. I'm using it in a certain manner for an hour and all of a sudden it starts behaving strange.

Trever1t · Jan 3, 2012

EDIT 1/03/2012 SOLVED!! THe on board flash I use to trigger the CLS system was the culprit. It will allow 6 or 7 rapid shots and then need recharge....Doh!! Answer is to be patient or use another SB-800 as a commander but that would bring the weight up on this beast to like 9lbs. Radio trigger is the real solution!

Kerbouchard · Jan 3, 2012

Glad you got it figured out. Rapid shots with flash can always give you problems, even with radio triggers...

ann · Jan 3, 2012

Wish mine was such any easy fix.:x

Trever1t · Jan 3, 2012

Yeah, I wish it was too, I hate to hear of issues like that.

When I say rapid sucession I mean like one per second, long enough for the OCF to recharge and beep.