D5100 won't take pictures after autofocus OK.

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

Hello,

First of all, excuse me if I didn't find an answer to that problem, I tried to find one on this forum and elsewhere but didn't succeed...

I bought a Nikon 5100 a year and a half ago. I have been very happy with it until recently. Here is my issue:

Sometimes when I try to take a picture, I hear the autofocus beep and see the green dot in the view finder, but the camera won't take the picture. I need to repress the capture button several times until it works.

It only started to happen very recently and I never encountered this problem before. My friend has had a D5000 for several years and no problem.

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Does anyone have any idea?[/FONT]

Thank you in advance

jaomul · Mar 5, 2014

Can't be 100% but it sounds like your shutter button is detective. It focuses on half presses but may not be making the contact on the second half of the switch. Someone else may have a better solution so stick around for some more answers

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

Thank you jaomul for your answer.

Indeed it does the focus on half presses but does not always take the picture on the second one so that would be a very plausible cause, especially since it only happened recently...

I am still hoping the hardware is not defective and that it could be some sort of settings

DarkShadow · Mar 5, 2014

Try cleaning contacts on lens or try a different lens if you have one.Resset camera to factory defaults maybe? Just some food for thought.

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

DarkShadow said:
Try cleaning contacts on lens or try a different lens if you have one.

Hello DarkShadow. I tried cleaning everything before, with my two lenses (Nikon 18-55 and Nikon 55-200). Nothing...

Braineack · Mar 5, 2014

shutter delay turned on?

KmH · Mar 5, 2014

Which focusing mode (AF-S, AF-C, or AF-A), and which focus area mode is the camera set to (single point, dynamic area, 3D)?

You might want to review pages 39-46 (Focus) in the D5100 Reference Manual that is a PDF file on the software disc that came with your camera.

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

Braineack said:
shutter delay turned on?

No, it is turned off. thks for responding

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

KmH said:
Which focusing mode (AF-S, AF-C, or AF-A), and which focus area mode is the camera set to (single point, dynamic area, 3D)?

You might want to review pages 39-46 (Focus) in the D5100 Reference Manual that is a PDF file on the software disc that came with your camera.

It is set to AF-S and I use single point. It happens in all modes (auto, M, etc.). Thanks

Seventen · Mar 5, 2014

Does it work when lens is in manual mode?

astroNikon · Mar 5, 2014

Maybe you are too close? Take a couple steps back and see if it still has the problem.

DarkShadow · Mar 5, 2014

Well if it's beeping then its either in AF-A or AF-S there is no beep in continues focus. So if your sure it's nothing in the settings got changed and its not lens issues.Sounds like a need of a repair that may or may not be worth it. Upgrade time woot woot.:mrgreen:

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

Seventen said:
Does it work when lens is in manual mode?

I don't often use manual. I will perform some tests to see if it also occurs in manual later today and get back to you

thank you

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

astroNikon said:
Maybe you are too close? Take a couple steps back and see if it still has the problem.

Hey astroNikon! I don't think that would be the issue... Last time I tried to take a picture was on a frozen lake yesterday, plenty of space ahead.

alexlveb · Mar 5, 2014

DarkShadow said:
Well if it's beeping then its either in AF-A or AF-S there is no beep in continues focus. So if your sure it's nothing in the settings got changed and its not lens issues.Sounds like a need of a repair that may or may not be worth it. Upgrade time woot woot.:mrgreen:

That would be the saddest, I only took a few thousand pictures with it