Hi Shel, It would behave that way if it's set on autofocus and you're using a manual focus lens. Paul
> Well, my little DS with less than 700 exposures on started giving me > trouble last night. Sometimes it won't fire, other times there's a lot of > shutter lag - 3 or more seconds. I put in fresh bats and nothing has > changed. Wassup with this? Any functions or modes or features I should be > checking, or should I just chuck this temperamental pile of plastic and > wires and go back to using a real camera? > > > Shel > >

