You're welcome. Been there, done that:-). Paul
> That seems to have been the problem. I noticed that the camera would fire > normally when the focus indicator light came on, but not if the indicator > didn't light up. You completed the last par of the puzzle ... sometimes > there's just too much to think about with these cameras. Thanks a lot, > Paul. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > > 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? > >

