Nice shot. Great job on the lighting. Don't know what could be plaguing your camera, although it sounds like the same mirror motor problem. Hopefully, it was just a one-time glitch.
Paul On Sep 23, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's a head-scratcher: > > Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out > to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the > occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on > a stand & softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. > All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera > stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of > light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), > but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try > again, but nothing. I tried the following: > > - turning the whole thing off & on again > - turning off the focus assist light > - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority > - using manual focus > - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode > - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO > > None of these got the shutter to fire. > > We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I > tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I > didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole > shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, > I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing > something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? > > Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking > as bad as he is able... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ > > Thanks in advance-- > :) > -c > > > > > - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
