On Feb 25, 7:46 am, "Garry Douglas" <ga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Feb 25, 7:16 am, "Garry Douglas" <ga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Halfordian Golfer" <walke...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > Hi Guys,
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> >> > Hope someone can help. I have a Canon Digital Rebel EOS camera that
I
> >> > really like. Here's my question. I was shooting at a 1 year old's
> >> > birthday party last night in a restaurant (Casa Bonita) and there
> >> > where times where the shutter would not trigger. My assumption is
that
> >> > the camera thought it was too dark or couldn't find any focus
points
> >> > or something. When I'd press the shutter, I'd see a "Busy" in the
> >> > viewfinder and a fully colored circle in the display. I had a
problem
> >> > with a Sigma lens getting an Err99 but that is off to be fixed and
I
> >> > can't think of anything related between these events. It's like the
> >> > DSLR just goes to lunch sometimes. Oddly powering off/on would no
> >> > avail, but I did get a reset removing the battery.
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> >> > Any help or thoughts very, very much appreciated.
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> >> > Sincerely,
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> >> > Tim
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> >> Did you try switching the lens to manual focus to see if that fixed
it?
> >> If
> >> the shutter still didn't fire when the lens is set to MF that would
> >> probably
> >> eliminate an inability to obtain focus as the cause of the problem.
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> > Thank you all for your replies. This will give me a lot to try in the
> > future. Definitely need to get some clean CF cards as well as spare
> > batteries and realize that the flash takes a while to recharge. The
> > Err99 was an incompatible Sigma 70/300 Super Macro. I sent that back
> > to Sigma for re-chipping.
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> > Excellent you guys, thank you very much. I am indebted.
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> Don't feel indebted Tim. If we all send you our banking details please
feel
> free to clear the debt :-)
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> Garry
Feel free to send me your banking details!
Tim
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