need help, shutter stopped releasing

Homo_erectus · 03-21-2014, 06:33 PM

I was shooting while playing fetch with my dog and my k5iis suddenly stopped releasing the shutter. When I got inside where it is quiet and tried it there's just a buzzing when I press the button. Anyone know whats going on here?

Thanks.

uttam.hathi · 03-21-2014, 06:55 PM

pls go to sensor cleaning mode and see if the shutter blades are tangledh

Homo_erectus · 03-21-2014, 07:07 PM

hmm, this is embarrassing but it seems that there was something obstructing the shutter button. I toyed with it for a bit and noticed that it would only release if I pressed the bottom half of the button, then after a bit more playing it started working normally. That was an extremely weird and disconcerting experience!

**BCtoad** · 03-23-2014, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by Homo_erectus

I was shooting while playing fetch with my dog and my k5iis suddenly stopped releasing the shutter. When I got inside where it is quiet and tried it there's just a buzzing when I press the button. Anyone know whats going on here?

Thanks.

It is the deadly dogs pit syndrome.

Homo_erectus · 03-23-2014, 09:38 AM

by way of an update, after my last post here yesterday I spent another 3 or 4 hours shooting and the camera worked perfectly normally.

03-21-2014, 06:33 PM	#1
Homo_erectus Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 410	need help, shutter stopped releasing I was shooting while playing fetch with my dog and my k5iis suddenly stopped releasing the shutter. When I got inside where it is quiet and tried it there's just a buzzing when I press the button. Anyone know whats going on here? Thanks.

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03-21-2014, 06:55 PM	#2
uttam.hathi Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Photos: Albums Posts: 621	pls go to sensor cleaning mode and see if the shutter blades are tangledh

03-21-2014, 07:07 PM	#3
Homo_erectus Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 410 Original Poster	hmm, this is embarrassing but it seems that there was something obstructing the shutter button. I toyed with it for a bit and noticed that it would only release if I pressed the bottom half of the button, then after a bit more playing it started working normally. That was an extremely weird and disconcerting experience!

03-23-2014, 07:15 AM	#4
BCtoad Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Posts: 135	Originally posted by Homo_erectus I was shooting while playing fetch with my dog and my k5iis suddenly stopped releasing the shutter. When I got inside where it is quiet and tried it there's just a buzzing when I press the button. Anyone know whats going on here? Thanks. It is the deadly dogs pit syndrome.

03-23-2014, 09:38 AM	#5
Homo_erectus Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 410 Original Poster	by way of an update, after my last post here yesterday I spent another 3 or 4 hours shooting and the camera worked perfectly normally.