Originally posted by reh321 Most likely, the aperture failed and you did the natural thing, taking a burst of pictures for each image you wanted. Unfortunately, for a camera like this, the shutter / mirror can handle only so much of that.
Nice hypothesis, but contradicted by the facts. During the time this problem has existed, I have never taken pictures in burst mode, always single shot. Actually, I reviewed each shot before taking the next one, to see if the camera was back to normal.
(In fact, I have never used burst mode in the time I've owned the camera.)