Shutter button has no resistance

leonardotmnt · 10-06-2018, 08:22 PM

I'm not sure what happened but today I started having an issue with the shutter button on my K-3. If I press it down like I normally do there's no resistance and I have to push it much deeper than normal to take the photo. Any ideas what happened?

Any way to fix it myself? I just (within the past month) sent it in to Precision to replace the mode dial which stopped working and now it's out of warranty. Very frustrated. Thanks!

Not a Number · 10-06-2018, 09:45 PM

Precision has a 90 day warranty on their repairs. I don't like coincidences and is it a coincidence that the shutter button is on the top plate with the mode dial? Contact Precision, they may have left a spring out or something.

leonardotmnt · 10-07-2018, 06:23 AM

That's what I was thinking. It did work for a while but maybe it was only half on or something?

10-06-2018, 08:22 PM	#1
leonardotmnt Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 94	Shutter button has no resistance I'm not sure what happened but today I started having an issue with the shutter button on my K-3. If I press it down like I normally do there's no resistance and I have to push it much deeper than normal to take the photo. Any ideas what happened? Any way to fix it myself? I just (within the past month) sent it in to Precision to replace the mode dial which stopped working and now it's out of warranty. Very frustrated. Thanks!

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10-06-2018, 09:45 PM	#2
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	Precision has a 90 day warranty on their repairs. I don't like coincidences and is it a coincidence that the shutter button is on the top plate with the mode dial? Contact Precision, they may have left a spring out or something.

10-07-2018, 06:23 AM	#3
leonardotmnt Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 94 Original Poster	That's what I was thinking. It did work for a while but maybe it was only half on or something?