K-X button lock

bjake · 05-30-2012, 08:54 AM

A setting must have got changed on my K-X to where the shutter button refused to fire sometimes,don't know if the lockout is focus or exposure.Would like to find setting where it will fire all the time.
Thanks,
Jake

adpo · 05-30-2012, 09:44 AM

could be catch-in-focus is turned on, or youre set to timer mode

top-quark · 05-30-2012, 09:54 AM

Have you got mirror lock-up enabled? It should be one of the drive options. That would require two presses of the shutter button to take a photograph.

subeeds · 05-31-2012, 01:18 AM

A couple of times when I've been shooting with macro, I've been too close and the shutter wouldn't fire until I backed up a bit. Other than that, I've never had it happen.

DaveHolmes · 05-31-2012, 07:10 AM

What lens is being used?
Sounds like the catch in focus feature...

I keep leaving the clamp 'on' on my macro lens when in AF... Took my ages to to work out what the problem was and felt a fool when I realised...

kitkat · 05-31-2012, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by bjake

A setting must have got changed on my K-X to where the shutter button refused to fire sometimes,don't know if the lockout is focus or exposure.Would like to find setting where it will fire all the time.
Thanks,
Jake

Happens to me a lot with my k-x. It is always because the camera cannot focus - the green hexagon at the bottom of the viewfinder flashes. I get frustrated and switch to manual focussing. There are two shooting situations where this has happened/continues to happen to me: 1. Taking an 'over-the-shoulder' shot of Concorde from the rear access steps (I think the vast amount of wing prevented the camera from finding something to focus on) 2. Shooting aircraft passing overhead.

Marc Sabatella · 05-31-2012, 12:34 PM

It's *normal* that the shutter won't fire unless it's in focus. The only mode in which the shutter will fire even though it is out of focus is manual focus mode. Well, on some cameras, it's conceivable continuous focus mode would work this way, but you wpuldn't normally be leaving the camera set that way.

bjake · 06-01-2012, 10:10 AM

Thanks for all the help.The mistake was mine as I put on an extension tube behind the lens but forgot to switch focus to manual.
Jake

05-30-2012, 08:54 AM	#1
bjake Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Eastern Kentucky Posts: 416	K-X button lock A setting must have got changed on my K-X to where the shutter button refused to fire sometimes,don't know if the lockout is focus or exposure.Would like to find setting where it will fire all the time. Thanks, Jake

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05-30-2012, 09:44 AM	#2
adpo Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Arizona Photos: Gallery Posts: 888	could be catch-in-focus is turned on, or youre set to timer mode

05-30-2012, 09:54 AM	#3
top-quark Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Photos: Albums Posts: 492	Have you got mirror lock-up enabled? It should be one of the drive options. That would require two presses of the shutter button to take a photograph.

05-31-2012, 01:18 AM	#4
subeeds Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camden County, Ga. Photos: Gallery Posts: 333	A couple of times when I've been shooting with macro, I've been too close and the shutter wouldn't fire until I backed up a bit. Other than that, I've never had it happen.

05-31-2012, 07:10 AM	#5
DaveHolmes Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,501	What lens is being used? Sounds like the catch in focus feature... I keep leaving the clamp 'on' on my macro lens when in AF... Took my ages to to work out what the problem was and felt a fool when I realised...

05-31-2012, 12:08 PM	#6
kitkat Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kanata, Ontario, Canada Posts: 85	Originally posted by bjake A setting must have got changed on my K-X to where the shutter button refused to fire sometimes,don't know if the lockout is focus or exposure.Would like to find setting where it will fire all the time. Thanks, Jake Happens to me a lot with my k-x. It is always because the camera cannot focus - the green hexagon at the bottom of the viewfinder flashes. I get frustrated and switch to manual focussing. There are two shooting situations where this has happened/continues to happen to me: 1. Taking an 'over-the-shoulder' shot of Concorde from the rear access steps (I think the vast amount of wing prevented the camera from finding something to focus on) 2. Shooting aircraft passing overhead.

05-31-2012, 12:34 PM	#7
Marc Sabatella Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denver, CO Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,685	It's normal that the shutter won't fire unless it's in focus. The only mode in which the shutter will fire even though it is out of focus is manual focus mode. Well, on some cameras, it's conceivable continuous focus mode would work this way, but you wpuldn't normally be leaving the camera set that way.

06-01-2012, 10:10 AM	#8
bjake Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Eastern Kentucky Posts: 416 Original Poster	Thanks for all the help.The mistake was mine as I put on an extension tube behind the lens but forgot to switch focus to manual. Jake