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Was at Brands Hatch yesterday for the Time Attack series and as such was shooting bursts of shots in continuous high speed mode with af-c tracking.
After a while (few hours) the camera started playing up. The battery indicator started flashing, the camera refused to focus and the shutter refused to release. OFF was flashing briefly in the top display.
I changed batteries to another fully charged one but after a dozen shots the problem reoccurred. Checking the battery meter on both batteries revealed the first one had around 65% remaining and the one I changed to had 95% remaining.
The only way for me to keep shooting was to turn the camera off, and remove and replace the battery. I could then shoot another dozen shots or so before it happened again.
I tried disabling the VR on my 70-200 but no difference, I also cleaned the contacts on the body and the lens, no difference either. The batteries have small scoring on the contacts but were certainly not dirty, but I cleaned those as well in case but again no difference.
Spoke to Nikon Professional support this morning and the guy I spoke to had not heard of this problem before and suggested sending the camera in for an engineer to take a look at it. I would be without the camera for 10 working days and as it's a fair way outside warranty now I will also have to pay for any parts and labour.
So, before I send it away, has anyone experienced this problem before and if so, is there anything I can do myself to resolve it?
FWIW I have tried to reproduce the problem today and have not been able to - perhaps it only occurs after the camera has been used for a few hours?
Cheers in advance
After a while (few hours) the camera started playing up. The battery indicator started flashing, the camera refused to focus and the shutter refused to release. OFF was flashing briefly in the top display.
I changed batteries to another fully charged one but after a dozen shots the problem reoccurred. Checking the battery meter on both batteries revealed the first one had around 65% remaining and the one I changed to had 95% remaining.
The only way for me to keep shooting was to turn the camera off, and remove and replace the battery. I could then shoot another dozen shots or so before it happened again.
I tried disabling the VR on my 70-200 but no difference, I also cleaned the contacts on the body and the lens, no difference either. The batteries have small scoring on the contacts but were certainly not dirty, but I cleaned those as well in case but again no difference.
Spoke to Nikon Professional support this morning and the guy I spoke to had not heard of this problem before and suggested sending the camera in for an engineer to take a look at it. I would be without the camera for 10 working days and as it's a fair way outside warranty now I will also have to pay for any parts and labour.
So, before I send it away, has anyone experienced this problem before and if so, is there anything I can do myself to resolve it?
FWIW I have tried to reproduce the problem today and have not been able to - perhaps it only occurs after the camera has been used for a few hours?
Cheers in advance