help! my d90 can't take photos :(

redpixel · 29th March 2009

is there anybody here who has encountered this problem before, camera cannot capture pictures and live view is not working? i tried to search in google, found several posts complaining about this problem, but no resolution. if you know how to fix this (aside from going to the service center), please let me know. thanks!

saintleo · 30th March 2009

Ok in live view for my D300, the first half click makes the shutter close to FOCUS THE LENS. When it reopens, it is now focus, press the shutter release for the 2nd time and u will hear the mirror go up, this time it is really capturing the picture. This applies for shooting in "live view hand held mode" the first snap is for focus, the 2nd snap is for the shoot.

redpixel · 30th March 2009

Originally Posted by saintleo

Ok in live view for my D300, the first half click makes the shutter close to FOCUS THE LENS. When it reopens, it is now focus, press the shutter release for the 2nd time and u will hear the mirror go up, this time it is really capturing the picture. This applies for shooting in "live view hand held mode" the first snap is for focus, the 2nd snap is for the shoot.

thanks saintleo, it still doesn't work no matter how many times i clicked the shutter release button. even when not in live view mode (using viewfinder), my cam cannot take photos.

ohno321 · 30th March 2009

Maybe the contact of you lens to body got problem, replace ur lens and try again

redpixel · 30th March 2009

Originally Posted by ohno321

Maybe the contact of you lens to body got problem, replace ur lens and try again

i tried to clean the contact points, still have the problem. i tried with my other lens, still the same.

waah! i think only option left for me is the service center.

tutuy01 · 30th March 2009

When you click the button do you hear the shutter? Did you use your camera in movie mode? How long? I heard that there are some problems with D90 when using the movie mode for a long time. The sensor overheats.

mnmohamed · 30th March 2009

Hi redpixel, how about doing a factory reset and trying again if you haven't already? This might help in case if this issue is caused by any setting that were made inadvertently.

Good luck!

redpixel · 30th March 2009

Originally Posted by tutuy01

When you click the button do you hear the shutter? Did you use your camera in movie mode? How long? I heard that there are some problems with D90 when using the movie mode for a long time. The sensor overheats.

whenever i click the release button or the live view button, i can hear the shutter opening and then closing. however nothing is being captured. and nope, i didn't use the movie mode recently. however, i've been using my cam for long exposures, as well as the long exposure noise reduction function (which could take a while to complete). could this have overheated the sensor? thanks.

Originally Posted by mnmohamed

Hi redpixel, how about doing a factory reset and trying again if you haven't already? This might help in case if this issue is caused by any setting that were made inadvertently.

Good luck!

actually i wanted to try this last night, but i couldn't figure out how.

will search the manual today. thanks.

simcher · 30th March 2009

hmm.. are you on AF-A or AF-S focus mode? if you are... and your subject did not focus, the shutter won't fire... try AF-C. it should fire even if it's not focus...

dome81 · 31st March 2009

did you check whether you have a memory card in it ?
i try to snap photo during purchase, without memory card, the camera don't snap any photo as well... to see livemode, the sound is normal i guess, everytime i switch to livemode to do AF adjustment, i hear the sound.

st3ven · 31st March 2009

do you insert the battery and memory card? that is the most important part!! and remove the front cap of the lens.

Aidil Omar · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by st3ven

do you insert the battery and memory card? that is the most important part!! and remove the front cap of the lens.

Daedalus Trent · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by st3ven

do you insert the battery and memory card? that is the most important part!! and remove the front cap of the lens.

erm....How can he have forgotten to insert the battery if he's using LV?

To TS, yea, think you should go check it out at NSC

Justbear · 31st March 2009

did you took a 'hard' to process pic that your camera is taking a long time to buffer?

whats the 'r' reading you seeing now?

redpixel · 31st March 2009

thanks to all who replied.

i already brought my cam to the service centre. they need to check either the shutter or the sensor. most likely this was caused by sensor overheating.

searched several forums, seems that this is a common problem for d90. the sensor overheats when using movie mode for a long time. i, however, did not use movie mode. but i used my live mode several times in the past few days and also took a lot of long exposure photos (plus the long noise reduction job for long exposures). i guess my sensor overheated because of all this.

Daedalus Trent · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by redpixel

thanks to all who replied. i already brought my cam to the service centre. they need to check either the shutter or the sensor. most likely this was caused by sensor overheating. searched several forums, seems that this is a common problem for d90. the sensor overheats when using movie mode for a long time. i, however, did not use movie mode. but i used my live mode several times in the past few days and also took a lot of long exposure photos (plus the long noise reduction job for long exposures). i guess my sensor overheated because of all this.

hope your camera gets back in action soon then!

btw, how 'long' were your long exposures?

redpixel · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by Daedalus Trent

hope your camera gets back in action soon then!

btw, how 'long' were your long exposures?

thanks! i hope so too!

for the long exposures, i think each shot took about 30secs or more, plus on-cam noise reduction of another 30secs or more. i used my cam for this type of shots for at least 3 straight hours in the past few days.

tkbonz · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by redpixel

thanks! i hope so too! for the long exposures, i think each shot took about 30secs or more, plus on-cam noise reduction of another 30secs or more. i used my cam for this type of shots for at least 3 straight hours in the past few days.

Wah...thanks for the warning! Shall not put mine to the test.

Simon_84 · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by redpixel

thanks! i hope so too! for the long exposures, i think each shot took about 30secs or more, plus on-cam noise reduction of another 30secs or more. i used my cam for this type of shots for at least 3 straight hours in the past few days.

you can off your noise reduction option for faster image processing time.

Daedalus Trent · 31st March 2009

Originally Posted by redpixel

thanks! i hope so too! for the long exposures, i think each shot took about 30secs or more, plus on-cam noise reduction of another 30secs or more. i used my cam for this type of shots for at least 3 straight hours in the past few days.

wows!

Guess film'd be better for these kinda long exposures

29th March 2009	#1
redpixel Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 207	help! my d90 can't take photos :( is there anybody here who has encountered this problem before, camera cannot capture pictures and live view is not working? i tried to search in google, found several posts complaining about this problem, but no resolution. if you know how to fix this (aside from going to the service center), please let me know. thanks! __________________ check out my flickr album. :)

30th March 2009	#2
saintleo New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( Ok in live view for my D300, the first half click makes the shutter close to FOCUS THE LENS. When it reopens, it is now focus, press the shutter release for the 2nd time and u will hear the mirror go up, this time it is really capturing the picture. This applies for shooting in "live view hand held mode" the first snap is for focus, the 2nd snap is for the shoot.

30th March 2009	#4
ohno321 New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 13	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( Maybe the contact of you lens to body got problem, replace ur lens and try again

30th March 2009	#6
tutuy01 New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 13	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( When you click the button do you hear the shutter? Did you use your camera in movie mode? How long? I heard that there are some problems with D90 when using the movie mode for a long time. The sensor overheats.

30th March 2009	#7
mnmohamed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 169	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( Hi redpixel, how about doing a factory reset and trying again if you haven't already? This might help in case if this issue is caused by any setting that were made inadvertently. Good luck!

30th March 2009	#9
simcher Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 106	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( hmm.. are you on AF-A or AF-S focus mode? if you are... and your subject did not focus, the shutter won't fire... try AF-C. it should fire even if it's not focus...

31st March 2009	#10
dome81 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Jurong West Posts: 15	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( did you check whether you have a memory card in it ? i try to snap photo during purchase, without memory card, the camera don't snap any photo as well... to see livemode, the sound is normal i guess, everytime i switch to livemode to do AF adjustment, i hear the sound.

31st March 2009	#11
st3ven Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 53	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( do you insert the battery and memory card? that is the most important part!! and remove the front cap of the lens. __________________ Proud To Be Indonesian Shooter

31st March 2009	#14
Justbear New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9	Re: help! my d90 can't take photos :( did you took a 'hard' to process pic that your camera is taking a long time to buffer? whats the 'r' reading you seeing now?