shutter question....?

[st_jude1973@yahoo.com]

i have a nikon d3000. ive only had it for a month at the most. i use it a lot but no damage, shock, rapid temp change, etc. as of 5 min ago the shuttter started acting weird. there's an extra click at the end thats not norm. and if you look throuhg the veiwfinder during this click the veiw shifts a little. also my release mode is on continuous but oddly it will only take 1 shot. my battery still has 2 bars. any ideas?

[zona5101]

what are the images looking like? do they appear "normal"? or blurred like your shutter is hanging up?

[st_jude1973@yahoo.com]

Originally Posted by zona5101

what are the images looking like? do they appear "normal"? or blurred like your shutter is hanging up?

they look completely normal. and the veiw finder isnt staying black or anything thats why im so confused... i checked if i have the mirror locked and stuff. nothin doin.

[zona5101]

Sorry i don't know. I downloaded the manual for your camera and skimmed over features and troubleshooting and found nothing like you describe. As with anything run by batteries, take 'em out wait a minute then power it back up. Sometimes they need to be reset like that. Maybe someone else has had the same issue and can be of better help.

[OsmosisStudios]

VR lens with speeds above 1/200?

[st_jude1973@yahoo.com]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

VR lens with speeds above 1/200?

actually when you posted that i had a breif revelation and put on my stock lens. lo and behold!!!!!!
but what happened?
i feel like such an idiot.... i was freaking out.

zona5101 thanks for all that i really appreciate it!

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by st_jude1973@yahoo.com

actually when you posted that i had a breif revelation and put on my stock lens. lo and behold!!!!!!
but what happened?
i feel like such an idiot.... i was freaking out.

zona5101 thanks for all that i really appreciate it!

Had the same happen to me.

The thing is because it's a VR lens. When you press the shutter half-way down, the VR engages. It has a bell-curve shaped effectiveness, which means that it has a sweet spot in where its most effective which, by all accounts, is ~2 seconds after it is activated (half-press the shutter, count 1, 2, then full press).

If you dont wait long enough, what happens is that the camera takes a VERY short amount of time to speed up the VR curve and delays just enough to get the VR into the nicer part of it. It's not usually all that noticeable except when youre using faster shutter speed: the camera SOUNDS like it's shooting at about 1/15-1/20, but it's at 1/200 or faster. The reason for this is that the 1/200+ speeds sound very fast, but with the VR latency it sounds very slow: its noticeable.

Not to worry: it's totally normal. If you wanna have some fun to test it out, put your VR lens on, shutterspeed of 1/500 and turn the VR on. Fire in COntinuous for a few shots, then turn the VR off, and try it again. I can guarantee that the sound will be different.

[st_jude1973@yahoo.com]

thanks so much ha ha you're right. man what a NERD i am