I was given a new Nikon D3100 for my birthday a few weeks ago. It's been working fine but today it seems to have developed a strange problem. When I take a shot at any shutter speed, it sounds as if it's on a 1/3 shutter. no matter what speed I set it to, even 1/4000, you can hear the mechanical sliding of the shutter opening, then closing about a 1/3 second after. Before, at fast shutter speeds, the sounds of the shutter uncovering and covering the sensor were so fast that they were pretty much indistinguishable from each other. Functionally it seems fine, maybe theres a delay between pressing the shutter release and the shutter actually releasing? Thanks in advance
Are your pictures properly exposed and are they sharp or are your pictures degraded? Is that 1/3-second you describe a delay between the time you push the shutter release and the time the picture is taken or somthing else? Check to make sure you're in the proper shutter release mode (slider switch to right of the mode dial). Also, your self-timer may be turned on. Your camera allows you to set a 2 or 10 second delay from the menus. If it is set to 2 seconds and turned on, it might seem like a 1/3-second delay. If that doesn't help, you camera is covered by Nikon's warranty. Contact Nikon Service at 1-800-NIKON-US (1-800-645-6687) 9AM-8PM EST, Monday to Friday.
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Are those NiMH batteries? Have you tried resetting the camera? If no standard way, just take out batteries for a few minutes, the more the merrier, let the tension build, and replace them. Try tapping on the lens area, it might loose something up. Best I can do, know it aint much ;] Good luck!
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I was having the same problem.. And since I could not afford to take it to the shop, I tried everything I could think of...
Then I fixed it!!
It seems that the slide door behind the shutter was stuck for some reason... If you remove the lens.. (make sure the camera is in manual mode)... snap a shot so the shutter is up.. then gently slide the panel in the back down....
Once I did that.. the camera was working again.... Hope this easy solution works for you guys....
SOURCE: Nikon D3100 - how to
For Quick Response Mode and other Release Modes, please see "image1":
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For remote control shooting or Bulb mode, see "image2":
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hiit is not easy to tell what exact problem. It has quite of causes in your case. But I can only tell most common cause that it is sequence unit fail. It could also other like shutter fail, mirror box mech fail, motor fail, control pcb fail, and so on...etc...I recommended you bring to your local service place or Nikon service center which is helpful to you.
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