Camera talk...

[nac]

Now I understand the advantage of a Mirrorless+prime lens. Will keep this in my list now. A nice mirror less with 35mm 1.8 will be what I want now

I don't know, I don't buy the size/weight advantage of mirrorless claim. As long as one sticks with pan cake lens, Okay. Fine. But once you want to put other lenses it's no more light/small or at least significant enough comparing to DSLR. Yes, body is lighter but not the lenses.
1" compact zoom or APS C compact prime are much better choice for one who already have an ILC system and wants to have a secondary camera.

 

[sujoyp]

I am not saying I will replace my existing system...maybe I will get a cheap m4/3 or Sony mirrorless with a prime to keep in her handbag

 

[Siddhartht]

I am not saying I will replace my existing system...maybe I will get a cheap m4/3 or Sony mirrorless with a prime to keep in her handbag

Then it would be better to go with something like Ricoh GR, which is a dependable camera (and in moderate usage, will not require servicing). The best advantage is the lens, which is simply versatile for any scenario possible. Another camera worth looking is Fujifilm X70.
As [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] said, mirrorless with rather bulky lenses would be useless, and the pancake lenses are usually not that sharp. On the contrary, APS-C mirrorless with fixed lenses are sharp. You will loose versatility of changing the lens, but cameras I mentioned above, if used properly are as good as top of the line APS-Cs with most expensive primes.

 

[sujoyp]

yaah I liked what Ricoh GR has to offer but at 50k I will never go for it. I would rather get a old sony A6000 and a prime lens which will cost me half of this.

 

[saikiasunny]

Hi guys, I am facing a small problem with my D3300. When my flash is popped up, the shutter button does not function. I can autofocus with the button but it won't click a picture. Without the flash, it is working fine.
I just got the camera, so don't know much about the settings.

Thanks in advance

 

[nac]

Hi guys, I am facing a small problem with my D3300. When my flash is popped up, the shutter button does not function. I can autofocus with the button but it won't click a picture. Without the flash, it is working fine.
I just got the camera, so don't know much about the settings.

If you get don't AF confirmation (no green box or yellow warning box), you can't take picture. Set in manual or semi manual mode and try.

 

[saikiasunny]

If you get don't AF confirmation (no green box or yellow warning box), you can't take picture. Set in manual or semi manual mode and try.

Yup tried in manual mode too. It won;t work with the flash popped up. It works fine without it.

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Also, the screen does show that the flash is in TTL or manual mode. I don't know what's causing this problem.

 

[nac]

Yup tried in manual mode too. It won;t work with the flash popped up. It works fine without it.

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Also, the screen does show that the flash is in TTL or manual mode. I don't know what's causing this problem.

I don't know what could be, try these
- If you're shooting @ close distance, step back and shoot. There is minimum focus distance for every lens, mind that.
- Reset to factory setting

If these don't work, ask anyone nearby your place who knows about DSLR. (He's gonna press shutter button the same way you did, but it's gonna fire like it should ) or shoot video of what you do (shoot the film from behind the camera in a way that we can see the backside LCD) if possible and post it here. Someone here likely to know the solution.

 

[sujoyp]

what I feel is you seems to shoot in dark or low light on auto mode. how are you trying to shoot without flash?? did you try to shoot in A (Aperture priority) mode ? check the settings in the screen, do you find a setting which says that click picture only when AF is confirmed, and change it to no.

What I suggest is do a factory reset of settings...set the dial to P (program auto mode) and set the flash to no if its possible. and now try.

 

[saikiasunny]

thanks for the quick reply guys

So video will be a long shot so here is what i am currently doing.

I reset shooting and setup modes.

then I move to manual mode

then I move the lens to manual focus

I press the flash button to pop it up. It pops up without issue

Then when i focus at something and press the shutter button, it won't fire. the flash does not light up.


i repeat all the steps mentioned above but this time without the flash and everything just works.

And yes i have tried it with auto modes.

 

[nac]

I reset shooting and setup modes...

- I don't know if this and factory reset is same. If not, reset to factory settings and try. Don't worry you won't lose your photographs.
- Check your user manual and see if there is any help (troubleshoot options)
- Put your camera in Auto mode and shoot. Point to note, do not manually pop up the flash. Shoot in a condition (dark room or something like that) where camera thinks the exposure needs flash and it automatically pops up the flash to fire. If you can hear a click noise or something but it doesn't fire, send it to service center.

 

[sujoyp]

look for flash menu and see what is there...most probably its on No. and since there is no flash due to darkness its not focussing properly and not clicking.

here is the flash mode in D3300
How to Choose a Flash mode on the Nikon D3300 - dummie
In M manual mode select fill flash mode and try again.

Also see what focus mode is selected...find the AF point menu and set Auto Area for now.

Nikon D3300 AF-Area Modes - dummie

 

[saikiasunny]

Yup tried that. Is there any separate option to reset to factory settings?

Also i have tried with complete auto mode in a dark room and a bright room. The camera detects that there is low light but it won't work after that. It pops up automatically.

I have set the AF-s and single shot in manual mode. And also used AF-a.

 

[sujoyp]

hmm strange...what you say seems to be all correct setup....i would say search how to factory reset the cam in user guide or online...else you will have to go to service center or camera shop again

 

[nac]

Also i have tried with complete auto mode in a dark room and a bright room. The camera detects that there is low light but it won't work after that. It pops up automatically.

It's an issue, take it to Nikon service center.
Probably something small like this, but don't try it yourself.

 

[saikiasunny]

I think that is the only thing left to do. Any idea how much does the service costs in centres? It is a second-hand camera. It was used by my relative but sparingly. Earlier the flash was working. I have seen it.

He didn't use it for almost 3 months so he handed it to me.

 

[nac]

I think that is the only thing left to do. Any idea how much does the service costs in centres? It is a second-hand camera. It was used by my relative but sparingly. Earlier the flash was working. I have seen it.
He didn't use it for almost 3 months so he handed it to me.

Is it more than two years old? I thought it's under warranty.
I don't know how much it costs. I have a Canon compact camera, few months ago when I asked for quotation they said without inspecting they can't give quotation. Service charge for inspecting (aka find the problem) was 550 + tax. This is the rough guesstimation I can give right now.
Call them and ask for quotation.

 

[saikiasunny]

It is just a year old.

Let's see how much they ask. If they are going to ask more than 1K then I would rather go for an external flash.

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Is there any connection or relation of the inbuilt flash and an external one?

 

[nac]

It is just a year old.
Is there any connection or relation of the inbuilt flash and an external one?

If you have bill, claim warranty then. Nikon gives 2yrs warranty.
Camera not pops up the builtin flash when it detects external flash mounted on hotshoe, so yeah there could be some connection but not sure.

 

[CRACING]

Hello [MENTION=111848]saikiasunny[/MENTION]

I have read your camera issue and it seems weird but not uncommon. Lot of Nikon and Canon DSLR users have faced this problem but its mostly hardware related and could only be fixed by service center or replaced.

I have D3200 and I have checked all the settings but none (except IR release mode) could stop shutter button from taking photos when focus is green. After-all, our cameras are basic DSLRs so there aren't many options and when we choose factory reset, the camera should function normally, if not its hardware issue.

Popup flash is TTL type, that means the camera fires flash two times (Before shutter is released and while shutter is open). I think your camera couldn't fire the pre-flash hence its not taking photos.

Problem could be from minor connection issues (like nac shown a video to fix) to major capacitor or other internal component. It would be connection problem when camera cannot detect popup flash when opened but in your case, camera detects the flash so it seems to be internal component(s) fault.

TTL external flash has full connection to camera and when attached popup flash doesn't open but due to flash problem in your camera, I doubt external flash gonna work either. Manual external flash has single connection to camera and it has to work but you have to guess the exposure yourself.

I advice you to take the camera to Nikon service center and get the problem resolved asap. If it has bad capacitor and if leaks then more issues may raise.

Thanks...
Best Regards