Perplexed

[dave97]

I have a Nikon D5300 and I was charging my battery ready for a party tomorrow. My grandchildren came to visit dressed in Halloween costumes. I picked up my camera forgetting the battery was not in and took 10 flash photos. How is this possible?

I've tried since with no battery in and of course it doesn't work

I've look at the images EXIF information and it shows photos were take with the D5300.

 

[Dutch Newchurch]

Weird stuff happens at this time of year.

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(If I had to give a rational explanation, I would guess that you perhaps took the battery out when the flash was charged, and the flash may retain significant charge in a capacitor. My old flash guns would carry on flashing, on retained charge, after the cells were removed. I would not have expected that charge to be able to power the camera too, but I suppose it is all a single gadget.)

 

[lambert4]

Did you have the battery grip attached and a battery still in the body?

 

[trungtran]

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[dave97]

No battery grip.

 

[Geoworker]

Your camera was saying "Trick or Treat"? ;-)

 

[dave97]

Thanks Dutch. It's strange it happened on Halloween night and people probably think it's a joke. This has never happened before and when I've tried to take a photo with no batter of course camera didn't work.

The strange thing is that I managed to take 10 phots with flash working,

 

[Dutch Newchurch]

Thanks Dutch. It's strange it happened on Halloween night and people probably think it's a joke. This has never happened before and when I've tried to take a photo with no batter of course camera didn't work.

The strange thing is that I managed to take 10 phots with flash working,

 

[Bobo Hodls]

You had to have had either a cable attached to the camera (giving it juice) or a battery in-camera. Not remembering exactly which would be chalked up to a bit of mental flatulence.

 

[tcg550]

Have you and your grandkids been dead since 1763 and only come out once a year on Halloween?

Post the photos, maybe you're the only one that sees the kids.

 

[Arneb]

I have a Nikon D5300...

You would be far better of with a mirrorless camera. DSLRs have that mirror in them that makes taking portraits of vampires sooo difficult.

At least, that's my experience. Personally, I've never, ever seen a vampire trough the viewfinder of my SLR.

 

[Leonard Migliore]

Whenever I try to take pictures of skyclad dancers on Samhain the camera never works even if it does have a battery.

 

[Dutch Newchurch]

I have a Nikon D5300...

You would be far better of with a mirrorless camera. DSLRs have that mirror in them that makes taking portraits of vampires sooo difficult.

At least, that's my experience. Personally, I've never, ever seen a vampire trough the viewfinder of my SLR.

And, to prove the point, shot with a mirrorless camera:







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Dutch
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Photography is about light, not light-proof boxes.

 

[stevo23]

No battery grip.

 

[stevo23]

I have a Nikon D5300 and I was charging my battery ready for a party tomorrow. My grandchildren came to visit dressed in Halloween costumes. I picked up my camera forgetting the battery was not in and took 10 flash photos. How is this possible?

I've tried since with no battery in and of course it doesn't work

I've look at the images EXIF information and it shows photos were take with the D5300.

 

[Chaplain Mark]

Either you picked up and shot with another camera thinking it was your batteryless Nikon, or the whole sequence is just a dream....

 

[stevo23]

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[FrancoD]

No need to be perplexed because it never happened.

In theory the flash capacitor could store some power , however that will not allow you to switch the camera on.

 

[Leonard Migliore]

No need to be perplexed because it never happened.

In theory the flash capacitor could store some power , however that will not allow you to switch the camera on.

But that's when it's not Halloween. On Halloween you could get demons powering the camera. I believe Maxwell described them.

 

[FrancoD]

No need to be perplexed because it never happened.

In theory the flash capacitor could store some power , however that will not allow you to switch the camera on.

But that's when it's not Halloween. On Halloween you could get demons powering the camera. I believe Maxwell described them.

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Leonard Migliore

Yes he did but I could not hear a word of it