D-100 won't turn-off?

[pwarren]

I was shooting a soccer game last night and took a hundred or so photos. When I turned the "On/Off" switch to "Off" and the camera would not power down. The camera was frozen...no focusing, no ability to change settings etc. I opened the MB-100, released the batteries and the camera returned to normal.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any thoughts?

Thanks, Paul

PS: The photos were amazing ! (Raw mode, 80-200/2.8AFS). I barely remember my F-5 days. No more praying for a couple of good shots out of 36 !

 

[JonyDirk]

Mysterious glitches will always happen here and there in the digi-world.

You're situation can be anything for some mechanical hic-up with the on-off switch, to an electrical/softway who-knows-what.

Much like our desktops and laptops that occassionally lock-up, digi-cameras can have the same problem.

Taking the battery out is like a forced-reboot. If it continues to happen with frequency, then I would imagine you might want to send it to Nikon. If this is the only time, then shrug your shoulders....

Cheers,
John

 

[pointshoot]

Was there any photos still in the buffer still being processed and saved? The camera will remaine on until all images have been saved. There is a green light indicator on the back of the camera that indicates images are being written to the CF. Once all images have been saved the camera will turn off. JPEG files save much faster then RAW or TIFF files.

I was shooting a soccer game last night and took a hundred or so
photos. When I turned the "On/Off" switch to "Off" and the camera
would not power down. The camera was frozen...no focusing, no
ability to change settings etc. I opened the MB-100, released the
batteries and the camera returned to normal.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any thoughts?

Thanks, Paul

PS: The photos were amazing ! (Raw mode, 80-200/2.8AFS). I barely
remember my F-5 days. No more praying for a couple of good shots
out of 36 !

 

[Ed Keys]

I was shooting a soccer game last night and took a hundred or so
photos. When I turned the "On/Off" switch to "Off" and the camera
would not power down. The camera was frozen...no focusing, no
ability to change settings etc. I opened the MB-100, released the
batteries and the camera returned to normal.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any thoughts?

Thanks, Paul

PS: The photos were amazing ! (Raw mode, 80-200/2.8AFS). I barely
remember my F-5 days. No more praying for a couple of good shots
out of 36 !

Paul---Yes, I've had the same experience with a Coolpix 950 and know of a couple of other photographers who have had similar situations, including with a D-100. When you remove the batteries it is similar to restarting your home computer. This clears out the camera's computer and it will usually function correctly then.
I've used several D-100s and agree---it's really a sweet camera.
Have fun, Ed

 

[Thom Hogan]

I was shooting a soccer game last night and took a hundred or so
photos. When I turned the "On/Off" switch to "Off" and the camera
would not power down. The camera was frozen...no focusing, no
ability to change settings etc. I opened the MB-100, released the
batteries and the camera returned to normal.

As I've noted in most of my books, the "power switch" is not really a switch. It's an advisory to the CPU that the user wants to power down. If the buffer was full, the camera could have been writing to the buffer when you tried to shut down the camera (get in the habit of checking the green light on the back--NEVER flick the power switch to OFF when that light is ON). But there are other things that trigger such a "freeze." The D100 has several ways to reset it, including, of all things, a reset button.

--
Thom Hogan
author, Nikon Field Guide & Nikon Flash Guide
author, Complete Guides to the Nikon D100, D1, D1h, & D1x and Fujifilm S2
http://www.bythom.com

 

[pwarren]

Thanks for your collective help. It may well have been the buffer.

Thom: I have your book and have found it very helpful. I will keep the reset steps (page 78) in mind should it happen again. By the way - I have successfully cleaned the CCD, again thanks to your book, although I will admit that the process does get the heart rate way up.

Have an enjoyable weekend.

Paul

 

[Dave Angel]

If you're using compressed RAW, it takes 40 seconds per image to save. Most people would recommend changing to uncompressed RAW, which is 6 or 7 seconds, depending on card.

But if the "freeze" was really the writing to the memory card, then realize that by turning off the camera, you quite possibly lost some images. In particular, if there are 4 images in the buffer, and you shut off the camera, it'll finish the first one, then toss the other three and go off.

Never turn off that switch till the green light in the back goes out.

Thanks for your collective help. It may well have been the buffer.

Thom: I have your book and have found it very helpful. I will
keep the reset steps (page 78) in mind should it happen again. By
the way - I have successfully cleaned the CCD, again thanks to your
book, although I will admit that the process does get the heart
rate way up.

Have an enjoyable weekend.

Paul

--
DaveA