halfway shutter button not working - A85

cav · 17th of July 2006 (Mon)

i have just noticed on my A85 that the focus and such that used to happen when you press the shutter button halfway now nolonger happens. i tried resetting all settings and such and stll no luck...is this a common problem? the camera is only a year and a half or so old and has not been dropped badly or such recently...

any help would be great.
Cheers.

spelchek · 17th of July 2006 (Mon)

I had similar thing happen on my A85... only on mine, the shutter button was stuck on half-way.. so it would instantly autofocus when u turned it on.. and you coupld not use the zoom lever...

HAd to take it to Canon to have fixed. They did a great job and under warranty
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cav · 17th of July 2006 (Mon)

yea...i have yet to check my warranty..i presume its a standard 1 year warranty?...and presumably canon will not have any of it if its out of that year, which it would be by now...?

sando · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

A year warrenty is just that... a warrenty lasting a year.

You would need to get it fixed and pay yourself now, canon wont honour a warrenty which has run out.

It may just be a worn-out button, or maybe a loose connection somewhere.

17th of July 2006 (Mon)	#1
cav Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	halfway shutter button not working - A85 i have just noticed on my A85 that the focus and such that used to happen when you press the shutter button halfway now nolonger happens. i tried resetting all settings and such and stll no luck...is this a common problem? the camera is only a year and a half or so old and has not been dropped badly or such recently... any help would be great. Cheers.

17th of July 2006 (Mon)	#2
spelchek Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane, AUS Posts: 144	Re: halfway shutter button not working - A85 I had similar thing happen on my A85... only on mine, the shutter button was stuck on half-way.. so it would instantly autofocus when u turned it on.. and you coupld not use the zoom lever... HAd to take it to Canon to have fixed. They did a great job and under warranty ! __________________ spelchek ---------------------- XTi 18-55 kit lens \| 17-85mm IS EF-S \| Nifty Fifty (arriving any day now)

17th of July 2006 (Mon)	#3
cav Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	Re: halfway shutter button not working - A85 yea...i have yet to check my warranty..i presume its a standard 1 year warranty?...and presumably canon will not have any of it if its out of that year, which it would be by now...?

18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#4
sando Goldmember Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Derbyshire, England Posts: 2,863 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: halfway shutter button not working - A85 A year warrenty is just that... a warrenty lasting a year. You would need to get it fixed and pay yourself now, canon wont honour a warrenty which has run out. It may just be a worn-out button, or maybe a loose connection somewhere. __________________ - Matt Chesterfield Wedding Photography \| Twitter \| LinkedIn \| Facebook 5DmkII \| 17-40 \| 24-105 \| 580EXII

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