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Nov 28, 2006 17:59 |  #1

I was playing with my new bees,with settings and positions and camera functiong normally. About 1/2 hour into process, I took a picture, and the shutter sounded odd(?) After that, the lower 1/6 on the picture became darker than the rest. I tried different camera rotations and the dark aspect was always on the camera bottom , i.e. when camera rotated clockwise, dark on L, when camera rotated counterclockwise, dark on right. Even tried upside-down, dark on top. I also tried various light setting, but since the dark stripe followed the bottom of camera screen, this would eliminate lighting issues. The darkness was a gradual increase over lower strip of screen. The camera is a couple months old and I have no problems to date.
Any ideas. I will try to post some pictures. Jim


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Nov 28, 2006 18:10 |  #2

that sounds like shutter is stuck? :S I would freak out :(


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Nov 28, 2006 18:52 |  #3

#1 camera bottom down and # 2 bottom on right


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Nov 28, 2006 19:02 |  #4

Did you check the shutter speed to make sure it didn't get bumped above 1/250?


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Nov 28, 2006 19:07 |  #5

Do you have the same problems when you shoot w/o the lights?

What shutter speed are you using with the lights?


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Nov 28, 2006 19:09 |  #6

That looks like the shutter has been closing while the flash was still firing. Meaning too high a shutter speed.

Have you tried shooting anything else useing natural light?



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Nov 28, 2006 19:16 |  #7

I just checked....great call, I inadvertently changed to 320 shutter speed ( must have hit the dial. Sorry to bother you guys....thanks for the help.Sometimes you don't think of the simple stuff!!


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Nov 28, 2006 19:25 |  #8

[Badstarwarsimpersonat​ion]It is alright my son, we are all tempted by the Dark Side.
True strength comes from over coming our temptations and learning to master the power of the shutter.[/badstarwarsi​mpersonation]

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