First shot doesn't take with Minolta 7D

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jne - 12 Jun 2006 01:47 GMT

I have a Minolta 7D digital SLR.

When I use the camera after it has been idle for a couple of days or
more, the first photo I shoot usually doesn't take. The shutter
fires and the camera automatically turns itself off. The picture taken
is either all black or almost all black.

After that, I turn the camera on again and everything is fine.

The camera is 15 months old. It didn't exhibit this behavior when I
first got it. It happens with both batteries that I have even when
they are fully charged. I have sent it into Minolta (and now Sony)
twice for repair with no improvement. Customer support tells me they
have never seen this before.

Does anyone know if this is a common problem or do I just have some
kind of dud?

Thanks in advance.

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Dmac - 12 Jun 2006 07:48 GMT

> I have a Minolta 7D digital SLR.
>
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> Thanks in advance.

Sounds to me like they are giving you the run around. Such problems can
usually be traced down to a faulty capacitor on the circuit board. Maybe
they don't want to replace it? Get consumer affairs on the job. Sony in
Australia just LOOOVe them!!! NOT!

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Stéphane Guillard - 12 Jun 2006 08:17 GMT

Hi,

> When I use the camera after it has been idle for a couple of days or
> more, the first photo I shoot usually doesn't take. The shutter
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> Does anyone know if this is a common problem or do I just have some
> kind of dud?

I had this happen to me exactly once, a couple weeks ago.

Regards,

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tomm42 - 12 Jun 2006 14:47 GMT

> I have a Minolta 7D digital SLR.
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> Thanks in advance.

Is the memory card freshly formatted? Try that or a different memory
card (again freshly formated).

Tom

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Alan Browne - 17 Jun 2006 19:38 GMT

> I have a Minolta 7D digital SLR.
>
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> Does anyone know if this is a common problem or do I just have some
> kind of dud?

I have a similar age 7D and have had no problems except a couple ghost
resets.

As another poster states, try re-formatting the memory card.

Try removing and replacing the lens.

Try removing the battery over night and then replace it.

Fire the flash.

Check all of the custom settings. Consider a "reset to factory settings
" whatever it's called in the 7D.

Good luck.

At worst, as long as it doesn't get worse than one shot after turning
on, then take one shot after turning on and erase it and keep going.
(That's another test: if you erase the "blank" before shooting a 2nd
frame, does the error repeat itself?)

Cheers,
Alan

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