Nikon D50 Err Fix
My trusty Nikon D50 has been suffering from occasional freeze ups, with Err flashing in the display window. I searched on the web for hints and found a number of reports of this problem, all with the solution “take it in for service”. In my case the err appears when using auto focus, the camera freezes and Err flashes in the display window on the top of the camera. I had the camera cleaned and tuned up by Photo-Tronics link in Seattle The error has returned twice since servicing. The first time it went away on it’s own.
Yesterday it occurred again. While playing around with the camera, trying to get the error to clear, my friend Michael took a photo in Manual mode. Magic error gone. Data Set of 1 is not a conclusive solution, but it did work once.
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Yippeee! Thanks Rob!
I locked my mirror up to clean the sensor and after so doing it kept jamming. Could not clear it and I tried everything! Cleaning it again, reseting the camera, changing lenses and cards and going through everything in the menu.
Came across this article and thought “Hmmm!”
One snap in Manual mode, the camera got a little confused… It finally let the shutter down reporting that it was now working with a “bulb” setting (which is where you keep the shutter open for a non-determined time… Very useful for “painting” objects with a flash-gun). I sped up the shutter and it worked fine from then on.
Gonna add that to my “quick fix” box for future reference
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Mallie
Thanks guys! I dont know if your suggestion fixed it but somewhere else it said the fix was “clean & adjust mirror” and you are suggesting that there is some dirt or something causing this. So I got a can of compressed air and GENTLY (repeat GENTLY) blow it over the shutters and surrounding area and this fixed it for me.
Its been 8 months since I first saw this problem and the problem has repeated itself about 4 times. Each time, I lock the mirror up and blow some compressed air on to the shutters. It works everytime. Eventually i guess it will stop working but the camera is not worth fixing at a price of 200$ when a new body used can be had for about 300$. So much for the Nikon quality – I will try a canon next time.
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