Camera shutter button problem?

Hi guys,
Just got my new Xperia Z3, and the physical camera shutter button seems odd to me - wondering if this is a fault on my device, or just a strange design I'm not used to / wasn't expecting?
It has absolutely no soft click feedback unlike all the other buttons on that side of the phone, it just progressively moves further inward until its flush with the housing. Gentle pressure on the button performs the autofocus, but in order to activate the button fully (i.e. to wake the phone up into camera mode, or to take a photo), it seems to take a substantial amount of pressure. What I mean by that is that there's no way I would be able to push it without opposing force from the other side (i.e. strong grip), and when held like a normal camera, I have to squeeze it sufficiently hard that I can no longer quite keep the phone still (i.e. it moves or my hand starts to shake!) - which I'd have thought would make taking photos at night a nightmare!
Just interested to know how other people's work, similar experiences or is mine clearly different and I should get it changed?
Many thanks,
Greg
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thanks for the reply Thommo. Your reply inspired me down to the phone shop to confirm for myself what I was wondering. My phone is very definitely not right when compared to a normal one. The Z3 has a very definite two click level button (as did the Z1 compact and the Z2 on display that I also tried), that requires only a gentle pressure to activate each. Not sure how my description sounds fine at all now I've tried it on another phone!? Anyway, the woman in the shop agreed, as she actually struggled to even be able to press the button at all. I know you can get around using the button, but I've missed its existence on my HTC, and still images is exactly what I want it for.
EE are sending a new one out for tomorrow, taking away the old one at the same time. Fingers crossed for that one!
Greg

Similar Messages

N85 warranty and Camera shutter key problem

Hi,
I have had an N85 for around a year now, and I have had some problems with the phone. The phone has been cared for well, and now the shutter button on the camera has broken. I took it to my local repair centre, and was told that it wasnt covered by the warranty, as it was a "physical problem." I didn't have time to argue the problem, so took my phone back and left.
Was the sales rep correct? I fail to see how it should be anything other than a problem that comes under the warranty. Would I have more luck sending it off to nokia?
Thanks
Rob

If it broke and you weren't misusing it, then it should be covered by the warranty. However it's Nokia's warranty so it's pretty much up to them to decide whether they think it was damaged by you or broke on its own. I think that Nokia's central repair place isn't much more generous than the care points.
If you're in the UK, the retailer or phone provider you got it from has an obligation to make sure it's fit for purpose and reasonably durable. Unfortunately as it's over six months old you're still stuck trying to show that you didn't cause the fault, with an engineer's report or something similar. However it doesn't hurt to ask and they might go ahead and do the repair out of courtesy/loyalty. That was my experience with T-Mobile at any rate.
If it doesn't work out, I think something like Â£30 would be pretty typical for that kind of issue. Depending on how committed you are to the phone, it might be worth it.
Help I'm trapped in a sig factory.

Canon Eos 1 V shutter button problem

Hullo ! I recently bought a Canon Eos 1 V camera. Is a great body and very functional to me. I've found out a "problem" with the shutter button. It seems to be to "sensible" and never blocks the focus and the exposition. I tried all combinations possible - specially the Av Mode and so on. The lower button for vert. takes is instead perfect - locks AF and AE very well. The button seems to be too soft and has lost the "2 pressions" feel. Sometimes instead gets very hard. Is it more mechanical or software issue ? Is it a well known problem or I've got just on my camera ? The film counter shows an 750 count.
Here in Italy Canon repair service is getting very fussy about repairing non-digtal bodies.. Any solution or indication ? Do I have better sending to UK Canon Service or to Usa Canon service ?
Thank you and congratulation for the forum.
chellm

Hi chellm! The Canon Forum is hosted and moderated within the United States by Canon USA. We are only able to provide support for Canon products manufactured for the US market. If you live outside the United States, please click here and select your country or region for your support needs. We encourage you to discuss Canon products sold outside of the United States, but please be aware that you will not receive support directly from Canon USA.

Camera shutter sound problem

Hi all,
I have a 6+ which seems to be having a strange issue.
Whenever I take pictures or screenshots, there is no shutter sound for the first shot.
However, the subsequent shots have the shutter sound. The phone isn't on silent mode.
Please help!
Thanks

Change the profile to meeting and check the shutter sound.....

Rebel T3 1100 D shutter button is "freezing" or "locking up"

Practicing with my Rebel T3 1100 D outdoors and my shutter button is locking up making the picture impossible to capture. This is happening intermittently, meaning, I haven't seen a pattern. Eventually, after turning the camera off and on a few times, I can refocus on another "subject" and capture a shot.
I was wondering what I'm doing wrong. The manual does not cover this particular problem that I'm having.
A younger friend, he's a nurse who does photography on the side, shot with my T3 last week and he encountered the shutter button "freezing up" or "locking up", so he was unable to take the picture. He said it shouldn't do that, but isn't familiar with the EOS cameras. He suspected possibly it's a problem for "warranty" to look at or something set somewhere in the camera that I haven't figured out. Because, later on, he shot more with it, and then all of a sudden he couldn't get a picture again, he thought it might be an actual camera problem or bug. Advised me to send back while my warranty is in effect.
You push down on the shutter button, subject comes in focus, then you push down further to capture the shot and the button does not function.
Please help if you know anything about a shutter button problem with the EOS T3.
Thank you so much for your time.
Julie

AF is controlled by the camera UNLESS you turn the AF / MF switch (located on the lens) to MF (manual focus). From the way I'm reading the info you've added you are trying to shoot in low light, which is very taxing to the AF systems on most cameras, especially with consumer grade lenses. You'll often read the term "fast glass" or a "fast lens" which refers to lenses with wider max apertures, which allows more light in for the AF to work with. One of the more common work arounds is to set the camera to use ONLY the single center AF point. When that doesn't work it's time to use MF but without a focusing aid (such as the split prism used before AF) it's tough to hit aa perfect focus regularly.
"A skill is developed through constant practice with a passion to improve, not bought."

I am having the problem when trying to take a panorama picture. It may only take the first frame or doesn't even start at all when I press the shutter button. even though when i hold the phone straight up and down, so that camera is at the top

I am having the problem when trying to take a panorama picture.
It may only take the first frame or doesn't even start at all when I press the shutter button.
even though when i hold the phone straight up and down, so that camera is at the top on the back and the home button is on the bottom on the front.
This problem is irritating me....?

To take panorama
- ensure that the panorama option is on
- press the shutter button once
- you will see a line with an arrow
- move around in a circle ( I keep the camera steady and turn myself around in a circle)
- as you do this you will see the arrow moving across the screen as it captures pictures
- at the end of the capture, you will be able to see your panorama picture
I hope that this helps, do report back.

Why does my shutter button not work in tethered capture mode? Camera is recognized, but doesn't fire

The shutter button does not fire the camera. My Canon 1ds Mark III and its settings are recognized, but the button does NOTHING.

Possibly the flex connector of the charging dock, flex ribbon (#4) is not perfectly seated down to the logic board.

Camera no longer works on shutter button

Just updated my phone to 5.1, when pressing the shutter button for quick way to take pictures, it now takes 30seconds for camera to come on screen then flickers and won't take a picture. Is there anyway I can reverse this upgrade as it has not improved anything on my phone, it is still very hard to hear when ringing or playing music and now I can't take pictures correctly. Thanks in advance.

Hi tonywam, welcome to the community!
Follow @Phy's advice and keep us updated. If it doesn't work then you can try running a software repair on the device as that is likely to help.
You will need to download PC Companion.
Note: a software repair will delete all user data, to back
up your phone:
1. Go to Support to install PC Companion on a Windows
computer.
2. When installed, start PC Companion on the computer.
3. Connect your phone to the computer using a USB cable.
4. Click Start under Backup & Restore.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
(Exactly what contents will be backed up may differ
depending on phone model.
You can view detailed information about this as you follow
the steps in the Backup & Restore wizard).
Running the software repair on PC Companion:
1. Install and open PC Companion then select Support Zone.
2. Phone Software Update.
3. Start.
4. Repair Phone
5. Continue
6. Accept data removal
7. Next
8. Wait for prepare
9. Select Phone
10. Follow the connection steps

Recently recieved a second hand Iphone 4. I was testing the Camera, the rear one worked perfectly fine, however when i pressed the switch button the front facing camera shutter freezed and started flickering. In order to get it back to the rear camera I

recently recieved a second hand Iphone 4. I was testing the Camera, the rear one worked perfectly fine, however when i pressed the switch button the front facing camera shutter freezed and started flickering. In order to get it back to the rear camera I have to reset my settings. Does anyone know why the front facing camera is doing this and how i can fix it.
iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

I would ask the person you received it from if they've had this issue.
You can completely close out of the camera, then do a reset, hold down the home/power button together until yo usee the apple logo and then release, then wait for you phone to boot back up.

N82 camera shutter problem

As the subject states i have a problem of camera shutter. Even if the shutter is off the lights of camera key/gallery/volume-up/down is on. And when the camera application is opened when the shutter is closed the main camera is activated. If i manually open/close the shutter then there is no effect on the camera activation/deactivation.
I resetted my phone, done every sort of thing to reinstate except for the software update but with no success
Anyone here to solve my problem?
Please thank me by giving 'KUDOS' star. It will help me to serve you better.
Currently using N82 and 5230. Next would be N?

Wouldn't have come back here. But thought that if any user faces this problem can have some help!
I reinstalled the firmware and now it is working perfectly fine.
Any idea what could have happen wrong? (surely there could be user who knows answer of this question )
Please thank me by giving 'KUDOS' star. It will help me to serve you better.
Currently using N82 and 5230. Next would be N?

Ipod 4th Gen camera shutter wont open

I recently updated the Ipod to ios 6.1.6 but the camera shutter wont open and when i save photos from apps like safari it saves them then instantly deletes the photos I just told safari to save. this is my first apple product and to be honest with this much problems i'm actually considering a more Linux based device. but if the apple community can help me in anyway to fix my expensive device it would be appreciated.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

TS4006 The camera shutter will not open and the camera screen is black front and rear ipod 4, tried force quit and reset, help?

The camera shutter will not open sometime and the camera screen is black. It seems to open as if were switching to the rear but that also appears black? i have force quit the app and hard/soft reset, help?

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

My camera shutter doesn't open

My iPhone camera shutter will not open. Occasionally, the reverse camera shutter will open, but when I hit the button to reverse it back it just blurs out the picture--I don't think it ever switches around. I have powered off the phone using the top button and have done a reset by hitting both the top button and the front button at the same time. What else can I try? I am about 200 miles from the nearest Apple Store.

Basics from the manual are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as new. If you've tried ALL those steps and the problem persists, you'll need to make the trip to Apple.

Iphone 4 camera shutter stuck

I updated my iphone 4 to iOS 5.1 and now when I go into my camera the camera shutter is stuck closed how do i fix it so i can use my camera again.

What have you done to try and troubleshoot this? Power the phone off/on. If it still is not working, then try a reset. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. See if it works after that. Next step if no help is a restore, first from a backup, and if necessary as a new device. Last step is to make an appointment at the Apple Genius Bar and have them check for a hardware problem.

Ipad2 camera shutter freezes, any suggestions on how to fix

My iPad camera shutter freezes, any suggestions

Claudette-
I'm not sure what you mean by "freezes". You could have a defective iPad. If you can demonstrate it to the Apple Store Genius, you may get a new iPad on the spot.
One thing you can try is to reset the iPad. Hold both the Home and Sleep buttons for several seconds until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the "Slide to power off" arrow. The iPad will restart in a couple of minutes. Resetting will not hurt anything and sometimes clears up mysterious problems.
Fred

Camera shutter button problem?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for