Shutter button sticking - shutter speed dial

[Larry Kellogg]

Hello,
I noticed something funny with regards to the shutter button and the shutter speed dial. This weekend the shutter button started sticking hard, such that I couldn't push the button at all. I had a soft release mounted and I noticed that the soft release button would turn and turn. If you turned the soft release to a certain position the shutter button would get freed up.

It looked like the shutter speed dial was a little bit off of its AE mark. When I turned the shutter speed dial away from AE and back again, the shutter worked fine.

Has anyone else had this kind of problem? I'm trying to decide if this is a real problem or not.

Regards,

Larry

[krimple]

I have never had problems with the shutter release, but then I don't have a soft release. If I have a shutter release cable in the unit, and I try to review an image, I have to muck a bit with it to get it to take the 1/2 press, and sometimes with the cable release locked in, the shutter button can slip down a bit and stay there until I pull it back up a bit. That's the only thing I've ever noticed, but it hasn't really been a real issue for me.

Sounds like you may have a faulty switch mechanism. That's probably something for Epson to fix... If so, I hope they are quick with a replacement and that it is well aligned and in good order...

Ken

[RML]

I use a softie but I've never experienced the things you mention. I also never use the AE setting, preferring to set shutter time myself.

[JeffGreene]

Larry:

That is exactly the problem I experienced this morning. I also noticed that if I turned the button it would fire. My problem is that it no longer seems to work with the release.

[Didier]

Thanks Larry and Jeff, your experiences will keep me from screwing one of my softreleases into the R-D1 shutter button!

I just screwed the red one on a black Kiev 4AM where it looks absolutely gorgeous, as it's on the top of the large windup wheel. Really cool.

Didier