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Nikon D80 r09 coming up. Was wondering if you fellow Nikon D80 users could help me with something. When trying to shoot the stars at night or lightening at night, I set the camera on M mode & the shutter speed to BULB . I also set the camera to work with it's remote, which I have used before. But when trying to depress the shutter with the remote or with my finger, I keep getting a "r09" in the viewfinder & in the LCD info center. Over time I have also gotten "r05" or "r06" when shooting other subjects, even when shooting in AUTO setting. Is it safe to assume that this is related to not enough light on my subject? If so, can I override something so that I can shoot the stars or lightening at night? Pressing the shutter or activating the remote & nothing happening really gets frustrating sometimes. Whats the sense of having a BULB setting for shutter speed when the shutter won't even open when pointed at a dark sky? I cannot find any mention of these "r" messages coming up in the manual. They appear in the viewfinder where you would see the shutter speed. The shutter speed would change to one of these "r" readings when the shutter button is pressed. Would appreciate any help with this matter. My wife, who is out of town at the moment in the south central Tennessee countryside, said she missed quite a lightening show last night because of this problem.
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Shoshana |
What other messages are you getting? Because the "r" messages are just to let you know how many shots you have left in the buffer - they aren't an error message. Error messages could be "ERR", "FEE", "F--" etc... 'shana
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Anonymous |
I have done quite a bit of shooting at night with my D80. The "r05" indicator that you're mentioning is what flashes when your camera is processing the photo you just took. It will not allow you to take another photo until it has finished saving the photo to the memory card. The longer your exposure time, the longer it will take to process the photo. Also, if you use your long exposure noise reduction setting, it makes this process even longer. Also double-check that you have the camera and lens on manual focus and not auto focus.
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Salim |
I am getting the R05 messages in my viewfinder. I am not sure why they appear always as I try to depress the camera button to take a picture. The camera does not let me take the picture as the R05 is displayed. Yesterday I experimented and found that the R05 shows up and the camera would not snap a shot even after the camera was off (not powered) for one hour or more. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Brian Biggs |
I had the same trouble over the first week of using my new D80. I found that releasing the lens, and reseating it worked to clear the problem everytime. I also had turned it off/on, tried in bright light and dark situations. Resetting the lens is the only thing that worked reliably. Love to hear if there is something else I can try...
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Bernard |
Mike your statement has not gone unnoticed, you stated "activating the remote & nothing happening really gets frustrating sometimes" Mike' does this mean at other times its.. Jolly fun?
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Jordan |
I too have the exact same problem. doing the exact same thing. I try to take pics of the stars, I can take a pic with the wireless remote when its on a shutter time setting, I can do it with the 10 sec delay, everything works with the remote. i also can take a pic with bulb setting if using my finger on the button. BUT, if try to take a bulb photo with the remote.. nothin. I have no idea why or what is going on, just the error r09. i though I would respond because people are saying its not an error and talking about the r05. i would say this is an error as I only see it when using bulb and the remote.
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Jordan |
I too have the exact same problem. doing the exact same thing. I try to take pics of the stars, I can take a pic with the wireless remote when its on a shutter time setting, I can do it with the 10 sec delay, everything works with the remote. i also can take a pic with bulb setting if using my finger on the button. BUT, if try to take a bulb photo with the remote.. nothin. I have no idea why or what is going on, just the error r09. i though I would respond because people are saying its not an error and talking about the r05. i would say this is an error as I only see it when using bulb and the remote. OH and one more thought, I read on another forum, the removing the lens and maybe cleaning the contacts may fix this... I havent tried it yet but will
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