D90 - Software opens shutter but will not release

[Apierce]

Hi Guylain

 

I have just received my cable frome Steve, thanks Steve, and everythng goes well until I attempt to capture.

 

The shutter opens and the coundown commences. The problem is that after the completed time period the shutter stays open whilst the software says that its busy. Abort and suspend don't appear to do anything. The only way to close the shutter is to swith off the camera.

 

Frame and focus seem to work fine.

 

I thought that it may have been the USB cable I was using but I have now plugged in the original Nikon cable and rebooted.

 

Any ideas please?

 

Regards

 

Andrew

[Apierce]

I have managed to successfully take pictures at different speeds. The only issue appears to be on the Bulb setting.

 

I have also managed to take pictures using Steve's cable, using the button on the cable. Everything works again except when the camera is on the Bulb setting. THe camera latches open and does not release unless swithed off.

 

Is there perhaps a software setting on the D90 that controls that?

 

Cheers

 

 

Andrew

[admin]

I have managed to successfully take pictures at different speeds. The only issue appears to be on the Bulb setting.

 

I have also managed to take pictures using Steve's cable, using the button on the cable. Everything works again except when the camera is on the Bulb setting. THe camera latches open and does not release unless swithed off.

 

Is there perhaps a software setting on the D90 that controls that?

 

Cheers

 

 

Andrew

 

Your issue is not software, it is either COM port, the cable, or a bad connection.  It looks like the Windows is failing to close the COM port somehow <_>

 

Try assigning a difference COM port to your cable in Windows.

 

Try on another computer and see what happens.

 

Keep up posted,

 

 

[SteveRosenow]

Another option is to try and see if your camera is devoid of an SD card. I've experienced this issue twice in my use of BackyardNIKON and on my own D5100.

If that fails let me know and we can go from there in determining if your cable can be repaired / retested.

[admin]

Any news on this Andrew?

 

Did you make sure the camera dial was set to M?

 

Can you confirm your in-camera mirror lock is disabled?  This is not yet functional in BackyardNIKON.

 

Keep us posted, I have a D90 myself for testing and I can get it to work just fine so it has to be a camera setting somewhere.

 

Keeps us posted,

 

Regards,