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Nikon D5300 with either DX lens - "shutter lag"
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Nov 17, 2017 11:23:32   #
DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA
 
Hi all, Shooting my D5300 with either DX lens, sometimes I experience a long pause from the time I trip the shutter until I can shoot the next shot. It is not slow shutter speed. I have tested this. So during this pause, the shutter has already completed its action. This occurs with JPEG + RAW, but not consistently so I don't think it's file size. Any ideas from you all would be appreciated.

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Nov 17, 2017 11:27:53   #
Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana
 
Does the 5300 have a light to show you when it’s writing to your memory card? If so, is it lit when you experience this issue?

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Nov 17, 2017 11:31:41   #
martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida
 
You have accidentally set a time delay on your shutter. If you don't now how to access this feature and correct, then the simple 2 Green Button reset will take you back to factory default settings.

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Nov 17, 2017 13:03:30   #
67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI
 
If you have the camera set to not take a photo until focus is perfectly achieved that may cause a delay.
If it is having trouble focusing due to settings or a dark environment that may do it also.
Let us know what fixes it!

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Nov 17, 2017 14:15:27   #
Spider223
 
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Hi all, Shooting my D5300 with either DX lens, sometimes I experience a long pause from the time I trip the shutter until I can shoot the next shot. It is not slow shutter speed. I have tested this. So during this pause, the shutter has already completed its action. This occurs with JPEG + RAW, but not consistently so I don't think it's file size. Any ideas from you all would be appreciated.


Sounds more like a slow memory card, and the delay is the writing action. If it doesn’t do this in JPG only mode, I would guess slow memory card. On the other hand, if these are pictures you are taking with a flash, it’s posdible the camera is just waiting for the flash to recharge for the next flash.

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Nov 17, 2017 15:53:13   #
martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida
 
I think Spider223 hit on something, Does this happen after multiple shoots in a row. If you taking more photos than the buffer capacity of your camera, or faster than your read write of your memory card, this explains your problem.

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Nov 17, 2017 16:54:01   #
Jim Bob
 
martinfisherphoto wrote:
You have accidentally set a time delay on your shutter. If you don't now how to access this feature and correct, then the simple 2 Green Button reset will take you back to factory default settings.


Hmm, that explains why it doesn’t happen consistently.

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Nov 17, 2017 18:42:32   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
67skylark27 wrote:
If you have the camera set to not take a photo until focus is perfectly achieved that may cause a delay.
If it is having trouble focusing due to settings or a dark environment that may do it also.
Let us know what fixes it!




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Nov 18, 2017 05:44:29   #
WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ
 
martinfisherphoto wrote:
You have accidentally set a time delay on your shutter. If you don't now how to access this feature and correct, then the simple 2 Green Button reset will take you back to factory default settings.


That is a possibility. If so, the setting is "Exposure Delay". Comes in handy when you want to avoid vibrations at high magnification.

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Nov 18, 2017 06:16:13   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
DaveyDitzer wrote:
Hi all, Shooting my D5300 with either DX lens, sometimes I experience a long pause from the time I trip the shutter until I can shoot the next shot. It is not slow shutter speed. I have tested this. So during this pause, the shutter has already completed its action. This occurs with JPEG + RAW, but not consistently so I don't think it's file size. Any ideas from you all would be appreciated.


Check to see if the camera is set to maximum noise reduction, or whatever it's called. That will cause a delay, but usually a short one for high shutter speeds. Try a different SD card.

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Nov 18, 2017 06:17:55   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
67skylark27 wrote:
If you have the camera set to not take a photo until focus is perfectly achieved that may cause a delay.


That's the first thing I change on a new camera, but his problem occurs after the camera takes the picture.

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Nov 18, 2017 06:18:29   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Spider223 wrote:
Sounds more like a slow memory card, and the delay is the writing action. If it doesn’t do this in JPG only mode, I would guess slow memory card. On the other hand, if these are pictures you are taking with a flash, it’s posdible the camera is just waiting for the flash to recharge for the next flash.



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Nov 18, 2017 07:30:42   #
tomcat
 
I had this problem happen when I was taking flash pictures. The flash was inadvertently set for red-eye reduction and created a delay because the camera was sending out that brief burst to make pupils close down. It only occurred while taking a flash picture and I still don't know how I accidentally set this, but once I took it off this setting, the camera did not have a shutter delay. Also the camera has to recharge the flash to get ready for the next shot and that can cause a delay. It still happens today with my D750 and it drives me nuts that I cannot take one rapid shot after another in flash mode, but it's the fact of life that I have to wait for the flash to recharge before the next picture. I suppose that's because the camera is assuming that you want a flash-derived image and not just an image without it, so the camera pauses while the flash recharges.

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Nov 18, 2017 11:08:14   #
DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA
 
Rab-Eye wrote:
Does the 5300 have a light to show you when it’s writing to your memory card? If so, is it lit when you experience this issue?


Yes it is lit.

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Nov 18, 2017 11:09:09   #
DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA
 
martinfisherphoto wrote:
I think Spider223 hit on something, Does this happen after multiple shoots in a row. If you taking more photos than the buffer capacity of your camera, or faster than your read write of your memory card, this explains your problem.


It occurs when taking one shot only

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