Nikon CP5000 - Interesting problem...

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I have an interesting problem and wanted to see if anyone else has encountered it before I send it back for service. I have a CP 5000 with and Ikelite 6190 housing. When I mount it in the housing, placing the mounting screw into the tripod socket, the camera turns itself on. It actually isn't on becuase when you press the shutter release it just cycles through different modes and won't take a picture. It happened to me once on a recent vacation and I ended up wasting a dive not being able to take pictures.

 

Anyone run into this?

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Sounds like one of the buttons is sticking and not returning to its proper position. Buttons should not touch the camera............

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Thanks for the feedback. I thought that might have been a problem, but I don't see any buttons touching the camera. I'll look again and verify.

[dhaas 32]

There have been a few cases of cameras having the tripod screw tightened so tight (even once) that when you screw into the housing tripod screw this causes some kind of short inside the camera. Screw just needs to be snug....

 

Suggest trying it on a tripod outside the housing and see if the camera "goes wild" again....

 

Hope this helps!

 

David Haas

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Thanks for the response. It does appear to be some sort of short because no buttons, as previoulsy suggested are touching the camera. Actually I have tried it on other tripod mounts and it doesn't seem to be a problem. However, I think the screw on the Ikelite Housing may be a little longer and may be causing the problem. I may try a washer to reduce the length.

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Just a note to let you know, Ikelite sent me washers for the mounting screw which appears to have resolved the problem. The mounting post must have been pressing on something internally in the camera which was causing a short.

 

Thanks for the responses.