40D Shutter Button Sticking?

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Hi everyone,

I have Dad's old 40D and I was wondering if anyone has had trouble with the shutter button sticking? And if you had it fixed how much did it cost?

Thanks in advance,

Nat
 
Is it definately sticking ?

Its not in delay mode or anything , or live view ? They may be a silly questions, but i dont know your level of expertise
 
It's worth checking it's not in a strange mode, as Tonto suggested. (No live view on a D40!)

I've got a D40 which must be around 5 years old with well over 13,000 shutter actuations, and it runs fine.
 
Common fault i'm afraid Natalie

Several fixes mentioned include a diy take apart and repair, all details here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAWGScQeC5g

Others have squirted switch contact cleaner down the shutter button which may work

The problem comes from crud getting between the contacts, Canon at Elstree would no doubt charge the standard rate at about 150 quid

Cheers
Rich
 
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Isopropyl alcohol worked for me on one of my photobuddies 40D.
Roughly along the lines of pouring into the battery compartment and draining out the shutter button while activating the shutter.
The grot that is trapped under the shutter button is shifted.
You can buy the fluid on eBay; took me only two attempts at this to get the shutter working properly and there were no side effects.
Read and understand what you need to do (Google and YouTube) before attempting!

Here's a good link to show what I mean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB_gSqyidI0
 
Number6 said:
It's worth checking it's not in a strange mode, as Tonto suggested. (No live view on a D40!)

I've got a D40 which must be around 5 years old with well over 13,000 shutter actuations, and it runs fine.
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Dammit - i read the original post as a 40D instead of D40. Oops
 
Tonto said:
Dammit - i read the original post as a 40D instead of D40. Oops
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LOL :D
And the 40D is old enough that it doesn't have many strange modes to accidentally switch to!

40D is an excellent (and reliable) camera apart from the shutter problem.
Two of my photobuddies have them and both have the shutter problem. I fixed one of them ages ago, and the other keeps offering me alcohol as an incentive to come over and fix it for them. :thumbs:
 
Tonto said:
Is it definately sticking ?

Its not in delay mode or anything , or live view ? They may be a silly questions, but i dont know your level of expertise
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Yeah it's sticking "/ Dad's checked it too.

P.s. sorry for the late reply. Packing for uni takes a lot of time haha.
 
tijuana taxi said:
Common fault i'm afraid Natalie

Several fixes mentioned include a diy take apart and repair, all details here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAWGScQeC5g

Others have squirted switch contact cleaner down the shutter button which may work

The problem comes from crud getting between the contacts, Canon at Elstree would no doubt charge the standard rate at about 150 quid

Cheers
Rich
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I saw a video about squirting it with IPA but I'm too unlucky/clumsy to do it haha! It'll just end up being a bad idea. Thanks for the input though :)
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Isopropyl alcohol worked for me on one of my photobuddies 40D.
Roughly along the lines of pouring into the battery compartment and draining out the shutter button while activating the shutter.
The grot that is trapped under the shutter button is shifted.
You can buy the fluid on eBay; took me only two attempts at this to get the shutter working properly and there were no side effects.
Read and understand what you need to do (Google and YouTube) before attempting!

Here's a good link to show what I mean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB_gSqyidI0
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Like I said to Rich I'd be too clumsy to do it lol. I'll explore my options though :) Thank you :)
 
there is the very old trick of hanging items that stick over a dish of meths which then let the fumes free sticky things. best left overnight to work. Worth a try.

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realspeed said:
there is the very old trick of hanging items that stick over a dish of meths which then let the fumes free sticky things. best left overnight to work. Worth a try.

Realspeed
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Interesting! I'll have a read up about it. Thank you :)
 
Now it's working fine... I think there might be some crud in there! Haha!
 
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