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EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

EscO7 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 18:41:27 GMT

camera fires without touching shutter release. Put battery in after charging, turned camera on and after a few seconds camera started shooting. I have to turn camera off for it to stop, turn camera on and it starts firing again.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 19:32:01 GMT

Check if maybe something is jamming your shutter button down, like a piece of sand.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

EscO7 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:06:22 GMT

Thanks I will try that. Is there a safe way to clean shutter button if something is jammed in there? Canned air or something?

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:11:50 GMT

Use a corner of a business card or a piece of paper. Insert between button and camera housing and move around circumference of shutter button.

Before you you do that just try depressing button a few times.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

EscO7 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:24:29 GMT

Tried that, still the same. Button seems ok, feels normal. Would moisture cause something like this?

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:38:36 GMT

It could. Did the camera get wet?

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

EscO7 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:40:10 GMT

Yes, I got caught in the rain, it got wet but not that much. I was fairly close to my car and it wasn't exposed but for a few minutes.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:47:35 GMT

That may be all it took. Remove battery, If you have a dehumidifier or air conditioner let the dried air blow on the camera; cover it with a cloth to shelter from dust, and hope it dries out. Wait a day or so and see what happens. Maybe you can recover it.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

EscO7 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:11:19 GMT

Thanks for you're help. I'll do that I hope it works. Thanks again.

Re: EOS 50D continually fires without me touching the shutter.

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 01:13:26 GMT

Hope it works. Good luck.