shutter release not working S100

[sandysorlien]

Hello,

I am suddenly having problems with my S100. It will not take the picture when I press the shutter release. In case I had accidentally changed something, I did a Reset to Defaults. Then it worked, briefly, before returning to not working. It also would not let me change My Colors.  Everything else seems to be working fine.  Any ideas?

[Danluckett]

I agree that just re-soldering will probably last a very long time. After all, most of the s100's out there never fail in this way. Too many do -- especially when one of them is mine. I think that on those that failed the original soldering was not quite hot enough,or the mating surfaces were not close enough or not enough flux flowed. I would be tempted when reheating to add a tiny tiny bit of additional solder -- if it looked like the original was skimpy. Also, now that we know the weak link we will take care not to press the shutter too hard.

[georgeand]

I have the sam problem. Cannon makes unreliable cameras.

Switch to Nikon

[Danluckett]

Any device can have flaws. Saddest part is Canon denying the flaw despite all the examples documented here.

[John_]

Every OEM has their dirty little secrets, I bet even Nikon. As far as the S100, I bought a used, working one because of this very, very long but informative thread, I bought it because I was confident if the shutter did fail I could fix it ( because of the great information here) and also because it has an optional waterproof case made by Canon. I wanted a protected camera, protected against the water, sand, etc. and I bring mine to the beach and the lake all the time. It takes good quality pictures in wet environments, with the case of course, and is very compact. I do agree that Canon should have manned up to this shutter problem a long time ago. I think this is the longest thread on this forum or maybe the second longest and it is proof some S100's had this defect.

[georgeand]

It’s pretty embarrassing on cannon’s part. I’ve quit the brand completely because of this issue.

[nathanm]

Here is an updated script that has the zoom control working as well...since the video button isn't recognized I use the left/right to start and stop videos.

--[[
@title Shutter Adjust Button
@chdk_version 1.5
--]]
sleep(1000)
if (get_mode() == false ) then
set_record(1)
while ( get_mode() == false ) do sleep(100) end
sleep(1000)
end

print ("Press play button to exit")
a=1
repeat
wait_click(0)
if is_key("shoot_half") == true then
shoot()
end
if is_key("menu") == true then
a=2
end

if is_key("zoom_in") then press("zoom_in") while is_pressed("zoom_in") do sleep(20) end release("zoom_in")
end
if is_key("zoom_out") then press("zoom_out") while is_pressed("zoom_out") do sleep(20) end release("zoom_out")
end

if is_key("left") == true then
press "video"
end
if is_key("right") == true then
release "video"
end
sleep(100)
until (a==2)