Slot Empty Release lock....

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I always keep the "Slot Empty Release Lock" option set to "LOCK"....!!!!

The other day I was going back and forth between taking photos of things to sell and posting FS ads.

TWICE I discovered that I had forgotten to take the CFe card out of the card reader and put it back in the camera! Yes.... "DUH" moments! LOL! And I had already moved things around, so I had to re-set up shots again.

However, in the past I would get a warning from the camera when I tried to take a photo and there was no card in the camera. The Z9 just left me blithely shoot away. No warning - at least that I noticed. And since the camera was on Silent shooting, I was none the wiser.

I guess the only answer is to have shutter sound turned on? (AND, of course - be more mindful of putting the card back in the camera! :oops: )
 
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My Z9 will not shoot without card in one of the slots. Even if the empty release is not activated, no go unless it has a card
 
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This happened to me as well Karen. The problem occurred prior to firmware 3.0's release. I wonder if there is a mini-bug that is dependent on how the camera is configured. I keep mine locked as well. Because of that one incident, I always check to see that I have cards in the slots before doing any shooting.

regards,
bruce
 
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John Navitsky said:
what do you have the visual indicator set to? guessing you just missed the indicator not indicating.
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I checked d17 and didn't find an indicator for it. If there is an indicator for a locked camera due to no media card, where is it? But still, a tiny indicator in the monitor screen would not be as noticeable as a flashing red screen.
 
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Butlerkid said:
I checked d17 and didn't find an indicator for it. If there is an indicator for a locked camera due to no media card, where is it? But still, a tiny indicator in the monitor screen would not be as noticeable as a flashing red screen.
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i didn't mean a locked camera indicator, i mean your normal shutter release indicator. my guess is it's subtle, and it didn't display, but you didn't notice because it's subtle?
 
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Butlerkid said:
I checked d17 and didn't find an indicator for it. If there is an indicator for a locked camera due to no media card, where is it? But still, a tiny indicator in the monitor screen would not be as noticeable as a flashing red screen.
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There is a red indicator in upper left of the EVF when there's no card installed. A little icon that looks like a memory card with a ghost busters slash through it.
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And ???
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I've got my camera set to make the shutter sound. Without a card no sound. In addition to the red indicator mentioned above.
 
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NorthernFocus said:
There is a red indicator in upper left of the EVF when there's no card installed. A little icon that looks like a memory card with a ghost busters slash through it.

I've got my camera set to make the shutter sound. Without a card no sound. In addition to the red indicator mentioned above.
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Thanks, Dan! When I "know" my settings, I'm not in the habit of looking for new "pop ups"! LOL!

Guess when I'm doing something like that I should turn on the sound. ANOTHER them to remember.

Or just always make sure there isn't an -E- in the top display!
 
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Butlerkid said:
Thanks, Dan! When I "know" my settings, I'm not in the habit of looking for new "pop ups"! LOL!

Guess when I'm doing something like that I should turn on the sound. ANOTHER them to remember.
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Could you have possibly not remembered that you had a card in slot #2 - one that you not normally have record images to? And your elusive images are recorded to #2? My Z9 (FW 3.0) shows the red icon clearly visible when there are no cards in either slot, and the shutter will not fire.
 
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Butlerkid said:
Thanks, Dan! When I "know" my settings, I'm not in the habit of looking for new "pop ups"! LOL!

Guess when I'm doing something like that I should turn on the sound. ANOTHER them to remember.
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Yeah most of the time I shoot full manual mode. I decide on exposure and set everything before the action starts. So when I start shooting I don't pay attention to anything in the EVF other than the subject and the focus box. I double I'd have noticed the little red icon either had I not been specifically looking to see if there was indication of no card.
 
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NorthernFocus said:
That's the dilemma. There's no shutter to fire. If you're in silent mode how do you know? Other than the little red icon...
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you should have a release indicator. i think this is d14, indicating how you want to "see" that a release has happened. you can pick a variety of things, but they are all kind of subtle imo. i assume you don't see that indication if there was no release (due to the lock).
 
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