Hi,
I've had this 40D for about three months, but today is the first day that I really got to take it out and put it through its paces. This is a new camera.
At first it seemed very responsive, but I soon noticed that this wasn't always the case. Sometimes when I press the shutter button, it would freeze (for want of a better word). The steps to reproduce are like this:
1. Frame shot
2. Depress shutter button halfway down and wait for it to focus, and beep.
3. Depress shutter button all the way.
At this point, it would pause for a second or so, and then the shutter would open and close. This isn't a case where the shutter is staying open for a longer period of time because of a darker environment. It is independent of the shutter opening and closing. It happens before the shutter opens.
I was able to get it to happen on both fully auto and Program. I'm a newbie photographer, so I haven't gotten much beyond Program.
Any ideas on what could be causing this? I would really hate to think that I had a brand new camera that is defective already.
I made sure that the battery is fully charged. I'm using Ultra II 2.0 GB memory cards. The file size is set to large. If there is any other info I can provide to help diagnose this problem, please let me know.
Thanks all.