Faulty nikon d40

same thing has happened to me, only bottom half of the picture displayed and same message comes up. It looks like my best bet is to talk to Nikon about it. Thank you.

The D40X Owner's Manual (page 112) suggests to "consult with Nikon-authoprized service representative". I've had the same problem, and exchanged the camera for a new one (I just bought it).

My daughter was playing around and my Nikon D40x fell from the top of a fully extended tripod. I freaked!

I got: ERROR Press shutter release button again.

It took one good picture, then the error message persisted and would not take another, despite multiple presses of the shutter button. I removed the lens and found the mirror 'half cocked.' I turned the power on and repeatedly pressed the shutter button, then it started working! Whew! Dodged a bullet.

Good luck,
Steve - Houston, TX

I had the same error message, the camera is less then a year old, however, I was taking up to 800 pictires every weekend of my kids soccer games, then a 6 month trip to the Pursian Gulf, that is when it started, I got back home, took it right in, and one year later after a few visits and calls trying to find out where my camera was, I finally got an answer back, they said I needed a new shutter which will cost $300, They said I should just by a new body for $400. What Nikon does is set that error message to pop up at about 35000 shutter releases, and you can't do a thing about it, once they hooked my camera up to thier system the said I had over 36000 shutter releases, where the average person takes 10000 a year and they want you to replace the body every 3 years....so before buying any camera, always check out how many shutter releases you can get when you buy a camera

Rob Smith
Victoria, BC