Fujifilm X-E1 won’t fire shutter with a manual K-mount lens adapter
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I bought a used Fujifilm X-E1 body and I’m trying to use it with a Fotodiox Pentax K-mount adapter and a manual 50mm f/1.7 lens. The camera powers on, shows a live view on the LCD, and I can focus and set aperture/exposure manually, but pressing the shutter button does nothing—no shutter sound and no photo appears to be taken. Since the adapted lens has no electronic communication with the camera, is there a setting I need to enable before the X-E1 will release the shutter?
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user21068
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I'm not familiar with this camera, but is it possible that you need to enable some kind of "release shutter with no lens attached" setting? What I'm thinking is, since there is no electronic communication between the camera and adapter (I assume), maybe your camera believes there is no lens attached.
Yes, I just checked the manual. See page 72, setting "Shoot without lens".
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Most likely, yes: enable the X-E1 setting for shooting with a non-electronic lens. With a purely mechanical adapter, the camera may think no lens is attached and refuse to fire.
On the Fujifilm X-E1, look for the menu option called “Shoot without lens” and turn it On (the manual mentions this on page 72). That setting is specifically for adapted/manual lenses that do not communicate electronically with the camera body.
Why this happens: native Fujifilm lenses report their presence electronically, but a K-mount lens on a simple adapter does not. Without that setting enabled, pressing the shutter can appear to do nothing even though the camera otherwise seems normal.
After enabling it, try again in manual exposure mode. If needed, also confirm the battery is charged and the memory card is recognized, but the adapter/no-lens setting is the key issue described here.
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