How to fix Nikon "ERR" message 

I just bought a Nikon D50 and the Sd card that was recommened with it. I am getting the CHR error- "This card cannot be used" I have tried formatting it, taking out the battery and SD card after formatting it and still nothing. Could someone please give me some advice or what to do next? This is my very first camera so I am learning what do as I go.

I have encounter this problem with the Err message, after to try different method, this one worked perfectly and resolved the problem. The mirror was stock, so after turn two buttons: Video/Camera and AE/AF the mirror started to operate again. Many thanks to Kevin & Carly.

Thank you, Kevin. I tried EVERYTHING I could find online...cleaned both the camera Nikon D7000 and my 300 lens, changed the battery, switched out the memory cards...still "ERR". Looks like I did set the camera into Live View. Switched it back, and Yay! We did it.

Hello! I'm planning soon to buy this camera with 24-120 f/4... Do you think it is good way to go? I'm a little bit scared about this problem... Should i go with something else or? What do you think about this problem with D750? Is it worth $3500? Thanks! Have a sub and like! ❤

Thank you Mr. Kevin for your valuable suggestion for removing the Err message. It helped me to start my Nikon. Thanks again.

Ughhhh, thank you!!! I was at a wedding and this started happening and was about to just sell my camera. Thanks for posting the science behind it and making me not feel crazy.

Thanks Man, this worked, was getting worried and started looking for repairs.

Thank you so much for this!!! I too was using live view to record a video and then I got the error message after recording ... I freaked out, but now I know if it happens again, its a quick fix... much love and respect.

Ugh. Thanks for this. I accidentally fixed this one other time. this time it wouldn’t work with cleaning it. Who would have thought to just press the dang shutter button! Hope I don’t forget that!

Thank you so much for posting this! It was the exact problem my camera was having and now it’s working again!! Thank you thank you!!!!!

Thank you! I watched a couple other videos but no one else suggested hitting the shutter button. My heart is still racing thinking my D7100 was dead and I have a deadline tomorrow night.

I was having a heart attack before I finished this video. Thank you so much! My camera died while I was shooting so my mirror was also stuck up.

Perfect! Thank you so much, I was going mad changing cards, batteries, lenses...

Thank you so much for making this video, no other video said anything about the live view and it was my live view button. Thanks heaps man :)

Thank You! That fixed it. I had the same issue with LiveView. Awesome. Nikon was going to charge me $246 to 'fix' that.

You nailed it! I had exact same issue and your technique helped. 👍👍

The exact the same thing happened to me! Thank you Sir!

Thanks for the video KevinSommer, that saved me a lot of embarrassment

Thanks man .. this makes sense cause the battery died while I was on live view 👌👌

Thanks. I realized I got the same error for the same reason - problem going back from live view video to normal shooting.

Thanks so much! I'M in a shooting and you solved my problem. Thanks thanks thanks

Thanks so much for the tips!

thank you camera is fix..

Problem fixed great video

Thanks, Kevin. It happened on my D750. Naturally I was concerned. Can't believe all it took was pressing the shutter. I love it when there's a "simple" fix, as we all do!

Thank you so much!! This was the fix I needed! My battery died when I was in live view and the mirror was stuck up. It had nothing to do with the contacts. What a relief!

Thank you so much few days back happened to me when i was shooting and until now i havent solve the problem but with this video am sure that am going to fix my camer, am using nikon d7200. am from Tanzania

The same thing happened to me, thank you!!! After pressing a couple of times it works perfectly!!

Thanks, goddamn. Saved my ass recording video with the Nikon D-7000.

Thank you so much!! I had to switch to my backup camera at a session tonight, then I came home and could not get the error message off to save my life... until I saw this video!

This happens to me all time, but it happened to me today mid job and the mirror is still up… pressing the shutter does nothing. This is maddening

Thank you so much! We are on vacation over 1000 miles away from home, and my husband got his camera out for some much anticipated night sky shots. Suddenly his camera showed the error, and cleaning his contacts didn't work. After he gave up, I found your video and got the camera out and pressed the shutter.... its working now!!! You saved our vacation! 🎉

YOU, My new friend, are BRILLIANT...EVEN the BIGGEST camera store in Austin couldn't help me. SO SIMPLE. It was the Click of the shutter that did the trick. I'm not so sure if the camera repair store is just not smart or greedy. Either way..... THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart and for saving my week. BLESS You. I am now subscribed and definitely a follower.

Glad I saw this video this fixed my issue. Thanks for the video

Hello Kevin. I am Flavio, from Argentina. I have the same problem you describe, but I can't figure out what you did to solve it. Surely my english is very basic. Could you tell me what to do, step by step? thank you very much!

Thank you Kevin! All I had to do was press the shutter button.

Hey thank you very much brother.. It saved my shoot..

Thank you for this video. Just had this problem today on my Nikon D750. It was working fine then I got the error.

Thank you, yes, click the shutter solved my problem, easy , thank you very much!

holy goodness! You are a life saver. My D750 just died during an event shoot, had a backup thank goodness. Thought for sure it was a gonner. I had cleaned the sensors on the lens and camera body, changed SD cards, changed batteries, nothing. You my sir, gave the best tip ever! Click the shutter release....I bet I hit live mode somehow while running around shooting and caused the ERR. Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!!!

Thanks so much for posting this fix!!!

kevin, dude, you saved me a bundle....i was watching on how to fix my camera and they wanted me to unscrew stuff, but i was like no this can't be the way, now my camera works...thank you a 100

Thanks! You saved my headache.

Just solved my problem with D7200! It was just what I needed!

Wow this actually helped me. What happened was I was shooting video and allowed my battery to run all the way down and it turned off while I had the camera on but not shooting. It must have stuck in the video mode just like in your video and took your advice and now it works. I must say however, you should never clean your camera with a cotton swap because the little hairs can get inside your camera and that's never a good thing, a lint free dry cloth is much better. Thanks for the video, really helpful!

This saved me so much time and money

thanks that was my exactly problem

Thanks, Kevin.:-))

Years later you're still saving lives😂 Thanks bro

Lifesaver. Thank you!

This was so helpful. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much!!! this just happened to me using Live view, the battery died and swapping it didn't work, but the shutter press did....makes sense.

I had the same problem , indeed pressing the shutter button fixed the problem

thanks mate, it actually works. Friend of mine who was using my dslr didnt turn it off while exchanging batteries during filming.

THAKN YOU! I tried cleaning and cleaning and cleaning, and nothing. This was the only video that I've found that suggested this fix- so simple! I wish I knew your CashApp. I'd definitely send you something to say "thanks!" Nonetheless, THANKS!

YOU SAVED ME!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!

Seems to be an overly common problem with this model, mine had the issue, worth spending the extra for a pro level rather than waste a decent amount on something so fickle.

A big thank you as your video fixed the problem with my D7500. I was in live view video when I got the err message. 😊👍

Damn! This video just saved my day .. I was worrying like hell and was devastated in middle of an event .. thank you like tons ❤️❤️❤️❤️

My camera battery died while i was on LV and this happen. Turned it back on and it said Err. After watching your video, i switch the LV and took a picture and it snapped out of it. So thank you :D

You saved me big time! I had the same issues with live mode and battery dying. It was a situation where I couldn’t have survived without my camera. Thanks a ton!!!

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 My hero ... homie I appreciate it 💯

Almost 2k likes! 😀 (Must be a common problem) Yep, it's a relief when a relatively simple fix works! This happened on one of my D7100's and yes I went through the same steps with the same reactions. 😅

I just had this problem with my Nikon D610. Nothing I did resolved the problem. I did everything that you suggested and eventually the camera started working. I suspect that when a Nikon camera sets on the shelf without being powered up for several months. Error messages can occur without explanation and then mysteriously resolve themselves. It is good to power up cameras on a regular basis and let electricity run through the circuits.

Thanks for sharing. I had the same problem. My issue occurred because I was using SnapBridge to do some remote shooting. My battery went dead leaving the D7500 in a confused state. Pressing the shutter release corrected it.

Thank u very much 🙏🙏u just save a life 😅

Man that just sorted the problem with ERR for me, though I tried to clean, change lence etc. I even tried to switch live mode, filming mode attempt shot, nothing, even flash don't pop up, focus doesnt work. So very important- SWITCH OFF camera and set all settings to photography mode- no live view, no filming on S setting. Only then switch it on and after pressing shutter you will hear magical click and camera back again! I am using D600

OOOMMMMMGGGGGGG!!!! Thank you! I was beginning to panic as my D780 is relatively new! Tip #2 did the trick for me.

I followed all what you did and it didn't work for mine. I had to remove my memory and press the shutter button before it got back to normal

ERRR happened to my D700, changed battery (original), card and nothing. The I pressed the shutter and everything's fine again... Nicer. But weird... Ah, no live view here

Hi...Any idea How do I downgrate my firmware version NIKON D7100 from 1.04 to 1.03?I already have downloaded the 1.03 version.I just don't know how to do it.Thanks

I don't really think you addressed the problem. I just bought a used d750 this week. I is in excellent condition with only 35,000 actuations on it. I occasionally get the the mirror hang up with the Err msg and I wasn't doing anything with live view.

my camera did the same thing, i was scared too haha, do you have this camera yet? Did you find out anything else about this problem?

Hello, I am having the same issue, my camera locksup. But the solution is not working for me. Mine camera is d3400. Can you make a tutorial for the same??

This saved my life today thank you so much for posting!! I was so scared my camera was f’d

Thanks so much for this video. This happened to my D500 and I was thinking it was going to cost loads to fix it. It seems fine now. Thank you

The other issue is the he mirror inside. . Stuck shutter mirror. I’ve seen other youtube videos and the mirror didn’t go back into position properly, and prevents the camera from doing anything, and various people have taken their lens off. Then used a tiny object to move the mirror by a millimetre or two to the left, just to release it. Disclaimers of course, because you shouldn’t really be doing anything to your camera in case you damage it. Another person had a Tamron lens. Had an error message. Cleaned the contacts. Still had errors. But then moved the aperture wide open. Then fully closed and tried to take a photo, and that worked. Your trick seems to work too

How could I fix err on my d90? Please i really need your help ☹️☹️☹️☹️

You're the man dude, thank you. What a stupid glitch. Glad to not have to take it in for repairs.

Thanks! This just happened while shooting video, which I never do. It went into Error mode, did exactly how you did it and voila! Fixed!

Thank you for the video. I have the same issue. My nephew used the live view mode and turned off the camera and when I turned it on after a month the Err popped up and worried a lot at first glance as it won’t take photos even after the shuttle clicks. But after following exactly what you said showed the magic. I am very happy again. 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much for sharing this! This solved the problem for me, I'm very happy!

Thank you soooo much! I was also using live view and i took the batterie off because i wanted to change it, then i got this error! Now everything is back to normal! Thanks 😊

seems like we shouldn't mess pressing shutter while recording with live view mode on .. took off batteries and lens everything didn't work, but just needed to press the shutter without being scared, lol .. thanks!

I almost have a same problem, i can still hear the clicking sound of lens whenever I click to take picture, i tried to follow as you mentioned about live view but still changes, hope you have further solution in this regard,,

Thank you, it worked with my D750!!! RE Push the shutter button down. Didn't have to take off my lens.

Thank you!

On vacation when "Err" message popped on. This video helped save the day. Thanks!

Ahh, pphhh... Love it

This is malfunction message which can come various ways example mirror is stuck or like on mine shutter itself is jammed.

Thanks for the video. Had the same problem with my D7200 but this doesn't seem to solve this problem

You saved me a trip to the repair center. I was really scared I messed mine up xd LIKE

This happened to me yesterday with my D780 shooting video and I discovered the same fix.

The “dirt” on the gold contacts is normally the result of corrosion! Moving from outside to inside your home in a humid environment can contribute .

Tanks a LOT! This fixed this problem on my Nikon D810.😁

This was super clutch I had the issue where it was stuck in live view or something. I took a picture and boom back to live!!!

I not understand yet, my camera is having problems like this too, maybe you help me to show more clearly please🙏

Thank you! It worked on my Nikon D70. Thought I broke it and could not be fixed anymore.

I really have the same issue but actually I did not understand how to fix it can you explain with more detail? or what exactly to press and what order

DUDE, you just saved me a shitload of trouble. My issue started after I'd been in live view. Two hours later I watch your vid and press the shutter, yay! Thanks.