sir I'm in sydney and canon service centre here is like an hour drive. i have to make sure that its the camera thats defective and not something else. I've tried pretty much everything but no luck. i have tried using both the switches of the back, its the one shoot and 2 sec timer isn't it?and then put the shooting mode to same but still it doesn't work. now I'm very close of trading it in with a d3s.my friends suggested it.theyre nikonites

but i don't wanna confuse myself of having to learn how to use nikon, I'm already confused as it is