Well due to family issues haven't had much of a chance to get out and try anything except yesterday down at the port to try to get some shots of the Tall Ships that came in. But the weather was dull and not real happy with shots more my lack of knowledge and ability than any thing else but will try to post some soon.

My next have you tried is locking up the mirror.

I have a Nikon D5000 but not had much luck but probably me so if you haven't tried well I'm going to try reading up on it a bit more to try to get a handle on the process over the next week.