I have a Nikon D7000 that was left to me. My brother in law took less than 600 pictures with it then it sat in the case untouched for 2 years. In a climate controlled household.

It has a bunch of other lenses and stuff with it. I decided to go through everything and get it going and start using it, bringing it along for taking pictures here of the desert.

Last night I charged both batteries, did some reading on resetting the camera to it’s factory default setting.

Tried to take a few pictures and when I press the button the camera goes click, then it takes a long time for the shutter to click back and the picture to hit the screen. I tried a few different shutter setting and different lenses and it gets worse.

Is there anything I can do to fix it ?

Does the shutter typically go bad from not using it ?

My BIL bought it brand new in Dubai, I have the receipt for $4995 bucks.

What are the settings on the camera, when you take the picture?
ISO
Aperature
Shutter speed
Almost sound like you have it on a long exposure.

As above. Sounds like shutter settings.

Switch it to manual (M), shutter speed to 1/60 second and press the shutter release again.

Well I’m not sure what I did but that’s seems to have worked !  I’ll have more time tomorrow to mess with it. I wish I could find the manual that came with it.

Thanks Much !  

You can probably find the manual online in .PDF format.

I have an old Nikon D40X, and I put on >150,000 clicks on the shutter, they are super reliable.

ETA: IF you do encounter a malfunction, it is probably better to buy a new camera, current production D7200 & D7500 are ~$1,000, and you can get the top of the line D500 for ~$1,400. Usually they can be found cheaper when it is on sale or refurbished. The lenses will probably work just fine.

Watch this video on the D7000 from Jared Polin (Fro Knows Photo), this guy has been shooting for many years and gives some good info.

WD 40

Manual: https://cdn-10.nikon-cdn.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D7000_ENnoprint.pdf

You can find all Nikon manuals online.

I don't even bother with the paper versions any more.