canon t70 shutter problem

[sre]

Hi all,i am very new to this forum so here goes.I have a canon T70 which i haven't used for a few years,i put some batteries in with a view to selling the camera,the camera fired up ok but when i pressed the shutter button it just made a single click (not the normal picture sound!!) The battery check button brings up 3 dashes.There is no film in the camera does this make a difference?
Any help will be much appreciated,thanks
sre

 

[darkosaric]

Welcome to APUG .
Try to put shutter/aperture Mode to manual and try again. Film or no film - it should work in manual mode.

 

[f/16]

I know a few camera models will not fire the shutter without film. However, I downloaded the T70 manual and could not find anywhere that it said the camera needs to be loaded for the shutter to fire.

 

[darkosaric]

Try to put batteries out and in (to reset the camera)...