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Canon Rebel XSi problem

DrezDrez Registered User regular
edited October 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
So, I have a Canon Rebel XSi. I was doing a photoshoot yesterday. I have an 8GB Kingston memory card that I use.

Anyway, I've noticed this problem lately where the camera will say it is "busy" after a shot. Sometimes it will take 10+ seconds to become not-busy. During that time I cannot take another shot. It makes continuous shooting impossible.

It wasn't happening before. Any idea why? Could it be the memory card?

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    Formatting the card would be my first bit of troubleshooting, especially since it's so painless.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Thanks, I'll try that.

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  • saltinesssaltiness Registered User regular
    Buffer full? Long exposure noise reduction on?

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  • ahavaahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    mine has done that before.

    All I did was turn the camera off for a few seconds and then back on again.

    But then, I'm not doing a photo shoot or anything dramatic like that.

  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Are you shooting in RAW or JPG? I'm going to assume RAW.

    The XSi tops out at 6 RAW frames before the buffer is full. You can shoot 3.5 FPS until the buffer fills, that's about 50 high quality JPGs, or 6 RAW.

    Your only real option is switching to JPG if you know you're going to need more than a short burst of continuous shooting.

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Hmmm. Okay, thank you. I need to check my options.

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