Busy Canon....Help!!

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Hello,
I use the manual mode on my canon 400 D & have the continuous shot option on, however i am unable to continuously take pictures. after each picture is taken it tells me it is BUSY so i cant take another picture straight away, which is very frustrating when i'm trying to take a picture of something moving!
Please can someone help??
Any advise much appreciated ;)
Thanks
 
it is writing the images to the memory card, busy means the buffer is full and is at its limit until that empties. If you are shooting raw, you will take less images in continuous mode than you would if you were shooting jpegs.
 
How fast is your memory card? That sounds like it may be the issue, though I would've thought the camera would fill its own buffer while trying to write to the card... which kinda invalidates my suggestion.
Sorry.
 
What make and speed of card are you using. It's probably set to in camera noise reduction which means it will take a second or two after each shot to do the noise reducion.

First thing I would do is a full reset of all settings then try again.
 
ChrisH said:
It's probably set to in camera noise reduction which means it will take a second or two after each shot to do the noise reducion.
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I did wonder about that but couldn't for the life of me remember what it ws called.
 
When does it happen - what are you shooting (can you provide settings) or show the image so we can see the exif?

Sounds odd and even if the card was slow the buffer should be able to shoot a few images before the card needs to be accessed...... Weird?
 
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michael23 said:
it is writing the images to the memory card, busy means the buffer is full and is at its limit until that empties.
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According to the specs it's good for 3fps for 10 continuous shots in RAW mode so I doubt it's the buffer being full. :shrug:
 
Make sure you don't have "long exposure noise reduction" turned on.
Camera takes another picture of the same exposure length, just a thought as I've done that myself.
 
Just a thought from a fellow newbie...Do you have the camera on Program mode or Auto.
I know that you cant shoot continuous in Auto but can have it set in Program...
Just another thought (and I could be completely wrong anyway...lol)
 
scottishguy said:
Make sure you don't have "long exposure noise reduction" turned on.
Camera takes another picture of the same exposure length, just a thought as I've done that myself.
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This is my guess, probably high ISO NR which kills buffer speed - see handbook.
 
Yup, turn off long exposure noise reduction (I think it's defualted to off though). Also you need high performance memory cards to shoot continuously, especially if you're shooting RAW or L size.

I had Sandisk Extreme III cards in my 400D and it would go on continuous for ages. When using cheap cards though it would fill the buffer after just a few shots and I'd have to wait before I could continue.
 
Yup, turn off long exposure noise reduction (I think it's defualted to off though). Also you need high performance memory cards to shoot continuously, especially if you're shooting RAW or L size.

I had Sandisk Extreme III cards in my 400D and it would go on continuous for ages. When using cheap cards though it would fill the buffer after just a few shots and I'd have to wait before I could continue.
 
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