Help with canon continuous shooting
Dec 12, 2013 11:03:22 #
Captryan
Loc: Massachusetts
I have a canon T4i. I would like to takes action shots of my niece playing volleyball. I have read all the old threads about shooting sports. My problem is the continuous shooting. The owners manual says the T4i will shoot 5 frames per sec, but no matter what settings, or lens I use the camera will fire 3 frames very quickly, then immediately slow down to about 2 fps. Is this normal ? I am shooting jpeg only, the noise reduction settings are off. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Dec 12, 2013 11:08:05 #
Captryan wrote:
I have a canon T4i. I would like to takes action ... (show quote)
What is the speed of the SD card you are using?
Dec 12, 2013 11:19:09 #
Dec 12, 2013 11:30:47 #
Captryan wrote:
It's a SanDisk Ultra 30MB/s 32GB
I am occupied with something else, but am also curious if you shoot high or low quality jpgs.
Does this help http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-make-your-camera-shoot-faster
Dec 12, 2013 11:58:05 #
You might not have a fast enough card, and or your pictures are to large.
Geoff
Geoff
Captryan wrote:
I have a canon T4i. I would like to takes action ... (show quote)
Dec 12, 2013 11:59:24 #
You have two types of noise reduction,
long exposure" and "high ISO" noise reductions, make sure BOTH of them are turned off. Just one idea, no other ideas with the info provided. Your card is faster than the buffer speed of your camera so that is not the issue. You are shooting JPG only and not JPG+RAW, so that is not the issue either.
long exposure" and "high ISO" noise reductions, make sure BOTH of them are turned off. Just one idea, no other ideas with the info provided. Your card is faster than the buffer speed of your camera so that is not the issue. You are shooting JPG only and not JPG+RAW, so that is not the issue either.
Dec 12, 2013 13:08:55 #
Captryan
Loc: Massachusetts
Thanks for the replies, I called Canon customer service, He was very helpful and after a few unsuccessful attempts to solve the issue he told me to reset all camera settings in the tools menu. That did the trick, but I'm still not sure which setting caused the problem in the first place.
Dec 12, 2013 13:11:05 #
Captryan wrote:
I have a canon T4i. I would like to takes action ... (show quote)
This is the second time in two days that I am referring to this line in "Jaws."
"We're gonna need a faster card."
Dec 13, 2013 11:15:15 #
GWR100 wrote:
You might not have a fast enough card, and or your pictures are to large.
Geoff
Geoff
You won't be able to sustain high rates if you are trying to shoot JPEG+RAW. IIRC, you will need to stop saving raw files. Oddly, this seems to have more effect than shooting only to raw output. You'd think that it would be less of a strain to just firehose the raw output from the chip straight out to files than it would be to convert and compress them to .JPG, but you'd be wrong. . . The bottleneck must be somewhere other than the Digic chip.
Dec 13, 2013 12:15:04 #
MTshooter hit the nail on the head. High ISO speed noise reduction will slow down your burst rate.
You also mentioned that it was shooting 3 frames and then 2. Are you sure it was not 3 then 3 then 3 etc? That would be caused by setting it to bracket exposures.
You also mentioned that it was shooting 3 frames and then 2. Are you sure it was not 3 then 3 then 3 etc? That would be caused by setting it to bracket exposures.
Dec 13, 2013 12:37:15 #
Another problem is your processor. It is not a matter of how fast your shutter speed is, it is how fast your processor is. if you can shot 5 fps but your processor can only process 3 fps then your camera has to wait for the processor to complete it's job. This might your problem.
Pappy
Pappy
Dec 13, 2013 21:18:32 #
Look in the viewfinder just before you shoot and you should see a number like 3, 4, or maybe 5. Watch the number as you shoot continuously and it will decrease quickly. This number represents the number of frames (pictures) it can take before the buffer is full. Most of the more entry level cameras by Canon have very small buffers. Even my 5D Mark III has only a 13 frame buffer. It shoots 6fps so in a little more than 2 seconds, the buffer is full and the camera slows way down. My old T2i only had a 3 frame buffer and would shoot at 3fps. So you get 3 shots off and then forget it. If you want to shoot moving subjects, it's best to invest in a good camera body that has the specs you need for the type of shooting you do.
Dec 13, 2013 23:42:25 #
Captryan
Loc: Massachusetts
Thanks for the info, I never noticed that little number before . After restoring all the settings and custom functions to factory settings with the tools, the problem cleared up.
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