topic Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R - Shutter Not Working

clarissah — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:04:47 GMT

The shutter button on my Canon R will not take a photo. I can back button focus, but when I press the shutter nothing happens. Any ideas?

Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working

Tronhard — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:22:36 GMT

Hi Clarissa, and welcome to the forum:
Have you checked to see if the shutter button has been customized from its default to disable focus, leaving you with BBF, as you indicate.

Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working

clarissah — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:47:26 GMT

Hello, yes. I wasn’t able to find anything that would say it was disabled.

Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:49:23 GMT

See #2 below for customizing the camera's buttons. You may want to assign the shutter button half press to focus and metering start. It is in the camera menus:

Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working

clarissah — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:47:25 GMT

Hello, yes, my shutter button is assigned to half-press metering and AF start

Re: Canon R - Shutter Not Working

clarissah — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:57:19 GMT

I figured it out. I was in movie mode...