topic Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

beerdog5 — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:21:17 GMT

I have an EOS 7D Mark II that's having an issue while in One Shot mode. When in full AE mode, the shutter operates properly with a single exposure. When in any of the advanced modes, P, Tv, Av, I get a high-speed burst of exposures, even though it's in One Shot mode.

Any ideas?

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

kvbarkley — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:29:57 GMT

Do you have any exposure bracketing or HDR on?

Reset the camera to its defaults.

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

deebatman316 — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:23:18 GMT

One Shot is a focus mode. It has nothing to do with how many pictures your camera takes. You need to look at what the Drive mode is set to. It sounds like Continuous High is set.

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

beerdog5 — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:35:04 GMT

Thanks for the quick responses...

Drive mode is definitely not set to continuous... it is set to single shot (whatever it's called).

I will look at exposure bracketing and HDR. It's not just taking three shots, which is how I understood bracketing works, so I'm pretty sure it's not bracketing. I may just go ahead and do a reset to see if that resolves it.

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

deebatman316 — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:38:35 GMT

How many shots is the camera taking. The camera can be set to take more than 3 shots when bracketing.

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

Waddizzle — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:14:09 GMT

Try resetting the camera back to factory defaults.

Drive mode controls how many shots are captured when the shutter button is fully pressed. Other special operating modes can also capture multiple images with a single press of the shutter.

Re: EOS 7D MkII Shutter Drive Issue

beerdog5 — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:46:13 GMT

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I don't recall setting it, but it turns out that HDR was set to Auto, and I was getting 3 shots at a time! I disabled HDR and all is functioning properly now!