topic Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:46:28 GMT

Hello all

when I try to take photos on auto mode then I am able to take as much photos as I want without any delay, I mean each time I release the shutter button and press it again all the way down, camera takes the photo on auto mode.

if I change to Av or Tv...then keeping all the settings same, i.e. shutter speed, aperture, iso, exposure.....after taking 1st photo, camera shows BUSY flashing in viewfinder as well as top display and after 1 to 3 seconds it disappears and then I m able to take the 2nd shot.

I heave searched online and couldn't find an answer to this. why I am not able to snap in as much photos as I want keeping all the settings same in Av or Tv modes...but in auto mode I am able to snap as much as I want without any delay......i am not talking about continous or burst shots....in a single shot option.....just keep pressing shutter button and here you go bam bam bam bam bam...

I am using canon eos 5d mark iv with 50mm f/1.8 stm lens. this is my first ever canon camera and first ever dslr also, before that I have been using point and shoot or mirrorless cameras. may be this is how canon camera shoots normally but because I haven't used canon dslr before so may be I don't know about it.

thanks guys.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

Waddizzle — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:47:29 GMT

What are your exposure settings? Try shooting in "P" mode, too, and see if the issue continues.

The camera can have shooting settings, within the shooting modes. It could be performing long exposure noise reduction, or high ISO noise reduciton, if one or both of those settings are enabled.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:49:51 GMT

are you shooting JPEG or RAW+JPEG? If so, do you have the correct image options checked?

If yes to the above the camera is editing the file to save the corrected JPEG.

At least that is my understanding.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:07:41 GMT

for the time being i m shooting jpegs only with maximum Size L settings selected, i have not selected to shoot in RAW, for recording i have selected Auto Switch and primarily it is saving to CF card, sd will be used if cf gets full.

i have checked by selecting SD to save and then move on to CF but same results.

thank you sir.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:07:03 GMT

yes same results if shooting in P mode also.
one thing is also true that I have enabled both high iso noise reduction as well as long exposure noise reduction also. let me disable them and then check again to see if results are different.
thank you sir.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:10:08 GMT

AUTO cancels the special settings. Do you need to shoot JPEG? With a camera like that I would be shooting RAW. Turn off JPEG and see what happens.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:15:50 GMT

I have turned off both long exposure noise reduction as well as high iso noise reduction...but still no difference.
after taking one shot, it displays blinking BUSY in the viewfinder as well as top lcd panel and doesn't allow me to take another shot.
however it does autofocus only, but until unless flashing BUSY sign doesn't disappears, it just do the autofocus but doesn't takes the shot.
during this time when BUSY is flashing, I noticed small red led keeps blinking on the edge of memory card door....means its actually writing it on the card...
now I m thinking...instead of putting it in buffer and write later on background, it directly starts writing it on the card. but strangely this doesn't happens in auto mode.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:19:05 GMT

sir

obviously i will not be shooting jpegs, but this thing doesnt makes any sense.

yes you are right that auto cancels all special settings but again what is/are those special settings that camera is not allowing me to take shots back to back...instead it starts writing to memory card and until unless it dont finish writing, i couldnt take another shot!

but this doesnt happens in auto mode....no flashing BuSy sign not small red writing red blinking on the edge of memory card door...it just keeps on snapping until unless i dont release the shutter button.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

Waddizzle — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:19:28 GMT

@jrhoffman75 wrote:
AUTO cancels the special settings. Do you need to shoot JPEG? With a camera like that I would be shooting RAW. Turn off JPEG and see what happens.

Not all of them. For example, I think High ISO noise reduction is automatically selected in Basic Modes. That's why I asked about the exposure settings.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

Waddizzle — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:24:18 GMT

@farhaan wrote:
sir

obviously i will not be shooting jpegs, but this thing doesnt makes any sense.
yes you are right that auto cancels all special settings but again what is/are those special settings that camera is not allowing me to take shots back to back...instead it starts writing to memory card and until unless it dont finish writing, i couldnt take another shot!
but this doesnt happens in auto mode....no flashing BuSy sign not small red writing red blinking on the edge of memory card door...it just keeps on snapping until unless i dont release the shutter button.

Just because they may not appear in the menus, doesn't mean they are cancelled. It means you cannot change them.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:27:08 GMT

See page 210 of your manual. Turn it off and see what happens.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

farhaan — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:52:50 GMT

ok...nailed it sir..

the only setting that is causing the delay is Digital Lens Optimizer.

when i turned it off....voila! here you go bam bam bam bam bam bam bam.....

as soon as you turned it on (while turning it on, the help displays that turning it on may reduce continous shooting speed will become slower)...the time really climbs up...like 2 to 3 seconds between each shot.

other settings doesnt effect it, like chromatic abberation, diffraction, distortion or peripheral illum....i have cheked it by turning each setting on and off and by turning all of them on but only digital lens optimizer off....so now i m getting that fastest shot to shot time.

thank you sir for the valuable help and support. i appreciate and thumbs UP!

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 22:01:54 GMT

Glad to help. There are a lot of serious computations going on with DLO. It takes multiple seconds when it is executed in DPP on a fast Windows machine.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

smmwks — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:10:52 GMT

I've been a very satisfied Canon user since the early 80s (A-1 and F-1n). These were replaced in 2004 with a 20D, my first digital camera and a real workhorse. This past Christmas, I upgraded to a 5D Mark IV and have been elated with the quality ... except for the rapid-fire shutter being disabled no matter what I tried. I followed all of the recommendations of an online pro-shooter, which were very detailed, but he made no mention that the LAC setting negated the rapid-fire shutter.

THANK YOU for asking this question and to John Hoffman 75 for answering it quickly and simply. I turned off the LENS ABERRATION CORRECTION setting as he suggested and, like the original poster, I can now rapid-fire on any setting.

Jim King

Western North Carolina

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

kvbarkley — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:44:02 GMT

I should check this, but if you shoot RAW DLO is doing nothing except burning up a lot of DIGIC horsepower correcting the JPEG preview. The RAW data is still uncorrected.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

Aravind74 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:10:13 GMT

Iam also facing the same busy issue after first click, I have to wait for busy to go off for my next click .i was using it continuously before but from now iam facing the the same issue without changing any settings or memory card 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

Aravind74 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:19:49 GMT

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

JCKVL — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:24:55 GMT

I know this is an old post but I have a question about my Sure Shot A 2500 and since it is Sunday no one to answer so taking a chance someone will see this and know the answer

My screen switches to a black screen instead of showing a subject I am trying to shoot. . when it does that I don't know how to change it and after trying many many different settings. . it stays black. . I have turned off and on and then all of a sudden it shoiws the suject again.... DO YOU KNOW WHY THE BLACK SCREEN OCCURS AND WHAT I CAN DO TO CHANGE IT?

ANY HELP APPRECIATED.

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:05:50 GMT

Is there a display button or info button you can cycle?

Re: 5D Mark IV, no shot to shot delay in auto mode, but why in Av and Tv modes?

RobertTheFat — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:07:24 GMT

@JCKVL wrote:
I know this is an old post but I have a question about my Sure Shot A 2500 and since it is Sunday no one to answer so taking a chance someone will see this and know the answer
My screen switches to a black screen instead of showing a subject I am trying to shoot. . when it does that I don't know how to change it and after trying many many different settings. . it stays black. . I have turned off and on and then all of a sudden it shoiws the suject again.... DO YOU KNOW WHY THE BLACK SCREEN OCCURS AND WHAT I CAN DO TO CHANGE IT?
ANY HELP APPRECIATED.

The eyepiece gizmo on the back of the camera may not be properly seated. When your eye approaches the eyepiece, the screen display is automatically shut down to prevent stray light from confusing the autofocus sensor. If said gizmo isn't seated properly, the camera may think your eye is there when it isn't. Yeah I know it sounds absurd, but we've seen too many cases to count when that has actually been the problem.