topic Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

tolebabe1 — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:49:17 GMT

Up until yesterday, I have had no problems taking pictures - I'm fairly new with a DSLR, (the T3i is my first), and yesterday I was watching a video tutorial on this particular camera. I went through the camera settings along with the instructor, through the menu settings, etc. Today I cannot get the shutter to work the way it's supposed to!

If I hold the shutter release half-way, I get the autofocus to work as usual, but when I continue to push it the rest of the way down, the shutter closes. I have to press the shutter release a second time before I get a photo. I went into the custom functions and cleared all settings, (in case I had unwittingly set something that I didn't know I'd done ), but I still have to press the shutter release twice.

Does anyone know what happened, or what I'm doing or not doing??

TIA!

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

cicopo — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:16:10 GMT

Sounds like you've set it for MIRROR LOCK UP if you're getting a photo on the second press.

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

tolebabe1 — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:59:22 GMT

@cicopo wrote:
Sounds like you've set it for MIRROR LOCK UP if you're getting a photo on the second press.

Thanks! That was the problem! I thought I had cleared up all the changes I'd made, but apparently not -

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

cicopo — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:31:56 GMT

You're welcome. Glad it was an easy fix.

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

ebiggs1 — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:30:14 GMT

"I'm fairly new with a DSLR,"

Why were you in mirror lock up? It is a more advanced setting. And I would look for a new instructor if he/she did not see that right off!

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

RobertTheFat — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:02:02 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
"I'm fairly new with a DSLR,"

Why were you in mirror lock up? It is a more advanced setting. And I would look for a new instructor if he/she did not see that right off!

Er... I don't believe he said he was with the instructor when the problem occurred. (Note: "yesterday" vs "today")

Indeed, was he "with" the instructor at all? It was a video, no?

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

ebiggs1 — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:12:14 GMT

Bob from Boston,

Not the way I read it.

"I went through the camera settings along with the instructor, through the menu settings, etc. Today I cannot get the shutter to work the way it's supposed to! "

Some form of communications is missing though!

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

tolebabe1 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:12:06 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:
@ebiggs1 wrote:
"I'm fairly new with a DSLR,"

Why were you in mirror lock up? It is a more advanced setting. And I would look for a new instructor if he/she did not see that right off!
Er... I don't believe he said he was with the instructor when the problem occurred. (Note: "yesterday" vs "today")

Indeed, was he "with" the instructor at all? It was a video, no?

To clear up any misunderstanding - the online video was going through camera settings, - all the buttons and menu items, explaining what they did. I was going along with the video, trying to find the settings and seeing if I could do the same thing. I wasn't aware that I had engaged mirror lock-up, but I still went to "clear camera settings", thinking it would re-set any "oops" I may have done. Apparently I had engaged the mirror lock-up unknowingly, and either clearing the camera settings didn't affect the lock-up, or I really didn't get the settings cleared! lol Whatever it was, I was inadvertently and unknowingly still in mirror lock-up - an easy fix once cicopo identified it for me!!

Thank you to all who took the time and trouble to respond - as a beginner, I really appreciate your responding to my (to you, I'm sure!) pretty simplistic problem!

Molliann

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

Lhcomp — Wed, 11 May 2016 17:00:25 GMT

@cicopo thanks for that info. It actually solved the same problem for me as well.

Re: Having to press shutter button twice to get picture on T3i

cicopo — Wed, 11 May 2016 20:54:41 GMT

You're welcome & thank you for using the search function rather than starting another thread.