topic Re: New T3 not saving photos to card in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

New T3 not saving photos to card

longboredterrie — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:48:03 GMT

Ok I am just about ready to return my T3 I have read the Manual many times formatted the card and taken and put it in a different camera its working but not in the T3 This is what going on I take photos I see them on camera and I turn camera off when I turn It

back on the photos are gone camera tells me no Images now it makes no difference what type of image Raw or Jpg and when I put SD card or plug T3 in to my PC It has no files on it I have all canon software installed and installed and reinstalled I am so very sad and have had many Canon cameras that worked beautiful it took me 2 years to afford this

camera .

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

cicopo — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:07:33 GMT

I don't think I've ever heard that complaint but can you tell us what memory card you're using. If it's an SDXC card that may be the problem because I don't think that camera supports them. Have you tried a SD or SDHC card?

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

longboredterrie — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:46 GMT

Its the card that came with the Camera its new just like the camera I will try to go to a canon dealer to see if they will take a look at it before I take it back, I hope I can get a new one when I take it back it was purchased at Target .

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

cicopo — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:26:42 GMT

Agree with that idea. Take it back & see if they can solve this. If not exchange it.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

aslattery_t3 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:27:55 GMT

I'm having this same issue - when i take photos or videos they stay on the card, until i turn it off.. when i turn it back on they are gone. Have you found any resoution to this issue?

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:10:37 GMT

The SD memory card has a "write protect" switch to reduce the risk of data loss. However this switch prevents you from writing data to the card.

To enable writing on the SD memory card, you should turn off the write protect lock by pressing the small switch backwards.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

fourtitansfans — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:30:22 GMT

I am having the same issue. I just purchased this through Best Buy. I've changed out the cards with one that worked on an old point and shoot camera and I can see the old pictures, but no new images are saving. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it so I don't have to return it.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

RobertTheFat — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:44:02 GMT

@fourtitansfans wrote:
I am having the same issue. I just purchased this through Best Buy. I've changed out the cards with one that worked on old point and shoot camera and I can see the old pictures, but no new images are saving. If anyone has any ideas, I would great appreciate it so I don't have to return it.

You probably know this, but different cameras, particularly different camera models, write to different folders on the card. So if you look only where the old pictures were, you might fool yourself into thinking the new ones are missing, when in fact they may just be in a different folder.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:40:36 GMT

Here is where to look.

I actually don't think that is the problem but well worth a look see.

You do know it is best to format the SD card especially for the camera that is using it? It is not a good idea to use a SD card formated by a different camera. Get the current photos off and reformat the SD card.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

fourtitansfans — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:41:37 GMT

I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. It's a little embarrassing, but I wasn't holding the button down long enough for the picture to take. Even though it was flashing, the picture wasn't actually taking. I've never had a camera that took that long, but since this is my first "non point and shoot camera", I have a lot to learn about it.. Thanks to those that have responded - all information is helpful!

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

lawarner234 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:42:24 GMT

I am having the same problem. I formatted my card using the camera. Tried to write protected it, and then unwrite protected it. I am holding the button down longer and it still wasn't saving pictures. But I found I still was not holding it LONG enough. Very frustrating but the post was great. And the pictures are fabulous.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:51:43 GMT

What button?

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

lawarner234 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:41:34 GMT

The shutter button, just hold it down until the camera is done.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:54:20 GMT

And you think this is normal? It is not.

The shutter should fire in an instant of a second. Unless you have a setting wrong.

Example, you have the mode dial on "B". Go to your menus and 'clear all setting'. Make sure the mode dial is on the green square. Make sure your SD card is not write protected. Try again.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

lawarner234 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:05:55 GMT

It is on automatic (green square), and I don't see a menu item for clear all settings. It does click instantly but needs to 'reclick' again before the image is completely taken and saved to the card. The camera tells me when the card is write protected.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

amfoto1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:14:21 GMT

Try putting the camera into P mode (which still gives you fully automatic exposures, but doesn't force you to use other camera settings).

I suspect the reason you're seeing an unacceptibly long delay before the shutter fires is that there is some sort of focus lock on... Maybe it's something that can be enabled or disabled in the menu, or that you are forced to use when in the "green box" mode. A focus lock will prevent the shutter from releasing until focus has been achieved and confirmed by the camera. How long it takes to achieve focus can vary from very little to a lot, depending upon many factors (focus mode, type of focus drive the lens is using, various user settings and techniques, light levels, subject contrast and probably more).

Turning off focus lock... or using an exposure setting that doesn't force you to use it... you should see the shutter trip almost instantly. Most DSLRs are much faster (have shorter "shutter lag") firing than many point-n-shoot cameras, although there is some difference among DSLR models, too.

Of course, the down side to not using focus lock is that you may see some shots that aren't perfectly in focus.

And there are good uses for a focus lock, such as "trap focus" with macro photography.

To get the best out of your camera, I suggest you go watch the three half hour videos about how Canon auto focus works, starting with this one. Learning how to use the AF system will help insure a high percentage of in-focus shots without using focus lock. Those videos are a few years old and pre-date the T3, but your camera has a fairly simple 9-point AF system, most similar to what the 5D Mark II in those videos uses (your camera does not have 6 hidden "Focus Assist" points, that the 5DII does). On your camera, the center point is a more sensitive "dual-axis/cross-type". All the others are "single axis". By pre-selecting only the center point, you will see the fastest possible peformance under the widest variety of conditions (weigh this against using multi-points/auto selected and that using the center point only tends to center the subject in all your shots).

Hope this helps!

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Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:07:46 GMT

"I don't see a menu item for clear all settings,,,"

It is in the last yellow wrench in your menus. Second from the bottom in the list. You maybe should spend some time with your manual.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

lawarner234 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:45:55 GMT

Yes I am still learning my camera. I have looked at some you-tubes and everything helps. But until I was able to save my photos I could not even tell how to tell how my beginning attempts were going.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

cicopo — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:16:02 GMT

"It does click instantly but needs to 'reclick' again before the image is completely taken and saved to the card."

That sounds like the camera is set to Mirror Lock Up. to me.

Re: New T3 not saving photos to card

ebiggs1 — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:09:03 GMT

Repeat!

You must reset the camera.

It is in the last yellow wrench in your menus. Second from the bottom in the list.