topic Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help! in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

helpfixmycamera — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:16:26 GMT

My Rebel T3 won't take pictures. A yellow light flashes on front, but nothing else happens. I've tried replacing the battery, changing the mode, but it still won't take any pictures. It was working just fine yesterday.

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

RobertTheFat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:30:45 GMT

I haven't read the manual (hint), but a wild stab in the dark would be that a light that flashes on the front of the camera has somethng to do with the lens. Have you checked to make sure that it's firmly seated in its mount?

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

helpfixmycamera — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:55:11 GMT

I actually did try that. And this is going to sound like I'm totally stupid, but I figured out my problem.
Somehow I must have bumped the timer setting. I've never used the timer before, so I didn't realize it made the yellow light flash. And I wasn't just sitting there waiting to see if it would take a picture.

So anyway.... problem solved. I feel dumb, but putting the solution here just in case anyone else has the same problem! lol

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

dianaeva — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:56:16 GMT

Thank you so much for your answer. I did use the timer on my camera during the Thanksgiving weekend when we took a family picture and there was no one around to hold the camera. The picture came out great, but I forgot to turn off the timer. This weekend I couldn't use my camera at our family Christmas party. Found your answer and my problem was fixed in 10 seconds.

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

ratkowski7 — Mon, 29 May 2017 16:36:08 GMT

I did the same now how do you disable the timer 😞

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

RobertTheFat — Mon, 29 May 2017 21:30:23 GMT

@ratkowski7 wrote:
I did the same now how do you disable the timer 😞

The Instruction Manual illuminates such puzzles. Or you can just reset the camera to factory settings.

Re: Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

Ruhrohrachel3 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 19:36:49 GMT

Wow me too hahahah wowwww!!! I am so smart I’m glad I found your post cause I almost had a heart attack I’m settinf photobootb up at sister sweet 16 thinking i ruined it - crisis averted !! We got this!