topic Re: “BUSY” When Recording in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

“BUSY” When Recording - SX740 HS

Acogley81 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:20:15 GMT

Hi everyone! I have a SX740 HS that I’m using for shooting video of football games. When I go to record, it sometimes works and sometimes goes “BUSY” and have to take the battery out to reset the camera. Any idea why this would be happening?

I have a picture of the micro SD card I am using and video settings.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

normadel — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:51:09 GMT

The first thing you'll hear from many is to NOT use Micro-SD cards in adapters. Numerous cameras don't seem to like them Use full-size SD cards.

Also, very large capacity cards can be problematic for some cameras. Do you have smaller onesto try?

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Peter — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:43:25 GMT

Start here.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Waddizzle — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:00:40 GMT

The issue is almost certainly your memory card. The User Guide does not list micro-SD cards as a recommend type of memory card. Yes, that’s correct. They are not the same as a full-size SD card.

Buy a new Class, 10, UHS-1 SD memory card from a Canon Factory Authorized Dealer. Buying memory cards, camera batteries, and other camera accessories on web sites like Amazon is highly inadvisable.

I buy memory cards from B&H. I always low-level format them in the camera prior to first use, too. Despite appearances to the contrary, memory cards do not come pre-formatted. They have residue from production testing, which needs to be completely wiped away.

Never swaps memory cards between cameras or devices that use them to store data.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:15:09 GMT

I have a 32GB micro that I was using and was doing the same thing.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:15:21 GMT

I will try this and see what happens.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:17:24 GMT

I did buy this camera from B&H. I will look into full a full SD card.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Waddizzle — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:01:50 GMT

@Acogley81 wrote:
I did buy this camera from B&H. I will look into full a full SD card.

Do not buy the largest capacity cards out there, either. Stick to 32GB or 64GB cards.

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:42:23 GMT

Shoot! I ordered a 128 GB. Should I return it and get a 64 GB?

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Waddizzle — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:47:54 GMT

@Acogley81 wrote:
Shoot! I ordered a 128 GB. Should I return it and get a 64 GB?

A major brand like SanDisk or Lexar should be find. What did you order?

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:04:56 GMT

This is what I bought

Re: “BUSY” When Recording

Acogley81 — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:49:46 GMT

I’ve done all this and it’s still doing the same thing. Is there maybe a firmware update I need to do?