Canon T5i Shutter Issue??

[kkola]

Hello, I just recently purchased a T5i Rebel. I was playing around with it and it sounded like there was something wrong with the shutter. It seems slow and maybe a little sluggish. If I hold down the shutter, it starts somewhat quick then quickly slows down the rate it takes pictures at. I'm not sure if this is how it should be or if there's something wrong with it. I attached a video. Someone please help. 

[Tronhard]

No particular suggestions, but I would not necessarily go for the big cards that didn't exist when the camera model was designed. Let the salesperson know the age of the camera and see what they suggest.  As to capacity, maybe something in the 32GB region - you will still have lots of images as the 5Ti files are nowhere near as big as something like the R5 or 5Dsr!

Do you shoot in RAW, JPG or both?

[kkola]

I believe I have it in both formats. I'll shoot around the 32GB range. I'll definitely let you know how it goes. 

[Tronhard]

Sounds good.  Certainly recording in RAW+JPG will put some stress on the comms circuit and buffer, but the T5i is designed to deal with that, using the appropriate card.   Good luck!

[MikeSowsun]

Fast SD cards are cheap these days. Here is one I would recommend….

[Tronhard]

The issue might be the exact opposite of my first thought - you are using a 9 year-old camera with a very fast card. Generally Canon cameras do not work well with MicroSD cards and adapters to begin with, and that might be exacerbated by using a far faster card than it was originally designed for.  To try to eliminate the card, do you have a full-size SD card you can substitute for the one you are using?

[kkola]

Not currently. So when I get a chance tomorrow, lower speed full SD card is what I should look for? So would 95 speed be okay? Or more like 30 MB/s?

[AtticusLake]

Get a fast card, if you're going to be shooting bursts or continuous.  But how fast?  I think a U3 card (30 MB/s) is probably as fast as your camera can handle.  Once again, ignore the "95 MB/s" or whatever garbage printed on the card.  That is a lie, or at best you will hit that speed once in a blue moon when reading the card on a fast PC.  You need to be looking at the speed rating, like U3.

I say U3 because the T5i manual (page 89) lists burst sizes against file sizes, and the burst size goes unlimited (effectively) when the file size is 3.2MB.  That suggests that the camera can actually write about 16MB/s; if you shoot more than that, the camera is recording to RAM, so the burst size is limited.  So a U3 card, at 30 MB/s, will probably give you the best the camera can deliver.

As someone pointed out, a faster card can help when you're unloading images on to your PC; but for me that's not a big deal.

[AtticusLake]

I don't believe there's any way the SD card can be too fast.  The card doesn't push the camera; it's the other way round.  The camera asks the card to store a block of data, and waits for a response; if that response comes straight away, there's no harm done.  The only issue is if the camera has to wait a long time; then it's forced to go slow.

[kvbarkley]

For stills, it does not matter. However, it is important to format the card in the camera.

[kkola]

Can you expand more on this? I'm still learning how to go about choosing the right settings and formatting.