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. 

[kkola]

Yes this makes sense. My biggest concern was originally the shutter. After all the responses it's clear the issues I was having was because of the SD card. Taking all that into account I will definitely continue to make sure I get a proper SD card. As for the computer, I am on a MacBook Air which also has the SD slot. I'll further do more research to make sure I get proper SD cards for the camera. 

[MikeSowsun]

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

[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.

[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.