EOS Rebel XS saying busy and won't take pictures

[mliz2486]

My camera worked fine the other day.  Now, it won't take pictures at all.  When I go to take a picture, it will act like it is focusing by flashing and such but it will never go through.  It always says busy.  I have tried all modes, and none will work not even without flash. 

I have also taken the battery out, taken the card out and reformatted it, and cleared all camera settings.  Can anyone help?  I have a newborn that I would really like to be able to capture. 🙂

Thank you ahead of time!

[NashvilleSuz]

Try changing the dial from the green A+ to P.

[benzfamily3]

I had the same problem and posed this question earlier this year. I reset my settings back to the orginal factory settings and everything is back to normal now. Download a PDF of your camera's manual and it will show you how to do this.

[asimshafiq]

Facing same problem

[skyana02]

I just got a Canon EOS Rebel T5 for Christmas and it was working then suddenly on AF it would show a,"Busy" signal. I went and read so many reviews, what to check for, check the surrounding lighting and it was actually something very simple. Just Keep your finger on the button to take a photo, it will show busy just because it's processing the image your trying to take. Hold it till the "busy signal", goes away and your camera will take the photo. So, press and hold and the busy signal goes away and your camera takes your image. That's it. Unless others have tried that and it failed? But, mine worked. Thank you. And good luck! I hope you figure it out! I enjoy taking photos! And this is my first big camera! Happy New Year!

[bobbrohm114]

All those recent suggestiions may work, but, I had the problem with a T-2 that was about 3 years old, and the repair was a new main board for about $300.  The camera came back working fine and about 5 months later the same problem and same repair.  Canon has a problem here.

[bobbrohm114]

See my recent post.

[bobbrohm114]

I just posted about having my T2 repaired.  I used, and was happy with the service the

Royal Camera 1134 E Lake Street, Hanover Park Illinois 60133 630-372 6150

There turnaround time was pretty good and you can actually talk to a live person. 

[IRVING]

Hello, I bought a canon 60d from a friend about 4 years ago and all of the suddent it wont take pictures, and it also wont show any kind of image on the screen. when I turn it on it doesnt make the noise of the shutter. It focus and the flash realeses but it through the viewfinder it says is busy and the shutter wont release. I will really appriciate an answer and thanks for reading my question

[NashvilleSuz]

The top of the list is to make certain your card is true high speed and formatted IN the camera. If you have been using the same card for 4 years, it could also just be ready to be retired (the card not the camera).

[lieselbrown]

I am having this same problem and am out of the country.  I am hoping I can fix this on my own.  My camera is a canon EOS rebel XTI and I have a tamron 18-270 lens.  I can take pictures in MF, but not in AF.  The camera was working fine until this afternoon, nothing happened to it.  Sometimes I get an error 99 message, but usually it just says busy and won't take the picture.  Any help is greatly appreciated.