R6 ES is to fast - each press of the button takes at least 2 shots

[Makverus]

Hello! I just got the R6 and I'm pretty stoked about it. The ES (being silent) is a godsend for my job. But I can't seem to get it to shoot one shot - each time I press it goes on and takes 2-3. And that's obviously not ideal. I tried binding switching the drive mode to a button - but that's still too slow to be useful. Maybe someone here has some suggestions? 

[wq9nsc]

It sounds like you have the drive mode set to high speed.  You can set it to single shot.

Or practice 🙂  I shoot primarily sports and leave my 1DX II and 1DX III in high speed drive mode but most game exposures are single shot.  It just takes a little practice to trigger single shots in high speed drive mode.

Rodger

[Makverus]

Yeah, I know about single shot. Guess I'll have to try and train myself...

[wq9nsc]

It really gets easy after you use it for a short time AND it keeps you alert and on your toes 🙂

For sports, I have to keep my cameras in high speed drive but I don't want multiple images when one is all that is needed/wanted. 

Between three soccer matches over the weekend, I shot just under 1,000 images with my 1DX III with it set for 16 FPS.  The longest sequence I shot was 9 images of a keeper going down and first nearly getting trampled and then almost kicked in the head while he wrapped up the ball.  The time when I get the most unwanted images is catching headers in soccer where timing is critical and most of those are 3 or 4 frames. 

I accidentally shot a really long sequence while shooting U.S. rules HS football last week using three body/lens combos and in the middle of an interception while grabbing my medium range setup the 1DX III portrait orientation shutter release ended up against my camera harness and I got 30 lovely images of nothing with that body 😞

Rodger

[Waddizzle]

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@Makverus wrote:

Yeah, I know about single shot. Guess I'll have to try and train myself...

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You should be able to dial in a maximum frame rate when using Continuous Drive mode.

[Makverus]

That would be awesome, but where is that option? Or are you just saying that they SHOULD have such an option?

[Waddizzle]

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@Makverus wrote:

That would be awesome, but where is that option? Or are you just saying that they SHOULD have such an option?

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It is a real setting.  Even the entry level cameras have it available as a menu item.  Look in the AF menus.

[Makverus]

I checked there twice, but no luck... 

[kvbarkley]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

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@Makverus wrote:

Yeah, I know about single shot. Guess I'll have to try and train myself...

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You should be able to dial in a maximum frame rate when using Continuous Drive mode.

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Is this just for the R's? This is certainly not an option for the Rebels, or at least my Rebel T6S.

[Makverus]

I don't see it on my R6, so... I may be dumb and completely miss it, though.