Rebel T3 not taking pictures, yellow light flashing, please help!

[helpfixmycamera]

My Rebel T3 won't take pictures.  A yellow light flashes on front, but nothing else happens.  I've tried replacing the battery, changing the mode, but it still won't take any pictures.  It was working just fine yesterday.

[RobertTheFat]

I haven't read the manual (hint), but a wild stab in the dark would be that a light that flashes on the front of the camera has somethng to do with the lens. Have you checked to make sure that it's firmly seated in its mount?

[helpfixmycamera · Accepted solution]

I actually did try that.  And this is going to sound like I'm totally stupid, but I figured out my problem. 
Somehow I must have bumped the timer setting.  I've never used the timer before, so I didn't realize it made the yellow light flash.  And I wasn't just sitting there waiting to see if it would take a picture. 

So anyway.... problem solved.  I feel dumb, but putting the solution here just in case anyone else has the same problem! lol

[dianaeva]

Thank you so much for your answer. I did use the timer on my camera during the Thanksgiving weekend when we took a family picture and there was no one around to hold the camera. The picture came out great, but I forgot to turn off the timer. This weekend I couldn't use my camera at our family Christmas party. Found your answer and my problem was fixed in 10 seconds.

[ratkowski7]

I did the same now how do you disable the timer 😞

[RobertTheFat]

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@ratkowski7 wrote:

I did the same now how do you disable the timer 😞

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The Instruction Manual illuminates such puzzles. Or you can just reset the camera to factory settings.

[Ruhrohrachel3]

Wow me too hahahah wowwww!!! I am so smart I’m glad I found your post cause I almost had a heart attack I’m settinf photobootb up at sister sweet 16 thinking i ruined it - crisis averted !! We got this!