Rebel T6i stops taking pictures

[giselini]

*Very new here* Just got a rebel t6i (also have a t5i and rarely have this problem) Camera will take a few pictures and then stop working all together -no message on screen- I have to keep waiting until it "decides" to work again after approx 10-15 seconds which is a long time when shooting parades.

Any ideas on what could be happening? Should I take it back to the store? 

[ScottyP]

Depends in part on what a few pictures means. Your camera can shoot a continuous burst until you fill up the memory buffer in its processor, and then it is forced to slow down to the speed at which the processor can write the images onto your SD card. 

Variables include:

1.) card speed.

2.) image type (jpg, RAW, RAW + jpg, high quality, low quality, etc.).

You should get more than a few (3-4) shots on continuous if shooting either RAW  or jpg before the buffer fills up and the camera slows down. How many are you getting?

[ScottyP]

I checked a reviews site that says their testing showed the T6i filled its buffer shooting RAW after 6 images, and the official Canon rating is 7 images. The camera has a new Digic 6 processor vs. the Digic 5 processor in the T5, but the 24 megapixel sensor is larger than the old 18 megapixel sensor so apparently buffer depth can be a little limited for big RAW images. 

On on the other hand, the same site claimed the T5i hit the buffer limit after just 5 shots, so the t5i should not be doing better strictly on buffer.  Could your SD card be a bit less than the top of the line?  I have one card that is 50% faster in transfer rate than another card, and yet both cards are pretty recent purchases.  The slow one was cheaper, no surprise. 

[giselini]

Thank you very much for your detailed yet easy to read response 🙂

(by a few pics i meant varied amounts....sometimes 1, sometimes 6.... very strange)

I will try switching the SD card as I suspect the one I'm using is not of the best quality. Hopefully this will take care of the problem... I will reach out again if that doesn't work. Thanks again!

[Peter]

You can also try low level format your card in the camera. You should do that if you never done it before.

[ScottyP]

Peter's suggestion is a good one.  The card should be formatted for the particular camera or it may not work well.  If you have never formatted the card, or if it was only formatted for your old camera, that could be hurting your performance.