New T1i

[Tamster]

Good Morning, I just purchased this camera and was trying out the self timer and i'm not sure if i can use it only certain modes? It keeps pausing as i'm trying to set up for another grouping. It can take 10shots a take. I'm trying to take some surprise christmas pics for my hubby and was getting annoyed by whatever it was doing i kept turning the camera off and back on to reset and sometimes it would say it was busy? Any ideas?
LOL or maybe I was wearing the flash out!
Thanks for the help in advance!

[Bluenoser]

When the camera says it's busy, that means, well, it's busy. It's performing some function(s) behind the scenes.

Have you read the users manual on using the self-timer? There should be specific details in there on how to use it and what it's doing.

[Tamster]

HA! Yea i figured it was busy doing something.. Wasn't sure what... yes i have read it and not much in there, i think i'll refer back to the cd that came with it and see if it tells me anything more. I have only had it a few days, so i'm sure this will be a stupid question in a week or two when i do have all the information.

[Doug Pardee]

Originally Posted by Tamster

sometimes it would say it was busy? Any ideas?
LOL or maybe I was wearing the flash out!

You're close. If you take a number of photos in a row with the pop-up flash, the camera will put the flash into a forced "cooling off" time.

See the last item on page 205 of the manual, in the Troubleshooting section.

[Tamster]

Thank you! I'll check it out. Thanks for the direction. I haven't had a chance to look at the 80-100 shots i took as of yet but was wondering if i'm shooting on auto how does it focus if i'm not in the set as soon as i hit the button to start, or will it focus once i get in the picture?
I guess I'll find out when I take my lunch break and look at the pics. I looked quickly when they first came out, they could have been a little sharper and more focused. Thought about puttting something there for it to focus on until i got into the shot? Hmmm

[Doug Pardee]

Originally Posted by Tamster

was wondering if i'm shooting on auto how does it focus if i'm not in the set as soon as i hit the button to start

Yes.

or will it focus once i get in the picture?

No.

If you want to do this sort of thing, you have to use a remote release rather than the timer.

[raylfreeman]

Still waiting on the pics.....................