Has anyone had problems firing the Digital Rebel with the RS 60 E-3 remote? I am able to fire the camera once and then it will not fire again unless I unplug the banana plug from the port on the side of the camera and re-insert it.
I am then able to take one shot and then nothing.
Any suggestions please.
Thanks.
John
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
It sounds like your remote switch is "latching up." In other words, it is not resetting itself after the first exposure, and the camera is therefore prevented from releasing its shutter again until you remove and reinsert the cable. I've tested my sample of the Digital Rebel with Remote Switch RS-60E3, and find that it's working as expected. So, there's nothing inherently wrong with the camera that prevents the use of a remote switch.
According to the e-mail you sent separately, you are apparently using other non-Canon accessories in addition to the RS-60E3. If there is an extension cord involved, I wonder if it supports all 3 lines from the RS-60E3??
Here are a few other tips that may be helpful:
1. If you are shooting remotely, be sure to set your EF lens for manual focus. This will prevent the shutter release from locking if the image is not in focus according to the camera's AF system.
2. If you need to shoot quickly, be sure to set your Digital Rebel for continuous advance. Set a "Creative Zone" shooting mode (P, Tv, Av, M, or A-DEP) and press the Advance Mode button on top of the camera until the symbol for continuous advance appears on the LCD data panel above the LCD monitor on the back of the camera.
3. If you are shooting quickly, don't forget that the Digital Rebel has a limit of four consecutive frames before the buffer is filled.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
This may have nothing to do with your problem, but on my RS-60E3, the "biceps" of the angle plug's "forearm" intereres with the camera body when the plug is in place in the "cord exits downward" orientation and thus the plug doesn't fully seat reliably.
(Chuck - this could be a design issue with the RS-60E3. I have not reported it through normal channels.)
I had to carve off a little bit off the "biceps" of the plug to avoid the problem.
If there is any chance that this is the problem, putting the plug in the "cord exits upward" orientation will avert the interference for testing purposes.
Just for reference, a "banana plug" is something quite different - the kind of plug (single conductor) often found on the meter end of meter test leads.
(Yes, before some other old timer jumps me, there are "double banana plug" connectors, such as the General Radio 274-type.)
Best regards,
Doug
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
John confirmed to me offline that his problem was solved simply by changing the Digital Rebel from its default single frame mode to continuous advance.
The issue probably came up because his previous film camera, the EOS Rebel X, defaulted to continuous advance, whereas the Digital Rebel defaults to single frame advance and he wasn't looking for that initially.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
John confirmed to me offline that his problem was solved simply by changing the Digital Rebel from its default single frame mode to continuous advance.
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Good news, but how curious. I didn't know that one was expected to put the Digital Rebel in continuous advance to use the RS-60E3 (I'm not sure right now where my RS-60E3 instruction sheet is. I most of the time have mine in single frame drive when I use the RS-60E3, and have experienced no anomalies.
Is one in fact expected to put the camera in continuous drive in order to use the RS-60E3? Or am I missing something about this case (such as what John really had in mind was getting a lot of shots in a row by locking the button down on the RS-60E3). (That wasn't part of the original description of the difficulty.)
On the related front I mentioned earlier, should I make a "trouble" report to Canon about the fact that on my RS-60E3 the shape of the "forearm" of the angle plug is incompatible with the plug seating fully in the "cord exits downward" orientation?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Doug
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
Thanks for your help and suggestions with my Blimp Cam Upgrade Program.
I just did an actual test with the system in the air. I first shot in RAW mode and then did some shots as jpgs. I think I am going to have a problem shooting in RAW becasue it takes too long for the camera to write and on the ground I have no way of knowing when the camera is "ready".
However, even shooting jpgs I found when I had the camera on the ground at least 10 minutes after shooting was complete that when I took the remote plug out of the port the camera started writing to the card again. Is this normal or is it another anomaly due to my equipment configuration.
Also, I have not installed the Canon software yet and opened the RAW images in Photoshop CSs RAW Plug In. When comparing RAW files to jpgs the jpg wins hands down in color rendition but they both look the same as far as resolution sharpness is concerned. I imagine this is due to a poor job Photoshop is interpreting the proprietary Canon RAW file.
Either way I think I will shoot jpgs for the other reason I pointed out above. Most of my clients don't need large images anyway and if they do then I will shoot RAW if I get better results with the Canon software.
Any comments or suggestions?
Thanks
John
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
>>I didn't know that one was expected to put the Digital Rebel in continuous advance to use the RS-60E3 <
Sorry you got confused, Doug, but it is not necessary to place the Digital Rebel in continuous shooting mode to use the RS-60E3. It works just fine in single, continuous or self-timer modes. It's just that John was expecting the Digital Rebel to default to continuous shooting like his old camera did, but the default setting for the Digital Rebel is single frame mode.
>>On the related front I mentioned earlier, should I make a "trouble" report to Canon about the fact that on my RS-60E3 the shape of the "forearm" of the angle plug is incompatible with the plug seating fully in the "cord exits downward" orientation?<<
That's up to you, but I don't expect any changes to either the camera or the RS-60E3. It's just a peculiarity of the Digital Rebel that its remote control terminal is slightly recessed, making it more convenient to angle the plug of the RS-60E3 any other way except straight down or forward.
White Balance so easy, even our 5 year old can do it.- Melissa Strickland
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