Canon 350d - Problems

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Hi,

I have the Canon 350d, and I was doing photos yesterday in my home studio of my kids and all the photos started coming out blurry because the shutter speed was about 2 seconds after clicking, resulting in blurred photos. I haven't changed any settings on the camera, i turned it off, to reposition the kids and when I turned it back on this started happening.

Another thing I have also noticed, when I have my lights ups and the umbrellas with my flash gun plugged in etc, The flash only goes off every 5 or 6 clicks, how do I make it go every click?

Thanks for any help
 
Flash problem: You need to give the flash time to recycle before it'll fire again.

Other problem: I don't quite understand, do you mean your shutter speed was 2 seconds?
 
What did you have your camera set to? perhaps you repositioned the kids somewhere darker so the camera picked a longer shutter speed?
 
More info needed. What equipment are you using and what exactly is happening? Your explanation is unclear/ambiguous.

And welcome to TP :)
 
Just a thought, when you picked up the camera again, did you accidently press the SELF TIMER button?. This is the lower of the 2 buttons to the right of the LCD display, if you have, just press it again to disable the self timer.


John :)
 
you might have accidently switched it into Manual or something.

what mode are you used to it being on, and what mode is it currently on ?
 
You've switched on the 2 sec timer mode as John has stated.
 
i'm confused... OP says the shutter is open for 2 seconds after pressing the shutter button which means blurry pictures.

that's not the timer as far as i can see it :|
 
recrudesce said:
i'm confused... OP says the shutter is open for 2 seconds after pressing the shutter button which means blurry pictures.

that's not the timer as far as i can see it :|
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The OP didn't actually say "open for..." It's ambiguous. That's the problem.

dotcom said:
...the shutter speed was about 2 seconds after clicking...
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But the OP seems to have lost interest anyway :shrug:
 
HoppyUK said:
The OP didn't actually say "open for..." It's ambiguous. That's the problem.
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didn't specifically say, but the timer wont make pictures come out blurry... 1/200 after a 2 second wait will still result in a picture taken at 1/200 - right ?

dotcom said:
all the photos started coming out blurry
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yes except that buy then you'd likely be moving the camera wondering what (didn't) happen.
 
HoppyUK said:
The OP didn't actually say "open for..." It's ambiguous. That's the problem.



But the OP seems to have lost interest anyway :shrug:
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Might be embarrassed! useing self timer.
 
pearce_jj said:
yes except that buy then you'd likely be moving the camera wondering what (didn't) happen.
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yeah, but who realistically moves their DSLR without hearing the shutter close first...

i dont think it's the timer, i think it's the shutter speed.
 
Could it be that Av is selected, small aperture and non firing flash could result in 2 sec exposure.
 
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