my camera reads busy during photoshoots

hey i have a canon xti and when i am takeing photos my camea will read busy and i will miss a good shot ... I thought it was my Cf card so i bought a sandisc 8gb extreme 111 and it still will say busy not all the time only if i am takeing shots one behind another... i usally run it on p mode ?? help please any ideas

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Permalink Reply by Michael Bruenning on August 21, 2008 at 12:01am: I'm not for sure but I think that the XTi can only use up to "Extreme II" CF cards. But my best thought would be to check your user manual and/or Canon's web site for trouble shooting on this mater.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elmer on August 21, 2008 at 5:43am: Carla, according to the XTi manual your camera will not work with a type III card. Also, read your manual on resetting the camera's functions. This may help by clearing your settings. One other thing, See that your other card will be read by your computer. If so, save your photos and then place the card back into your camera and reformat the card. Hope this helps.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by carla on August 21, 2008 at 6:13am: Ok well i had a regular CF card it was just a 2 gb it read busy. I also have a ultra11 1.o GB and it does the same.. Will it mess up my XTI if i continue to use this new extreme 111 and the quaility of my photo's?? Thanks Carla; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by carla on August 21, 2008 at 8:03am: Well i called Canon and they said it was my recharge time... I didn't think about that .. and my CF card he said XTI will support up to a 16 GB card so i guess im ok ... thank yall for all your help; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elmer on August 21, 2008 at 9:07am: Very good. I will keep this for my own reference as I too have an XTI.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nitro on August 21, 2008 at 9:16am: You are using the popup flash? Also, if you are reading busy on the dial, but the CF access light is not on, it is not the card. For shots one after the other, i would recommend a quickly charging external flash.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by carla on August 22, 2008 at 5:59am: ok thanks i will keep this in mind for sure; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marion Wilson on August 22, 2008 at 10:08am: HI Everyone. I have had the same thing happen to me also. I will keep in mind about the popup flash, although the flash wasn't being used. I do have the external flash (580EX) but it wasn't on. I will keep Nitro's comment in Thanks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nitro on August 22, 2008 at 10:39am: Another place to look for is the format you have selected for the photo. Sometimes if you set the mode to RAW or RAW+JPG, the camera may get a little busy. But this may be unavoidable in certain circumstances when you must shoot RAW. However, sometimes i set the mode to RAW for a few pics and forget to turn back to jpeg. (high capacity storage can sometimes spoil us) :-); ▶ Reply to This