20 Most Recent Canon EOS 600D Rebel T3i Digital Camera - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Assuming the back screen is not defective (I'm assuming you've tested that), it is probably that your Image Review time is set to off. That's located on the first menu. see at 7:30 mark here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlXVzOZtlII

Make sure your SD card is Class 10. If not slower card will cause camera to go in busy mode while recording videos.

I had the same problem. The computer was simply too old to play back full HD videos... You should also try to copy video file to your hard drive to prevent trouble due to a slow access to the SD card. Hope this will help.

What make and model flash?

There are a few thing you may want to look at. In your menu settings (the second little wrench icon) you will find the LCD on/off options: Shutter Btn, Shutter/Disp, and Remain on, select your desired setting (page 179 in the T3i manual) Check to see that the display is activated by the "DISP." button located just in front of the Mode Dial. For the display to remain on during shooting you must me in "live view" which is avctivated by the icon button located to the immediate right of the eye cup. Unless this "live View" option is selected the LCD will remain off to save power. Also, if the menu is not visible try activating the quick menu "Q" button located just below the apature "AV" button. The LCD should work in the play/review mode at all times, if that is not the case then maybe repairs are necessary.You can view the manual from the link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/16003.pdf

SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

Hi there:Some symptoms of a defective CCD include distorted images or abnormal colors, scratchy purple lines, blank or black pictures, and/or black videos with good sound being recorded on the camera's flash card.A CCD problem would explain the lines on your pictures and the lines on the LCD (since the CCD is used to feed the live image). CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is one of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras.When a picture is taken, the CCD is struck by light coming through the camera's lens. Each of the thousands or millions of tiny pixels that make up the CCD convert this light into electrons. The number of electrons, usually described as the pixel's accumulated charge, is measured, then converted to a digital value. This last step occurs outside the CCD, in a camera component called an analog-to-digital converter.In order to correct this issue, the repair facility needs to replace the CCD. This is not something you may do on your own; check this article for additional details:Bad CCDs. This, isn't a good new, but hope helps to solve it.Hope this helps; also keep in mind that your feedback is important and I`ll appreciate your time and consideration if you leave some testimonial comment about this answer.Thank you for using FixYa, have a nice day.

Did you put it the right way around? Almost impossible to put it in the wrong way, but I don't know how strong your thumb is. Then check is all connection points are clean and shiny, and straight. Not one should be bent or out of line. Also check in the camera. Look if perhaps some dust or paper is in the memory card holder. Check is the memory card holder / battery door locks correct.

Although your EOS 600D does not support digital zoom, while shooting, the same effect can be reached when the picture is already on the memory card. If you want to zoom in later (Crop) please shoot in RAW (or RAW + JPG) Only then all details will be preserved. Later you then can crop the part you wanted to have in the first place. I know your camera can crop the pictures you want to print from the camera. I'm not sure you also can edit RAW pictures and later save them (cropped) as a jpg.

When a green light on the back is flashing, it is not the battery light, it is the memory access light. When the buffer is full, the camera will stop the recording, and save the content of the buffer to the memory card. During the writing, the green light is burning, or flashing. If you want to make longer shots, you should buy a faster SD card.for Video, you should have at least a C10 card, but better a U1 or more.