Why does my Canon 70D need two shutter presses before taking a photo?
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My Canon 70D won’t take a picture with a single press of the shutter button. I press once, then have to press again for one shot. It’s not set to the self-timer, so what camera setting could cause this?
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You have probably enabled mirror lockup.
The purpose of mirror lockup is to allow the slight vibrations caused by the movement of the mirror to dissipate before the shutter is opened. This is mostly an issue at shutter times between about 1/100 second and 1 second. Shorter exposures are over before the vibrations reach the parts of the camera that could cause motion blur from the mirror movement. Longer exposures are long enough that the vibrations last only a very short percentage of the total exposure time. Use of mirror lockup is normally accompanied by either the use of a wired cable release or by the use of a wireless remote control so that the camera does not need to be touched directly to release the shutter.
To disable mirror lockup, go into the 70D's menu setting under Shooting 2 (the second red tab with the little camera symbol). Scroll down to the bottom, select Mirror Lockup, change the setting from enable to disable, and press the Set button to apply the change.
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The most likely cause is mirror lockup being enabled. With mirror lockup, the first press raises the mirror and the second press actually fires the shutter. This is used to reduce vibration for macro, tripod, or certain slow-shutter shots.
Also check that a 2-second timer is not turned on, since that can make the camera seem like it is not shooting normally.
On the Canon 70D, look in the Shooting menu for the mirror lockup setting and turn it off if you want normal single-press shooting. If you were recently doing macro or night photography, it’s easy to leave this enabled by accident.
If changing those settings fixes it, the camera is likely working normally.
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