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04/25/2006 09:08:12 PM · #1 |
Deep dark depression
Excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck
I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair and agony on me...
The dRebel just broke on me. The little mirror behind the big mirror that redirects light to the autofocus won't pop up when the big mirror pops up. This means that it blocks the light going to the sensor plane... Anyone have this happen? Is there a quick fix? Can I clean everything in there with a blower or brush? Am I screwed? I think it's the last, but I'm a worst case scenerio kinda guy...
Can someone make me happy again? |
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04/25/2006 09:11:42 PM · #2 |
I just saved 15% on my car insurance.
j/k - I've nothing to help, sorry. Just trying to lighten the mood. :( |
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04/25/2006 09:18:00 PM · #3 |
Did you try to see if it will go up with a fully charged battery??
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04/25/2006 09:18:54 PM · #4 |
Is there a way to reset it? Maybe take the battery out for a while or something? Maybe give it a good shwack...
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04/25/2006 09:25:44 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MQuinn:
Is there a way to reset it? Maybe take the battery out for a while or something? Maybe give it a good shwack... |
I'm With Quinn... sounds like it needs a good Shwack ;-) Is it still under warranty... I'd contact Canon, maybe checkout there site or related sites for troubleshooting methods. Good luck!
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04/25/2006 09:30:58 PM · #6 |
Did you fix the lens? Just checking...I'm always worried that my D70 will break. I usually get the bad feeling right after I buy some glass or flash or some other accessory.
I'm almost to 10000 shots with it and it will be a year 4/28/06.
Hope you get it fixed.
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04/25/2006 09:32:36 PM · #7 |
Tried taking out the battery, changed lenses, removed and replaced card and thwacked it once. It's a tad better, but still fu... screwed.
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04/25/2006 09:34:17 PM · #8 |
oh my...
(somebody had to complete the subject line...) |
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04/25/2006 09:44:59 PM · #9 |
| If I pop the little mirror up, I don't have any autofocus or focus confirmation, but I can use manual focus and it works ok... |
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04/25/2006 09:52:16 PM · #10 |
TC, your license plate doesn't say BR-549 does it ;-)
Sorry to hear about the Reb... time for an upgrade?
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04/25/2006 10:02:18 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
TC, your license plate doesn't say BR-549 does it ;-)
Sorry to hear about the Reb... time for an upgrade? |
Can I borrow a thousand bucks? |
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04/25/2006 10:35:58 PM · #12 |
| Is it still under warranty? This happened to me. I went to Best Buy service department and they immediately swapped it for one out of the box. |
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04/25/2006 10:42:36 PM · #13 |
| should have bought a Nikon. |
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04/25/2006 10:44:40 PM · #14 |
| Honestly that sucks, i would see if it is still under warrenty and if not upgrade to a better Canon. That is if you gots lots of Canon glass. If not i'd go Nikon. |
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04/25/2006 10:47:54 PM · #15 |
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04/25/2006 10:49:55 PM · #16 |
Dont worry Ron, I'll let you carry my equipment at the GTG so you'll have something to do. I may even share my 20D on a seperate CF card. ;-)
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04/25/2006 10:57:27 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Dont worry Ron, I'll let you carry my equipment at the GTG so you'll have something to do. I may even share my 20D on a seperate CF card. ;-) |
Do you trust my luck to L glass? |
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04/25/2006 10:57:54 PM · #18 |
That sux man, hope you get 'er up and going again soon.
Good luck with the repairs.
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04/25/2006 11:10:35 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Dont worry Ron, I'll let you carry my equipment at the GTG so you'll have something to do. I may even share my 20D on a seperate CF card. ;-) |
Do you trust my luck to L glass? |
I have everything insured :-)
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04/25/2006 11:23:21 PM · #20 |
| There should be a tiny spring that connects the big mirror on the front to the smaller one just behind it. This spring is the only thing that makes the little mirror retract upward with the bigger one up front. If your big mirror is moving all the way and the little one doesn't follow... I'd say you either had your spring pop off (which has happened to me before), or it broke. Look and see if you can find it. |
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04/26/2006 05:19:21 PM · #21 |
| There's a little spring that makes it pop back down when the mirror goes down... |
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04/26/2006 05:24:11 PM · #22 |
It should come with a year or two-year warranty. As long as you have the receipt, you can send it to canon.
A line of pixels went dead on my sensor, so I paid the $10 shipping charge to send it to the canon service department, and got it back good as new in about 12 days. Didn't cost me anything other than to ship it there. |
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04/26/2006 06:27:21 PM · #23 |
| Had it two years and a month... |
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04/26/2006 07:12:35 PM · #24 |
Have you broken any mirrors recently?
say, within the past seven years or so..... |
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04/26/2006 08:05:25 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
TC, your license plate doesn't say BR-549 does it ;-) |
Fritz... you are just too, too funny. But you realize this proves just one thing... that you are... welllll.. OLD... if you remember something like that. LOL!
I found out about that only after some serious Net research. ;) You don't expect a young, with it, cool whipper snapper like me would actually remember ol' Junior Samples do you? Did you know there is a music group named that now?
Bummer about the camera. Hope it is not serious and is easy to get fixed.
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