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09/08/2003 11:24:41 AM · #1 |
A friend of ours was at the Yellowstone / Teton National Park area last week and there were four of them. Each one had a Canon EOS 10D. While tracking and photographing Moose in the area, our friends 10D just quick working! They tried new batteries, new storage media and whatever else they could think of and it would not work!
Has anyone ever experienced this with their Canon EOS 10D?
He his going to take it to the shop ASAP, he just returned today. And boy is he MAD!
He is a very advanced photographer and takes excellent car of his equipment. He travels all of the world shooting wildlife, scenery and etc on his vacations. Naturally he is single!
He has numerous blowups of his work at home and in his office area.
Any ideas?
I do not like the sounds of this since I just placed an order for the same camera!
Calvus
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09/08/2003 11:30:24 AM · #2 |
ive had mine since early march. not a peep of trouble. but occasionally there will be a bad one here and there. it's just probability. i dont think it's something generalize though....
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09/08/2003 11:32:37 AM · #3 |
Well things like that have a nature of breaking down no matter how you use it or misuse it.
Its the same with computers, I get ppl asking me evry day why their computer failed after only a short peroid of time bla bla bla.
thats why we have warranty;)
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09/08/2003 11:34:11 AM · #4 |
Had mine since mid April and no problems to report.
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09/08/2003 11:37:51 AM · #5 |
I have learned from my line of work one thing that is good to keep in mind when buying Computers or Electrical stuff of any kind.
I dont think about IF it breaks down, but rather how is the support WHEN it breaks down;)
I have a 2 year warranty on my 10D so WHEN it breaks I have it fixed free of charge, Plus I bought an insurence wich covers Human Errors of any kind!
Message edited by author 2003-09-08 11:39:31.
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09/08/2003 11:40:37 AM · #6 |
He bought one of the early models, I wonder if he got a bad unit?
The dealer I am working with says there were a lot of them out there. That his why he had to send 4 of the last 5 he had back.
He said if there is any trouble with using any make of lens it has one of the bad sensors and he will not sell it.
That is why I wanted to buy it locally, he handles all repairs and etc.
Plus he tests every unit that comes in.
Calvus
Message edited by author 2003-09-08 11:42:18.
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09/08/2003 11:42:39 AM · #7 |
sometimes it's easy to switch to MF by mistake. That happen to me yesterday and it took a few moments to figure out.
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09/08/2003 11:44:41 AM · #8 |
The problem he noted was it would not even power up?
Even tried new batteries, tested them in the other three 10D cameras?
Calvus
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09/08/2003 11:46:02 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Calvus:
The problem he noted was it would not even power up?
Even tried new batteries, tested them in the other three 10D cameras?
Calvus |
its simple!
Take it in for repair
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09/08/2003 12:24:17 PM · #10 |
As always, the dissatisfied people are a lot more vocal than the satisfied people. That's why such incidents can skew people's perceptions of the worth of a product. You should have seen the mayhem caused by people having focus problems on DPReview.com. Looked like 9 out of 10 cameras were bad. A lot of those problems were fixed magically overnight.
You'll see that virtually all 10D owners have had no problems.
Suggestion to your friend ... bring a back up cam on any important outting. Even if it's only a point and shoot.
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09/08/2003 12:33:46 PM · #11 |
| Did you try taking both batteries out of the camera. If it's a firmware glitch, you may be able to get it to reset by removing all power. I'm not sure what type of memory is used on the 10D, so I'm not sure if it will work. I did notice that there is a CR2025 battery on the bottom that I would assume is to maintain the camera's internal state. |
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