Bent Prong on my 10D

[bill_wasp]

I've been using my 10D since June on a regular basis. Two weeks ago I opened the card slot to change 1 gig cards to view images while at the airport. I use both cards quite a bitas well. When I inserted the card, there was a slight jam in the track so I removed and inserted again - no problem. Except - no output to the LCDs except a 002 or 003 message. A physical inspection later revealded ONE pf the multiple prongs in the slot had bent FLAT. it's out to canon for a fix, hopefully under warranty.

Anyone else have this problem?

[EXA1a]

see thread in the dpreview forum a couple of weeks ago:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=6525887

I suspected that the card had been dropped or otherwise physically damaged or it was dirty in a way that one of the funnel-like holes was sort of clogged.

--Jens--

[maderito]

Same subject very recently on this forum.

See: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21180

[swamprot]

Geez and I though I was the Lone Ranger. I don't feel any better knowing I'm not. But I wonder if the truth were know how many has this really happened to to.

The lesson we have all hopefully learned as stated before. If at first it don't go, don't try again.

I will be interested in how long it takes to get yours repaired. I still don't have mine back.

[robertwgross]

I dropped one CF card in some sand one time, so I picked it up and wiped the sand off, then placed it back in my pocket.

Later on, I tried to insert it into the camera's slot, and it would go in only about 80% of the way. I turned it over and over to make sure that I had it oriented correctly, but it would go 80% and then stop. Hmmm. So, it went home empty still riding in my pocket.

When I got home, I inspected it under a strong lamp. Sure enough, there was one grain of dark sand that was embedded in the side track on the CF card. I flicked it out and it worked perfectly from then on.

The moral: There is a fool who can overcome any foolproof scheme.

---Bob Gross---

[swamprot]

Quote:
"The moral: There is a fool who can overcome any foolproof scheme".

Hehe..Yup!

[jim monroe]

I had the identical situation occur that was described at the start of this thread. When I went home and gently inserted the CF card into my card reader on my computer I had no problem. So to me that indicated it was not the cards fault although conceivably some grain of sand as someone mentioned above could have been in card then fell out.

Called Canon to find out what to do. They told me to send camera to Canon N.J. service center.) Had it returned in 2 weeks time and covered by warrenty. I hated to have it happen but must say calling Canon etc., was relatively pain free, no 15 minutes of waiting on phone to find out where to send camera, etc.

Still would like to know the cause of the bent prong in my case and will from now on stop inserting card if even the smallest extra resistance is felt.

[bill_wasp]

i took my 10D to my camera shop, they shipped for me. it's been 2 weeks and counting.

[cmattdvc]

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Re: Ok,Ok..An Embarrasing Confession.
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Ok I hate to admit that I know about this, If you know somebody in the medical field, get them to get you a 18gage IV cath. (they will know what it is) pull off the plastic sheath and then slip the hollow needle OVER the bent pin (the pin will be inside the needle), carefully ease the pin back into position. I would not like to do this more than once or twice but it has worked (once) for me as a quick field repair.
If you don't know anybody, stop buy an Ambulance station or a Paramedic Fire house. Show them what you are trying to do and they most likely will give you the cath.

Stay Safe,
Matt Lowery FF/NREMT-P

[Wayne02]

This is a concern for me as well. Particularly since my rebel is a "family" camera. That means that in addition to myself, both my wife, and my 13 year old son use the camera on a regular basis. They each have card readers on their pc's as well. This means there will be three different people inserting/extracting the cf cards from the camera.

To help with this situation, I took our cf cards and marked them with a ultra fine permanent marker. I put the words "up" with an up arrow and the words "in" with an arrow pointing towards the camera to help orient the cards for insertion into the camera. Of course that won't matter if they hold the camera upside down when changing the card.:)

We then had a family meeting and I went over the process, explaining that once the cf card meets resistance they should only push with their finger from the center of the card edge to fully seat it. So as not to cock the card off center by pushing on the outside ends of the card.

Even with all this, the camera may still get broken. I don't really obsess over things like this. Take precautions where you can, use reasonable care when handling the equipment, but don't let it rule your life. If it breaks, get it fixed. We purchased the camera to take pictures, not sit in a padded, protected bag shielded from use.

Wayne

[jim monroe]

dear bill_wasp
I hope your camera is back soon.
I initially planned to take the camera back to the store where I purchased it and let them send it in to Canon or do whatever was appropriate. However luckily for me I first called Canon and they suggested I send it directly to them. That way within 2 hours of getting off the phone with them it was on its way. Who knows exactly when a store would get it out. Maybe the next day.
Also I gave them a detailed explanation of what happened and most importantly my email address. That way Canon can directly contact me. This was suggested by the person at Canon and when Canon received the camera I got an email saying received and a typical turn around time.
Probably I lucked into the quickest way to get the thing fixed.
Canon sent back camera directly to me, no going through store on return.
Ironically one of the reasons I purchased it locally was to have camera store help me in case of problems but at least in this case worked better for me to do everything.
Again hope you get your camera back soon.

[bill_wasp]

Jim,
thx for the words of comfort. i DO know that my "D" went out by fedex that afternoon. precision camera in austin is very good about stuff like that. i shall check with them tomorrow. bill_wasp