EOS 10D Error PA-A

[jasonco]

Dpes anyone know what it means when the camera displays PA-A after you start it? I cant seem to find my manual anywhere!!!

lately I have been getting these lines through the photos too. Any ideas what that could be?

Cheers
Jason

[defordphoto]

That just means you're setup for AdobeRGB, which IMO all 10Ds should be setup for. It's not an error. Just a message.

Now about those lines in your photos, that's a whole different thing. Post samples?

[jasonco]

Ahhhhhhhh thanks.. that would fit in well with the change to Adobe RGB in the settings this morning!! thanks!

Yeah the lines were there last night for sure (Samples enclosed), today they are gone. I cleared all settings on the camera and all custom functions and set up all the parameters again. I shot this morning for four hours with no lines at all.

Do you think it could have been a software error maybe? as today its all fine again, or maybe a low light error? I was shooting ayt ISO200 today and ISO 400/800 last night.

This probelm has highlighted the fact that I need a second camera badly!!!

Photos are at:

www.wollongongbeach.com/Mel_01.jpg
www.wollongongbeach.com/Mel_02.jpg
www.wollongongbeach.com/Mel_03.jpg

Any ideas whats going on? It has killed my confidence in the 10D... what if this had been a Wedding I was shooting???

Cheers
Jason

[defordphoto]

Weird. How long have you had the camera? Are you the original owner? It seems I have read of this before but I think it was a 1D that had the problem. It could have been some freaky glitch, low batteries, tweaky CF card...Hard to tell unless you can replicate it.

I wouldn't lose confidence in the camera. I have 18K shots on mine and have not had any issues.

[CyberDyneSystems]

No,. I've not seen anything like that.. not from my Camera nor posted on the interent anywhere?

Very odd.. I don't think ISO had anything to do with it,. very very strange... I'd keep an eye open for it and iuf you see it again,. definately contract Canon.. (you may want to do that regardless)

Were the files converted from RAW or were they jpeg out of the camera? What software was used on them?

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

Try another CF card please, it could be digital banding ?

It looks like you sometimes see on printers when the heads are not alligned or the inkt is bad.

Greetings,
Frank

[jasonco]

Hmm its weird.. I reset it and cleared all the settings and its been fine for two shoots since. I havent doen any long exposure night shotos though so will see how that goes tonight.

As a backup camera I just brought a Digital Rebel (6.3MP) from B&H in NYC, on special for $899 US.. bargain!!!

Jason

[khkohl]

From the Canon Website in Europe:

The EOS 10D is set up 'out of the box' to give a neutral result that is capable with the skill and knowledge of the pro, of delivering first class results in a range of uses from websites to printed publications. But an amateur using it for the first time and using commercial processing might be disappointed at what he perceives as a lack of punch to the image.

To help overcome this certain parameters of the EOS 300D are set slightly differently 'out of the box'.

If a user who is used to the EOS 10D uses an EOS 300D he should be aware that the parameters are set differently as in the table below. He or she may wish to reset them, especially if using the two cameras in tandem. The EOS 300D also has the option of up to three user defined combinations the same as the EOS 10D. It's important to remember that the sharpening setting on the EOS 300D is twice as strong as the EOS 10D.

EOS 300D Settings compared with EOS 10D (= 0). Parameter 1 is the default setting for the EOS 300D

[jasonco]

This problem is now fixed!!!

The issue was the Speedlite 550ex external battery pack, attached to the camera it corrupts the images (attached with the tripod mount), but in my pocket its fine... no corruptions!!

So there you go.. beware Canon Digital owners..

Cheers
Jase

[IanD]

Lines through the pictures :?: What lines :?: :?: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Belmondo]

This problem is now fixed!!!

The issue was the Speedlite 550ex external battery pack, attached to the camera it corrupts the images (attached with the tripod mount), but in my pocket its fine... no corruptions!!

So there you go.. beware Canon Digital owners..

Cheers
Jase

How on earth did you ever figure that out? Trial and error?

[availlant]

This problem makes perfect sense from a physics point of view. Remember that while active, a battery pack can act as a big induction coil, generating magnetic interference (especially when the flash discharges). Remember that the CMOS is a MAGNETICALLY sensitive device (just like a videotape). A good lesson for all of us.

Now to really prove this theory, it would be cool to tyy out the 10D inside a superconducting magnet (like in a MRI scanner) (grin)....(dont actually try this as your camera will be ripped out of your hands by the force of the magnet and flattened against the side of the magnet..) :D

[robertwgross]

No, the CMOS sensor is not magnetically sensitive. Never has been. Never will be. It might be electrostatically sensitive, but not magnetic.

---Bob Gross---