20D bug?

[wibbly]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=10313358

Camera locks up requiring a battery removal. Seems to be an emerging problem. Anyone here have it?

W

[Vegas Poboy]

I've taken close to 800 shots, 450 last night @ a football game & not one flaw.

[SENster7]

I've taken close to 800 shots, 450 last night @ a football game & not one flaw.

I haven't had any lock up issues either, I took about 400 shots since Wednesday. I didn't purchase my camera from B&H, I purchased it from Woodland Hills Camera. I'm curious where you purchased your camera from Vegas Poboy?

[tommykjensen]

No problems so far.

[Scottes]

Purchased from B&H, 1000+ shots, no issues.

I've heard that
1) Don't leave the camera on for long periods - it doesn't seem to "wake up"
2) Don't change lenses with the camera on

Both pretty sensible things. Though I have changed lenses with the camera on a couple times. I usually don't.

[Belmondo]

One of the risks we all take when we accept delivery of a brand-new piece of technology is that unanticipated problems can surface. It is unlikely that Canon was able to thoroughly test every possible camera/lens combination in every conceivable shooting environment/situation.

Fortunately, most of these 'bugs' are correctable by firmware upgrades, and we should expect one or more to reach us once the problems become more apparent and readily understood. Our satisfaction/dissatisfaction with Canon should be a product of the time required for the corrections to be implemented.

For the sake of those having problems now, hopefully it will be sooner and not later.

[Cordell]

Another thing to remember is you will normally hear all the complaints but only a few positives. That's the nature of humans. Psych 102.

[Cadwell]

One of the risks we all take when we accept delivery of a brand-new piece of technology is that unanticipated problems can surface. It is unlikely that Canon was able to thoroughly test every possible camera/lens combination in every conceivable shooting environment/situation.

Fortunately, most of these 'bugs' are correctable by firmware upgrades, and we should expect one or more to reach us once the problems become more apparent and readily understood. Our satisfaction/dissatisfaction with Canon should be a product of the time required for the corrections to be implemented.

For the sake of those having problems now, hopefully it will be sooner and not later.

You know, years ago before the internet took over the world, manufacturers used to test their products properly and when they eventually got round to shipping them they were normally OK. (Yes, I know we can all think up the odd exception to that - but in general it was true).

Nowadays having the internet as a mechanism for delivering "updates" seems to make it easy for manufacturers to use customers as beta testers... I think that's a fairly shoddy way of treating people who part with a lot of money.

Canon is not the only company guilty of this nor are they the worst offenders but they are guilty.

[OviV]

I've only taken about 150 shots so far but have had zero issues. I have used 28-135, 170-500 (Sigma), 100-300, 18-55 on it.

Ovi

[pcasciola]

Nowadays having the internet as a mechanism for delivering "updates" seems to make it easy for manufacturers to use customers as beta testers... I think that's a fairly shoddy way of treating people who part with a lot of money.
.

I see it a little differently. Call me crazy, but I see this as one of the ways Canon is able to get us these phenomenal cameras at such a great price. As long it is something that can be resolved with a firmware upgrade, why not? Two years ago I was happy to get my Coolpix 5700 for $1100. At the time a good dSLR was around $5000. Getting a 20D for $1499 seems impossible considering the Mark II is 4 times the price, so I for one am very pleased with what Canon is doing, despite the slight, and I mean slight inconvenience of having to reset my camera every once in a while.

I had the Err 99 lockup twice out of around 1,000 pictures taken. It seems to be related to swapping lenses, which I can now pretty much confirm. Last night, it was right after turning the camera off, switching lenses and then turning it back on and taking the next picture. The other time I am 99% sure that was the same sequence. I've tried, but I cannot consistently reproduce it.

I didn't have to take the battery out, though. I just turned it off, waited a couple of seconds and turned it back on.

My Nikon Coolpix 5700 used to lock up regularly if the lens was interfered with while zooming with a "lens error" and in that case I had to remove the battery to reset it. So, maybe I am just used to it. :D

[scottbergerphoto]

There have been numerous(>40) posts of the 20D locking up, particularly after changing CF cards and lenses with the camera turned off. Check out:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=267777&page=0&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

Regards,
Scott