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Malaxos1
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 15:08
I have been really worried about the lock up issue and I have yet to have a single problem. I have read about all of the problems on this board and others in which people have had the lock up when the did different things. I went out of my way today and tried my best to make the thing freeze, I just couldn't do it. I left it on for 30 minutes, it did go into sleep mode and it didn't have a problem waking up. I also swapped lenses a bunch of times while the camera was on. I used a generic battery and I filled a 512mb card up without a single glitch. Si I am not sure if there are a bunch of bad ones out there, but I am convinced that they are not all bad and that I got a good one.

Alos, I have gone outside and took a few photos and found them not to be that soft at all. My first reaction was that they were quite soft but you could blast them with USM, however, I am sure thatthe low light played a factor with the softness. The ones outside today with bright sunlight barley needed sharpening at all.

I will really put this thing to the test on Saturday as I will be shooting a wedding. This will be a great time to really see how it is as I was hired to be a backup and not doing this one by myself. We will see...Dean

Adam Hicks
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 15:16
Other than my memory card issue early on, (I say early) I've probably shot around 750 shots without any problems at all.

Well I did accidentally hit the back wheel and crank the EC to +1 2/3 and it was too bright outside to notice it in the viewfinder, so I shot about 40 shots overexposed :shock: :shock: :shock: . It was fixed and luckily it was just a casual airshow, so no harm done. Best place to learn!

I'm used to it not being that easy on the DRebel!

Adam

CyberDyneSystems
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 16:11
I haven't actually read about any lockups on this forum.. I have only read people mentioning it.. like in this thread,.. but no actual instances.

Cadwell
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 16:35
I haven't actually read about any lockups on this forum.. I have only read people mentioning it.. like in this thread,.. but no actual instances.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=43266

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=43166

:? They seem real enough.

JZaun
21st of September 2004 (Tue), 17:13
I haven't actually read about any lockups on this forum.. I have only read people mentioning it.. like in this thread,.. but no actual instances.


:D :D

For your benefit,, I will repeat it...

Left the cam on overnight by mistake. In the morning it would not wake up. I cut off it and back on, wouldn't come on. I changed battery and it worked. Thought it was a dead battery. The battery charged in 5 min :? This mirrors what is being said on the Ron Galbraith forum.. So far it has only happened once. The other ways mentioned to get a lock up was changing CF mem or the lens. One fellow over there is keeping a spread sheet on hang ups.

FYI

JZ

tommykjensen
22nd of September 2004 (Wed), 00:01
One fellow over there is keeping a spread sheet on hang ups.

FYI

JZ

There is also a survey here:

http://www.comfx.com/20dsurvey/