Error 02 message Canon 300D

[davebergie]

Hello there,

I bought a 300D with the standard 18-55mm in January and I love it. Unfortunately, I am now getting an Error 02 message and it wil not take pictures or download them. If I take a picture, I get the briefest flash of it on the screen and then the Error message flashes.

I have a Fujiflim 256MB Compact flash card, if that is any relevance. Look forward to hearing any thoughts.

Many thanks,

David Berger

[tim]

What does the manual say for Err 02? It's in the back. I don't have my manual around so I can't look it up. A search around here will probably turn up some info, except that as a search term "02" is probably too short to be indexed :(

[tim]

Ok, I found my manual, and it says it's a CF card problem. Try formatting the CF card in the camera, if that doesn't work use a card reader to format it in your PC then format it again in the camera. If that doesn't work try a different CF card.

btw welcome to POTN :)

[Timm]

From the manual - Err 02: There is a problem with the CF card. Do one of the following: Remove and reload the CF card, use another CF card, or format the CF card.

[EoSD30fReAk]

look inside the cf unit of the camera! you probably bent a pin while putting the card in?!:confused:

[davebergie]

Thanks a lot everybody. I have never taken the card out, so I guess it is an intrinsic problem with the card, rather than having bent a pin. The camera will not reformat the card, so I may have to buy a new one. Many thanks to everyone,

David

[dsze]

The only time I ever got an err 02 was when I bent a pin in my old 300D. Canon wanted $200 to fix it, but they did it for free after some discussion.


-daniel