Did my new 10-22 kill my camera????

[Jonny]

i just took delivery of my 10-22 today i went out for what should have been at least 2 hrs this evening trying it out around the town. But alas no.
After about 10 shots i noticed one pic on the LCD looked all stripey kinda like a barcode.
I shot some more but after around five more shots all the images are now totally black.

:-(

My guess is that the shutter has gone. i tried removing the battery, including the small button cell. I have tried different lenses.
The shutter seems to open as when i go to sensor clean it exposes the sensor without a problem.

I does the same thing if i shoot without a CF card, so it can't be that either.

Any ideas??

Do you think this was just coincidence or did the 10-22 kill my 20D??

I am gutted as i go on my hols in 2 weeks and i need my camera.

[kawter2]

don't think it has anything to do with your lens.. but your shutter might be dead..


How many shots have you taken with that body?

[Jonny]

don't think it has anything to do with your lens.. but your shutter might be dead..


How many shots have you taken with that body?


Not that many....i only bought it in december.

Can't be more than 10K

[kawter2]

can you post some examples?

[Jonny]

can you post some examples?

When i was out i only took one CF card and i formatted it at the scene to try and resolve the issue so i have lost the evidence!

i just running a recovery program to try and get some back and this is the only one i got.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.speed/Forums%20Pictures/faulty.jpg

[Sicily1918]

Try upgrading your firmware -- it may help. If not, immediately take it to an authorized repair center (centre, as you Brits would spell ;) ). If they're anything like the ones here, they should be done in less than two weeks. I think you have just enough time, especially if you're able to drop it off/pick it up yourself.

[Jonny]

Try upgrading your firmware -- it may help.

I thought i had the latest firmware but i obviously didn't so i downloaded version 2.

I installed it ok and guess what ....... it worked. My 20d is working again.


BUT WHY DID THIS HAPPEN??

I don't know whether i should just leave it now it get it looked at. What would you do?

[Koontsa]

Cameras are just like small computers. Sometimes their "OS"(read: firmware) becomes corrupted and you have to reformat the firmware with a fresh copy. It's just hte nature of the beast that computers sometimes fail.

[Sicily1918]

I thought i had the latest firmware but i obviously didn't so i downloaded version 2.

I installed it ok and guess what ....... it worked. My 20d is working again.Excellent! :)BUT WHY DID THIS HAPPEN??

I don't know whether i should just leave it now it get it looked at. What would you do?Well, you don't have a camera, you have a computer that can take pictures. Like most computers, it eventually has 'issues' ;) I'm guessing that part of the post-processing code (from CMOS to image) somehow became corrupt and began destroying the data. Your upgrade overwrote this code and now everything's fine. I'd bet that even if you re-flashed w/the same revision (I take it you were at v1.1.0) it would have worked.

I would suggest you play with it for a day or two... see how it behaves. Put it through its paces, change lenses, apertures, do some of the famous 5ps shots, etc.

[Jonny]

Thanks guys,