5Dc wont switch on

I fried by 5Dc dead just before Christmas by changing the lens while the camera was on with an auto extension tube attached!

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Nice info, how exactly did it happen? There must have been something specific which set it off, not only changing lenses or how's the auto extension tube tied into it?

This thread makes me want to remember to switch off the camera before I change lenses, which I usually don't do.

did you just "bridge" the fuse circuit with a piece of conductive material?

Xcelx wrote in post #13611137
Nice info, how exactly did it happen? There must have been something specific which set it off, not only changing lenses or how's the auto extension tube tied into it?

This thread makes me want to remember to switch off the camera before I change lenses, which I usually don't do.

I was using some autoextension tubes, i remember swapping to another lens with the tube still on the camera and when i put the other lens on it had gone off. the only thing i can think is that the contacts on the tubes are slightly larger and "shorted out" when i took the lens off.

N.V.M. wrote in post #13611150
did you just "bridge" the fuse circuit with a piece of conductive material?

not at all, i soldered some wires to each side of the fuse and mounted a fuse holder to the other side, just popped a 1.6a 20mm fuse in and done.

M.

Thanks for the clarification, just trying to avoid the same potential problem