5D MKII Freeze during video shoot

Hey all,

Suddenly, after days of good work, my 5D MKII freezes during capturing video. De LCD shows a screen of death (see below) and I have to remove the battery to turn it off. The video is lost.

https://dl.dropboxuser​content.com/u/11218854​/CAM00588.jpg


What can cause this?

• The temperature in the room is only 19º C.
  
• I use a Sandisk 90 mb/s CF card UDMA 6 and format it every time before shooting
  
• I only record ±10 seconds per shot
  

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TeamSpeed wrote in post #16705944
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As you wish

Apologies for sounding stupid but have you tried a different card?
Does it take still images?

Paulowen wrote in post #16706009
Apologies for sounding stupid but have you tried a different card?
Does it take still images?

Still images no problem, it only occurs when in capturing video.

I just borrowed another card from someone and for the moment it seems to work. The replacement is a lower quality CF card though. Is it possible for CF cards to die after a certain time?

Hello Thomas, i had the same behavior in the same conditions as you but with my 7D, also my camera showed the err 80 in the upper screen...Canon replaced the main PCB board and the 7D is working now like new.
cheers