Canon Remote Failure

I did a quick search and didn't find anything...

Has anyone had a Canon Remote cause Camera Failure? This weekend while we were out shooting my dad's 50D that is lightly used, with a new shutter....failed. We got an Error 50. An electrical issue apparently. So, I let him use my 7D since his was camera was dead. Halfway through the day...my 7D starts to act up, its frozen, nothing works...we cycle it off, change lenses, battery, memory card...nothing, still frozen...I unplug the Canon remote and it returns to normal...thankfully...

Anyone ever heard of or experienced this or an Error 50?

TIA for any insight. He is pretty bummed...we will be sending it off to Canon later this week.

Which Canon Remote? Sounds like maybe a short in the remote itself, but I haven't had anything like that happen in a lot of shooting with Canon and third-party wired and wireless (RF) remotes.

Canon RS-80n3. I have never had it either, when i plugged my Hahnel Wireless into my 7D everything worked, so we figured that the RS remote had to be the issue...but could it cause a short in the camera, or did a short in the camera kill the remote...


Thanks for moving the thread, I looked for a spot, but didn't find this section...

Haven't had a genuine RS-80n3 apart to see what's inside, but the generic ones are purely a pair of electrical switches that make contact for focus & shutter.
I guess if one of the switches was stuck, or the remote has a locking button that was held down, you could end up with the camera thinking the shutter or focus was permanently trying to operate. Seriously doubt this would harm the camera though as the inputs to the camera should be pretty well buffered.

Could be coincidence, but you could test the remote with a multimeter if you or someone you know has one.

joeseph wrote in post #17552923
Haven't had a genuine RS-80n3 apart to see what's inside, but the generic ones are purely a pair of electrical switches that make contact for focus & shutter.
I guess if one of the switches was stuck, or the remote has a locking button that was held down, you could end up with the camera thinking the shutter or focus was permanently trying to operate. Seriously doubt this would harm the camera though as the inputs to the camera should be pretty well buffered.

Could be coincidence, but you could test the remote with a multimeter if you or someone you know has one.

We sent the camera in to Canon this week, and sent the remote with it...if it comes back and they did nothing, I will take the remote apart and peek around inside.