What happened here?

I got my 20d today ($1439) and took about 300 pictures with it and one turned out like this!

Still on the old firmware.

What went wrong?

Byte size: ZERO | Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

WTF?? Did my page load completely?? or is that half dog, half blank space??

Whatever it is...........I would probably guess that there's something wrong with your cam.

Update your firmware ASAP!!

Ro1

Looks like the camera stuffed up whilst writing out the JPEG. Could be card corruption or a software fault in the camera.

Looks to me like you ran the Photoshop CS "average" filter (filter>blur>average) on the lower portion of the image.

If you didn't, then this may be a clue on how Canon's in camera algorithms determine white balance since the info provided by the average pixel color value can be a step towards making color corrections, including adjusting white balance.

Interesting...

BTW -- cute puppy. He/she deserves better.

I got similar stuff with rebel when I downloaded it directly.

Get a cardreader. It should elliminate the problem.

If not, then my assumption is incorrect.

Thats the samething I said when I saw it!!! W . T . F . !!!

At least I have a service plan on it!

I used a SanDisk USB 2.0 card reader.

I will upload the firmware tonight and give it a go tomorrow.

Try to format the card inside the camera before you start any shooting - this may help.

That appears to be the classic example of a corrupted image file where the actual data has gotten scrambled or lost. Now, the question is where in the process it got corrupted. May be the camera, may not be.

I always format the card in the camera before shooting.

This never happened in my 300D, with the same card. Hopefully the firmware will solve the problem.

BTW, Best Buy in Pearland TX, is offering 10% off digital cameras today and tomorrow (sat). New store.

Hi tpinchback,

Is the jpeg still on your 20D, does it look like you above picture on your camera's LCD screen.

Ahhh very good question!!

No, it does not look like that on the lcd screen.

Defect in the card reader or software?

The 'image' looks like a square, and may be something to do with a faulty auto-rotate since you shot it vertically.

I would try to download that jpeg again. Did you use the software that came with your 20 D? Try to download the jpegs to a new directory. Then see if you same thing happens. Let me know what happen.

Get the new firmware, duh!