First disappointment with 20D

After having my Canon 20D for 5 minutes had my first disappointment. Upon opening everything up, inserting my Sandisk Ultra II 1g card I went to charge the battary and realized they did NOT send a power cord to the charger. After looking through everything twice and getting ready to call B&H because I am bummed and dont have a charger here at work I notice the charger plugs directly into the outlet, No cord needed


Good one Canon, you got me.......

Nice to see there are still people with humor and humility-

All the other surprises with this camera are nice ones.

haha, as I was reading that I was thinking to myself "I hope he didn't call anyone up angrily because there isn't a power cord that comes with the charger!"



I'm not a huge fan of having to plug it directly into the wall / surge protector myself, but I have one with a cord that came with 1 of my $5 batteries I got on eBay that work really well that I can use as well if I really want.

Have fun with your 20D, I know you'll love it

hahahhaahahha - nice.

Have to have some fun, and I hope there are a bunch of 20d's on order as people read this.

Nothing like pulling the trigger and ordering a camera to see a questionable post pop up on the unit you just bought.

I had the exact same thought when I first opened mine ... glad to hear I'm not alone.

I like and prefer the direct plug-in (no cord) charger.

I bought my 20D on Monday and that missing power cord upset me too. That is until I saw the little fold out prongs on the back of the charger. I did get a little extra in my box though. It contained two camera neckstraps. Nice little Bonus.

dennykyser wrote:
Have to have some fun, and I hope there are a bunch of 20d's on order as people read this.

Nothing like pulling the trigger and ordering a camera to see a questionable post pop up on the unit you just bought.

I remember when I had ordered my 20D.... my nerves were shot enough because I ordered it, but the place ran out of stock just as I did, so I had to wait nearly an extra week before it actually got here so they could get a new shipment from Canon (hey, at least mine was fresh out of the factory, I guess )
But as I anxiously awaited it, any threads I saw that even hinted at an issue with the 20D made my heart sink as I started reading through it, and I started to question my purchase... now that I've got it, I have tossed all bad thoughts aside and love this camera.

Yup, I prefer the direct plugin charger too... it's much more portable.
The G3 had that type which I loved, then when I got the 300D it had the LONG power cord which I hated. I'm so happy Canon went back with the 20D.

I can see it may be time for a "FOCUSING PROBLEM" post on the 20D
(kidding of coarse)

Are we $hit starters or what

Now that you mention it, I'd rank that fold-out charger as a disappointment. All those "wall wart" chargers (CG-580, AA, USB hub, cell phone, CD-ROM drive, . . . ) fill up the outlets about twice as fast as they need to, so I need to carry a couple more extension cords just to be able to plug them all in! Not to mention the risk of forgetting the one that got plugged in to some out-of-the-way outlet because there wasn't anywhere else available (fortunately, it's only been an AA charger so far).

You had ME going!
-Bruce

I got my Apple iBook G4 yesterday and the power adapter that it came with would satisfy people on both sides of this power adapter "war" in this thread. The power adapter for the iBook out of the box plugs directly to the wall outlet. However, you can remove the plug by sliding out the corner where it is at and replace it with another corner which has a long power cord. Wasn't that ingenious of them?

PacAce wrote:
I got my Apple iBook G4 yesterday and the power adapter that it came with would satisfy people on both sides of this power adapter "war" in this thread. The power adapter for the iBook out of the box plugs directly to the wall outlet. However, you can remove the plug by sliding out the corner where it is at and replace it with another corner which has a long power cord. Wasn't that ingenious of them?

Yeah - they musta stolen it from Dell; my Latitude C400 (3 years ago) has just such a brick.

Charger History

For your amusement...

The D30 came with a double battery charger and a skinny cord.

The 10D came with a single charger and a cord big enough to power a small city.

Now the 20D has a built-in plug like the charger for the itty bitty battery in my S-100??

What in the world are these guys thinking!!!

AT least the cords fit a whole bunch of accessories I have so I only need ONE spare.

-Pete