Digital XTI - Bent CF pins

Somehow some of the pins where I put in my CF card have bent. Any (cheap) suggestions on how to get it repaired and, is there any alternate ways to take pictures in the meantime? (It isn't under warranty anymore, either).

Thanks,
Jon

Welcome to the forums.

I'm watching this slip down the threads so I'm bumping it for you as I'm sure someone may be able to suggest something.

I doubt, unfortunately, that there will be any straight forward way of trying to fix bent pins in you CF slot.

Maybe someone knows the price of the repair.

try search, was a thread several weeks ago on this, not sure but canon fix was under 100 i think

Disassemble the camera, see if you can get direct access to the pins, then using a toothpick or something solid and non-conductive, individually bend the pins square, then push a memory card on them to make sure the pins are straight and then leave it in.

I had to fix a friend's card reader like this once...

I had one pin bent (not completely folded down to 90 degrees) on my camera, once.
To 'pull' it back up, I'd used a bamboo chopstick (the ones that came with oriental take-out foods). Once pulled up, I used the throat of a mechanical 0.5 mm pencil (remove the lead(s)) - to straightened the pin. Work at your pace and don't rush, hope this helps.