7D = DEAD!

Came back from shooting on Sunday, camera was fine, tried to format my card last night.... battery empty indicator is flashing. Both batteries are fully chaged, card in slot, card door closed....nothing, no menu, no preview, just empty batteries that are fully chaged. Batteries are both Canon originals.

Anyone had this? Any special combination of buttons will bring it back?

Send it to Canon.

Remove main and backup batteries, let it sit for a few minutes and try again.
The backup battery is located in a little tray inside the camera's main battery compartment.

If you have a grip, try without.

apersson850 wrote in post #10776953
Remove main and backup batteries, let it sit for a few minutes and try again.
The backup battery is located in a little tray inside the camera's main battery compartment.

If you have a grip, try without.

Forgot about the little one, will try that, cheers. It is still in warranty but I hate having to send things off

Another one?

Did you touch the USB port in the camera?

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Sounds like my problem, your camera is toast Im afraid Insurance/Warrenty should cover it.

Never used the USB, ever. Damn.

I had the Same Problem only my cam started blinking while i was at the Racetrack,i too checked all batteries to no avail,sent it in and got it back 4 days later with the comment"changed and repaired electronic components"

I knew I should have kept up my CPS

I had the same thing happen to mine. I took the grip off, and the batteries out. Put them back in, and nothing. Not a thing.

Took the grip off, and batteires out again. Blew it out with compressed air, and put it back together. Now it works fine. The contact on the grip had a very small amount of dust/dirt on them, and that was the problem.

7Dead wrote in post #10777311
Sounds like my problem, your camera is toast Im afraid Insurance/Warrenty should cover it.

Sounds like Neilyb needs to change his username too

It probably will need to go to Canon... But before you do that be sure you have tried a complete reboot.

You removed the main and memory battery (the little silver one), and let it sit for a while. But how long? It takes half an hour to 45 minutes for any residual voltage to completely drain from the camera. You can speed up the process simply by pressing the shutter release button once, while all the batteries are out of the camera. And you can check that you got a full reboot... you should need to reset the date and time (assuming the camera comes back to life).

I agree to check all the battery contacts are clean. The memory battery in particular is only a few volts and even fingerprints can interrupt voltage, so wipe it well with a clean cloth before inserting it. Inspect the contacts inside the battery compartment, too. A contact that's bent, or any corrosion, or even a bit of anything stuck to or laying on the contact can interrupt the power supply.

Do that with the main battery(ies) too. And if you have a grip, check the contacts between the grip and camera are clean and the grip is tight (a common minor issue on 20D and 30D... I haven't seen on 50D or 7D... yet.)


That's about all you can do yourself. If none of it works, send the camera in to Canon. It might be a faulty switch or something. They'll sort it out for you, hopefully still under warranty.

Still dead, will have to ring tomorrow. Still covered as I bought it in Jan.