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50D ViewFinder Problem

 
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Jan 23, 2011 18:22 |  #1

Got this 50D from a client for a shoot.

Everything seems to be fine until I Look into the VF and see this:

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Whats the black area?!?! The liveview seems to work 100% okay and pictures come out fine. Except the black area and its a little hard to focus when looking through the VF.

Anyone ever encounter this? or atleast know how much canon would charge to fix such a thing

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Jan 23, 2011 18:24 |  #2

Sounds like possibly there is a custom VF installed?


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Jan 23, 2011 18:33 |  #3

Agreed, my guess is a custom VF as well.


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Jan 23, 2011 18:39 |  #4

Looks to me like the focus screen is missing.


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Jan 23, 2011 19:30 |  #5
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number six wrote in post #11700442 (external link)
Looks to me like the focus screen is missing.

That is NOT what you'd see if the focus screen was out.

Looks like when you hack an EF-S wide angle to fit a 35mm, except you say "live view is fine."

The viewfinder is purely mechanical, no electronics, so I think you have a magnifier on the eyepiece.




  
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