Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 #1 Posted June 11, 2008 I wore out my camera! We were on the way home Sunday morning from Maintenance Day when I was taking sunrise pictures and all of a sudden, all I was taking was black pictures. Battery was good so I was not sure what was going on? Sooo, I thought, humm, it shows I have 164 pictures left to take, but the chip must be full after taking a 1,000 of them. Got home, took out the chip, put in a new chip. Same result. Took out the battery, put in another one. Same result. Sleeperhawk reset all settings. Same result! Called Canon this morning and it seems it could be the mirror, so I have shipped it off to be repaired. Hopefully, it won't take too long to get it fixed. I have had the camera since December 2005 and have taken over 10,000 pictures if not more. I feel lost without it, but when it comes back, it will be like new! I am so thankful that it lasted as long as it did. That was why I was unable to take pictures of Muffinman and Sleeperhawk trading bikes for the short ride on the way home! At least the camera lasted enough to take pictures of our Venture Family during Maintenance day!
86er Posted June 11, 2008 #2 Posted June 11, 2008 Gee, Bobbie, when I saw that title I thought you had gone out and bought yourself a bike! Good luck with the camera. I can't picture you without it!
gibvel Posted June 11, 2008 #3 Posted June 11, 2008 I was going to ask if you couldn't have taken just 77 more photos and gotten to a grand total of 1000. Guess that answers my question as to why. I'm sure you DO feel lost without it!! Thanks for taking all those pics. I really enjoy them and feel a little more like I'm there with all of you guys!!
Yama Mama Posted June 11, 2008 #4 Posted June 11, 2008 You and I were just talking about your camera this weekend. Well I am sure Canon will fix it up as good as new. Mean while find something else to click. You will make it! Mama:hurts:
V7Goose Posted June 11, 2008 #5 Posted June 11, 2008 My Canon SLR uses a new folder number for each 100 pictures, and once all the folder numbers are used up (999?), it turns into a pumpkin! I don't remember all the details, but it is somewhat documented in the user's manual. But they don't tell you what you can do when you get the pumpkin to turn it back into a camera. I just figured I'd file the info away in the dusty recesses of my mind and call them if I ever got there!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #6 Posted June 11, 2008 You and I were just talking about your camera this weekend. Well I am sure Canon will fix it up as good as new. Mean while find something else to click. You will make it! Mama:hurts: Thankfully, I have my digital Kodak so my picture taking finger won't get rusty!!!! I may have jinxed my camera since I was bragging on it. I can hear it now "Huh, she is taking me for granted. I'll show her"!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #7 Posted June 11, 2008 Gee, Bobbie, when I saw that title I thought you had gone out and bought yourself a bike! Good luck with the camera. I can't picture you without it! You are so funny!!!!!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #8 Posted June 11, 2008 I was going to ask if you couldn't have taken just 77 more photos and gotten to a grand total of 1000. Guess that answers my question as to why. I'm sure you DO feel lost without it!! Thanks for taking all those pics. I really enjoy them and feel a little more like I'm there with all of you guys!! Hope to get to meet you one day so I can take Y0UR picture!
mini-muffin Posted June 11, 2008 #9 Posted June 11, 2008 Well it is digital so ya never know what happens with them. I wouldn't even know where to start with fixing one. Glad they are taking care of it for you. Wouldn't be the same at any event without you and your camera. Hang tough it shouldn't be long. I thought the same as Todd you got yourself a bike. Margaret
VTirelli Posted June 11, 2008 #10 Posted June 11, 2008 Hmmmmmmmmmm..our camera died too, Sam took it out to take some pics of the crowd and it wouldn't work. Same thing, black screen. Not sure if we're going to get it fixed or just get a new one. It's not a real expensive model and it's 4-5 yrs old so it might be better to replace it.
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #11 Posted June 11, 2008 My Canon SLR uses a new folder number for each 100 pictures, and once all the folder numbers are used up (999?), it turns into a pumpkin! I don't remember all the details, but it is somewhat documented in the user's manual. But they don't tell you what you can do when you get the pumpkin to turn it back into a camera. I just figured I'd file the info away in the dusty recesses of my mind and call them if I ever got there! The numbering system is incredible. As the rep told me this morning, my camera is one of the first ones, so it may be a little outdated compared to the rest, but the quality is still the greatest. To reset the numbers, under Menu, third tab over on mine, there is a setting for File numbering with an option for Continuous or Auto Reset. My camera goes up to 9999, with 100 in each folder. Needless to say, I usually have several folders on my chip! Hey, by the way, it was great meeting you and getting to vist with you ever so briefly while you were working on bikes Saturday! Hopefully, we can get together sometime. We are planning on coming into Joshua, Texas (or Granbury depending on where our daughter is at the time), on Saturday, September 27 or Sunday 28 and heading out on Tuesday, September 30. If it works where you are at home, we plan on riding down to Lowake on Monday, September 29. Hope you can join us! Maybe we can talk Wild Hair into joining us?!!!!! Ride safe, Bobbie
mini-muffin Posted June 11, 2008 #12 Posted June 11, 2008 I don't know what camera you have but it couldn't hurt to check with the manufacturer. Maybe it's something that they know about, or maybe they don't and would like to. Anyway can't hurt to ask. Margaret
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #13 Posted June 11, 2008 I thought the same as Todd you got yourself a bike. Margaret Nahh, not yet, maybe next spring!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #14 Posted June 11, 2008 Hmmmmmmmmmm..our camera died too, Sam took it out to take some pics of the crowd and it wouldn't work. Same thing, black screen. Not sure if we're going to get it fixed or just get a new one. It's not a real expensive model and it's 4-5 yrs old so it might be better to replace it. Mine is old too and I have never had any problems with it until now, but apparently it is the mirror inside because it sounds like it is taking the picture. I am not sure how much they will charge to fix it but it has to be better than buying a comparable model. By the way, it was nice meeting you and visiting during lunch!
V7Goose Posted June 11, 2008 #15 Posted June 11, 2008 The numbering system is incredible. As the rep told me this morning' date=' my camera is one of the first ones, so it may be a little outdated compared to the rest, but the quality is still the greatest. [/color'] To reset the numbers, under Menu, third tab over on mine, there is a setting for File numbering with an option for Continuous or Auto Reset. My camera goes up to 9999, with 100 in each folder. Needless to say, I usually have several folders on my chip! Hey, by the way, it was great meeting you and getting to vist with you ever so briefly while you were working on bikes Saturday! Hopefully, we can get together sometime. We are planning on coming into Joshua, Texas (or Granbury depending on where our daughter is at the time), on Saturday, September 27 or Sunday 28 and heading out on Tuesday, September 30. If it works where you are at home, we plan on riding down to Lowake on Monday, September 29. Hope you can join us! Maybe we can talk Wild Hair into joining us?!!!!! Ride safe, Bobbie I'm not looking at the manual, so beware - I may not know what I am talking about here! But I do not think the file numbering reset you mentioned is the same as the FOLDER name number. But the easy way to check if that could be your problem is to just look at the folder name for the last used one on your memory card. If it ends in all 9s, you may have a pumpkin. I wish I was going to be here when you come to Texas, but I am currently planning to attend an international Honda Refrigerator rally out in Georgia between September 24 - 30 (somebody has to show them a good bike, ya know?). I'll let you know if my plans change; I'd love to get together. Hope you have a good trip. Goose
gibvel Posted June 11, 2008 #16 Posted June 11, 2008 Hope to get to meet you one day so I can take Y0UR picture! Now Bobbie... Why would you want to break your camera again right after you get it fixed!!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #17 Posted June 11, 2008 I'm not looking at the manual, so beware - I may not know what I am talking about here! But I do not think the file numbering reset you mentioned is the same as the FOLDER name number. But the easy way to check if that could be your problem is to just look at the folder name for the last used one on your memory card. If it ends in all 9s, you may have a pumpkin. I wish I was going to be here when you come to Texas, but I am currently planning to attend an international Honda Refrigerator rally out in Georgia between September 24 - 30 (somebody has to show them a good bike, ya know?). I'll let you know if my plans change; I'd love to get together. Hope you have a good trip. Goose I see what you are saying about the Folder name numbers. I will check that when I get home tonight. It won't hurt to wait one day before sending the camera off! Thanks!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #18 Posted June 11, 2008 In reference to File Folder Numbers, the manual says "If folder No. 999 is created,[Folder number full] will appear on the LCD monitor. Then if file No. 9999 is created, 'Err CF' will be displayed on the LCD panel and in the viewfinder. Replace the CF card with a new one." That message did not appear on my monitor. Sooo, that does not appear to be my problem with the camera. So off to Canon it goes!
RoadKill Posted June 11, 2008 #19 Posted June 11, 2008 I wore out my camera! We were on the way home Sunday morning from Maintenance Day when I was taking sunrise pictures and all of a sudden, all I was taking was black pictures. Battery was good so I was not sure what was going on? Sooo, I thought, humm, it shows I have 164 pictures left to take, but the chip must be full after taking a 1,000 of them. Got home, took out the chip, put in a new chip. Same result. Took out the battery, put in another one. Same result. Sleeperhawk reset all settings. Same result! Called Canon this morning and it seems it could be the mirror, so I have shipped it off to be repaired. Hopefully, it won't take too long to get it fixed. I have had the camera since December 2005 and have taken over 10,000 pictures if not more. I feel lost without it, but when it comes back, it will be like new! I am so thankful that it lasted as long as it did. That was why I was unable to take pictures of Muffinman and Sleeperhawk trading bikes for the short ride on the way home! At least the camera lasted enough to take pictures of our Venture Family during Maintenance day! the way we all enjoy your pictures, I bet we could get a donation fund going for a New camera
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #20 Posted June 11, 2008 the way we all enjoy your pictures, I bet we could get a donation fund going for a New camera Oh heavens, no!!! That is so sweet of you to think of doing that, but once I get my camera back from Canon, I'll be great to go! I am just so thankful that it lasted throughout Saturday and a little of Sunday! The camera has a lot of good picture-taking left! Venture Riders strike such great poses!
Sweetnothing Posted June 11, 2008 #21 Posted June 11, 2008 My first thaught was what else could go wrong? Hope it don't take too long, cause I know how lost you can be without it!! I hope they don't take too long to fixi it, and get it back to you!!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 11, 2008 Author #22 Posted June 11, 2008 My first thaught was what else could go wrong? Hope it don't take too long, cause I know how lost you can be without it!! I hope they don't take too long to fixi it, and get it back to you!! Me tooo! According to the rep today, after receipt of my camera (sent by Fed Ex for two days), it takes them 3-5 days to open it, determine what is wrong and let me know what the price is for repairs. So hopefully, it won't take long. Now I know what the headless horseman must have felt like. My kids won't recognize me without the camera. I won't know how not to squint with one eye. My index finger will be straight again! So, I guess there are a lot of advantages of not having the camera right now!
davecb Posted June 12, 2008 #23 Posted June 12, 2008 Uuuuhmmmmmm....How did you get it unstuck from your hand????????///:rotf:
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 12, 2008 Author #24 Posted June 12, 2008 Uuuuhmmmmmm....How did you get it unstuck from your hand????????///:rotf: Sleeperhawk had to get a crowbar!
Sleeperhawks Mechanic Posted June 17, 2008 Author #25 Posted June 17, 2008 Just got an email from Canon! The camera is repairable! Apparently the Shutter Blade was damaged. How that happened I have no idea, but apparently somebody:whistling: took a lot of pictures and that part just couldn't handle it anymore! So, now just waiting on getting it repaired and returned and back to business!
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