and Canon U.S.A. says it was/is a known issue and wants to fix it for free, so they sent me a call tag.


I like hardware... it's so much more "for real" than software.

:-)





Good times.

I had a software camera once. It was full of bugs though.

Hi,

All of the photos I took of the many bands I spent time with were done with ... a Canon AE1 ... of all things!

It just felt right in my hand and I knew how to turn the numbers lef tor right and how to get the effects I wanted.

I bought me a small digital camera ... it's total merde! And when I decide to spend bigger money on a camera ... it won't be a Nikkon (which is what I should have for the professional jobs), but for some reason, the stuff comes off better through the Canon ... it has character and is more personal, instead of "professional".

You're right ... I'm getting old!

so you'll be trading Sonar in for this?

Don't do it!  Get one of these instead.

Does that thing run VST3?

Woohoo   WTG!!!

LOL My daughter is already looking at that new D600 I think it is.

Think its like $2000 just for the camera,  Yikes  Glad she likes working for it  

Hey Mike, ask the repair centre if they can get an image count. I was talking to a pro photographer about the state of our beloved Nikon's and he told me one of his main cameras had died. At the service centre they determined the shutter died, but it had taken 530,000 pictures before doing so!

It's scary when cameras and cars and photocopiers all get put on the same diagnostic equipment. 

Hi John,
 The first thing I figured out when I got a full frame DSLR was that I was taking way more pictures than I could have ever afforded to process in the days of film. I came to the realization that the cost of the camera seems cheap when I add the cost of film and processing in to the overall consideration. I use to own a $500 body and bought film as I could afford it. Now I have an unbelievably expensive body but I can make all the pictures I want for almost no extra cost.

 I am guessing this particular camera has just under 100,000 shutter runs... I'm curious to know. The numbering turns over at 9999 so I can only guess how many times we've done it. On one 3 week trip out west we made apprx 7500 frames of the desert canyons and mountains without thinking twice about the cost of film.

 I am asking them to charge me an extra fee to give the sensor and the prism a nice cleaning. We have dragged the cameras all over the place. :-)

 best regards,
mike
 

You got that right and I agree 100% I can't afford the modern day version of my Cannon F1 or the Nikon F2 I had. Both had brass bodies and real glass. Lack of spares convinced me to jump into digital and I don't regret it. Like you say, money for processing isn't a factor any more. I have a decent printer and get great results on a budget.

My only complaint with the new stuff is that there's no way to take a picture if the battery dies and I now have a bushel basket of wall warts and chargers for the tech.