oldroy2

Canon T1i ISO button sticks depressed. Any ideas?

SS319

Local Camera store - that is where the wizards hang out.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Can you change ISO via the menus? Might be a workaround if it isn't still under warranty.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

That's what I would do if I didn't want to send it to Canon for a cleaning.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

What do you think is causing it to stick? Damage or a build up of dirt, grease and other gunk?

If the latter, careful application of a very small amount of a mixture of distilled water, ISOpropyl alcohol with a drop of dishwashing liquid could break the stickiness and allow any contaminents to work free. Err on the side of caution not generosity if you try it.

Clapperboard

Have you been taking shots in extreme light conditions?
In lighting way beyond the scope of the camera?
In lighting conditions your ISO settings can't cope with?
No wonder your ISO button is depressed!!!!!!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Groan!

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

FYI: There are very few to none (Camera Stores) in case you hadn't noticed.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Just how would any of your coments cause a BUTTON to stick?

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

I agree. Insensitive & dumb rhetorical questions.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

It was an attempt at humor - the button was depressed, as in the psychological meaning. I guess it went over your head.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You missed the last (humorous) line. The button is depressed - double meaning.

SS319

It is true that every town over 1000 had a camera store when I started shooting(70s) and I started looking for them recently and a lot of those very fine stores are gone today, but many of the old name stores still exist Names like Norman's Camera in Kalamazoo, Mark's in Grand Rapids, The Camera Shop in Muskegon. Yes, they are 50 miles away from where I live, but in rural west Michigan, everything you need is a half day trip.

The kids in Best Buy and Cosco can tell you the price on any camera in the store, and they will always push the model that the store has the highest profit on. I doubt very few have ever shot a camera outside complete automatic. The folks at B&H, Adorama, Focus, and other shops that we all know and use are great places to buy cameras, but they leave it to you to figure out what you want, and all they can do with a camera is receive it from you and send it to Canon.

You and I need that local camera shop to survive! They can fix small problems like Old Roy's, often without cost. and, these local camera shops need us! When I bought my current Canon, Norman's in Kalamazoo had their prices set to match the best of the national market; they didn't have to look up the price at B&H or Amazon as they do at Best buy, They check and set their prices routinely, and the person walking in the door gets the best national price.

And you can fondle the merchandise to see what makes your heart skip a beat. you can try that 10-1000 super duper zoom on the camera of your choice. Most stores will give a trade in so they also have a supply of used lenses and bodies.

That old adage: you break it, you bought it - that applies to your equipment as well; if you use someone's concoction to clean your camera and it never turns on again - then you will just have to go buy a new camera (YEA!), but if you hand it to a representative of a camera store, in a (semi) working condition, and they render it not working, they own the solution. Again, if you try the solution and kill your camera, and bring that tidbit back here, someone is bound to say "Yeah, I've killed a couple of cameras with that solution", and then they will go comment on someone's pictures..... (Peter, that is not a negative comment on you, I have used water, alcohol and soap (a drop of Dawn to a gallon of solution) on fine optics successfully as well)

I will drive the 50 miles to a camera shop.

Where are the camera shops in your state or in a state you may be in when you need one? http://www.camerashops.us/

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

Well, SS319, You make some very interesting points, but there are good reasons for the disappearance for the "Local" camera shops disappearing.

1) In the "old" days most local camera shops would not "deal" on new equipment, and folks who patronized them had to pay full price.

2) Best Buy was started in 1966. Allowing people to buy photo equipment at prices usually much lower than the "Local" shops offered.

3) Then, in 1973, along came B&H who was satisfied with a lower profit margins, low prices, good customer service, substantial inventory, knowledgeable representatives, and free shipping they became to "Go To" places to buy photography equipment

4) At this point all the Local stores were good for was allowing potential customers to physically look at the equipment they would eventually buy from Best Buy, B&H, Adorama, and others. Local stores also did repair work; however, they couldn't survive on repairs alone when new equipment could be obtained from the New York guys for a cost often lower than a repair. Hence, they went Belly Up.

5) In this country, Competition is the Name of the Game. Local stores couldn't or wouldn't compete, and the New York guys would. Everybody wants a "Good Deal". That's fundamental.

Everyone knows this, yes?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Bear in mind that this list of camera stores is sponsored - like yellow pages, so far from a complete list of stores in any area.