Has anyone had a canon 70D just die? I used it two days prior it worked perfect, turned it on and snapped a photo of the grandson. The camera focused fine beeped snapped the shutter on...

hightek Loc: west virginia

I used it two days prior it worked perfect, turned it on and snapped a photo of the grandson. The camera focused fine beeped snapped the shutter on the live view screen there was a small image saying image can't be displayed, I turned it off replaced the SD card and changed to a fully charged battery. Turned it on nothing on the live view the top LCD displayed the shutter would not respond or live view when it was turned off again it would never turn back on. This has been an excellent camera up to this point, always kept in camera bag when not in use. I have sent it back to Canon to get an estimate on the repair costs. I hope to hear something soon, I was just wondering if any others have had any issues with theirs. Mine was 4 months out of warranty when it quit.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

No, and mine is about 12 months old.

hightek Loc: west virginia

I think my main board fried in mine, I am willing to spend a few bucks to get it repaired. I think it should be covered by Canon, I expected to get more than 14 months out of it.

travisdeland Loc: deland, FL

try putting another battery in the camera-I've had problems with the circuit board inside the LPe6 batteries-had 2 fail in 2015-would show full charge, but not turn the camera on.

hightek Loc: west virginia

travisdeland wrote:

try putting another battery in the camera-I've had problems with the circuit board inside the LPe6 batteries-had 2 fail in 2015-would show full charge, but not turn the camera on.

I tried 2 fully charged canon brand batteries. I checked the micro switch on the battery door. I tried everything before sending it back. I hope they receive and report it is something so simple. Each time I turned it on it just got worse and did less till it was dead. The red light that indicates it's busy lit up solid and would not turn off, even with the camera off. Then there was nothing, I sent it in a couple day ago I hope to hear something this week.

steveo52 Loc: Rhode Island and Ocala Florida

hightek wrote:

I tried 2 fully charged canon brand batteries. I checked the micro switch on the battery door. I tried everything before sending it back. I hope they receive and report it is something so simple. Each time I turned it on it just got worse and did less till it was dead. The red light that indicates it's busy lit up solid and would not turn off, even with the camera off. Then there was nothing, I sent it in a couple day ago I hope to hear something this week.

Please keep us posted on the outcome, I have a 70d that's 9 months old very interested on what happens with yours.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

steveo52 wrote:

Please keep us posted on the outcome, I have a 70d that's 9 months old very interested on what happens with yours.

Same here. PM me if necessary. Would be greatly appreciated. djt

hightek Loc: west virginia

steveo52 wrote:

Please keep us posted on the outcome, I have a 70d that's 9 months old very interested on what happens with yours.

I sure will, I searched google and canon forums it seems a few have had issues with theirs too.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

hightek wrote:

I used it two days prior it worked perfect, turned... (show quote)

I had that happen on my rental unit that I had taken in on trade. Sent to Canon for estimate. "Main PCB Failure" was the diagnosis. Cost was $368 for mine, rented it for 6 more months to recoup that cost and sold it off. It worked good for that time though.

hightek Loc: west virginia

MT Shooter wrote:

I had that happen on my rental unit that I had taken in on trade. Sent to Canon for estimate. "Main PCB Failure" was the diagnosis. Cost was $368 for mine, rented it for 6 more months to recoup that cost and sold it off. It worked good for that time though.

This is what I am expecting to hear too. I would pay that much to get it back in working condition again. I have a T3i here right now it feels like a toy though with my big hands.

PhotoArtsLA Loc: Boynton Beach

The problem likely is lead-free solder. All current electronics, trying to be "green," have adopted non-lead solder and the solder used develops electrically active crystals, like stalactites and stalagmites, which eventually make the electronics "go crazy."

I have a digital Hasselblad which has "gone crazy" and no longer works. The problem is so common (it happens, eventually, to ALL Hasselblad DSLRs) that Hasselblad has a fixed set of prices to replace the boards in the camera and lens. In my case, about $1,300. The camera may work for three or four years and, another $1,300. Guaranteed cash flow for Hasselblad, and the user is a victim of the modern age.

hightek Loc: west virginia

PhotoArtsLA wrote:

The problem likely is lead-free solder. All current electronics, trying to be "green," have adopted non-lead solder and the solder used develops electrically active crystals, like stalactites and stalagmites, which eventually make the electronics "go crazy."

I did have it out in some very cold weather with a below zero wind chill. It worked fine for weeks later, I was curious about cold solder joints considering these boards are mass produced. This was my last images before it died.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I'm finding this discussion to be fascinating. I moved from Canon to Pentax when I had two (inexpensive) Canon Rebels die over an eight year period; I've been told not to expect "long life" from a modern camera, but as an amateur, the two cameras gave me fewer than 5000 total images during that time. I'm wondering if Canon needs to focus more on quality design / control at all levels of their products.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

hightek wrote:

I think my main board fried in mine, I am willing to spend a few bucks to get it repaired. I think it should be covered by Canon, I expected to get more than 14 months out of it.

I would expect you would get 14 years out of it. Never had any camera just die. Either film or digital.
I've known people that just, "died", but not cameras!!! :lol:
SS

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

SharpShooter wrote:

I would expect you would get 14 years out of it. Never had any camera just die. Either film or digital.
I've known people that just, "died", but not cameras!!! :lol:
SS

I would offer to send you one of mine, but both have already been donated to the St. Joseph County dump. In the case of mine, at first they acted strangely, and that could be fixed by a "hard reboot" of taking the battery out for 30 minutes or so, but eventually we reached the point where nothing could get them to act rationally (i.e., what it did had some relationship to what buttons I pressed / dials I turned); I was convinced that either the processor or the processor board had issues that would cost more to fix than the camera was worth.