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Dec 20, 2011 06:46:49 #
eabake
Loc: New Hampshire
Maureen, buy a set of Dental picks, a head lamp and a good magnifier (can be had at Harbor Freight for short money). The picks come in different shapes and sizes, so you can reach down and straighten the pins.
Then slowly insert the CF card and seat it firmly. CF cards have true pins, unlike an SD card which has a rail that rides on the metal teeth on the card, so be gentle.
Ted
Then slowly insert the CF card and seat it firmly. CF cards have true pins, unlike an SD card which has a rail that rides on the metal teeth on the card, so be gentle.
Ted
Dec 20, 2011 06:49:01 #
Jimtebo
Loc: Alhambra, IL
Another good reason to not remove the card is you might forget to remove it from your computer and go on a shoot and leave the card behind, it happened to me a couple weeks ago.
Dec 20, 2011 07:33:00 #
maureenj543 wrote:
I have a Canon Rebel Xti with bent cf pins. I coul... (show quote)
Maureen,
Buy a set of long nose, needle nosed pliers. These have to open just a little at a long distance explain what you need to the sales people. This will allow you to straighten the pins easier with less chance of breaking them. Also buy a lighted magnifying glass. Hope this helps.
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Dec 20, 2011 07:47:12 #
You might check and see if Radio Shack still carries pin straightner tools . They at one time did , they were made for computer boards...I used to have several different ones...
Dec 20, 2011 07:49:17 #
maureenj543 wrote:
I have a Canon Rebel Xti with bent cf pins. I coul... (show quote)
Nothing is destroyed if it can't be used anyway.......go for it!
Dec 20, 2011 08:11:15 #
if you do it yourself be sure and remove all the batteries you want to make sure you don't short anything and create more problems ( I made that mistake once with another problem the repair guy told me to never stick anyhting in a camera with the battery in it burned out the power supply)
Dec 20, 2011 08:16:42 #
maureenj543
Loc: Columbia, MD
WOW, thank you so much! I never would have thought of that. I can't tell you how many times I have put something down that shaft trying to figure out why my camera wouldn't respond. Have a happy Christmas!
Dec 20, 2011 08:52:28 #
Maureen - find someone with steady hands. Then once fixed USE THE USB CORD and leave the disc in the camera. I have a Canon XTi also and love it. Used to take the card out til I read a few stories like yours - it don't come out no more. The cord stays plugged into my computer and it's really easier just to plug the cord into the camera.
Dec 20, 2011 08:53:42 #
Maureen, Hope you get this problem taken care of. Then afterwards, we are going to spank you all the way to Friday. Don't you ever do that again. Merry Christmas.
Dec 20, 2011 09:15:45 #
I felt the same way when people told me that cleaning my sensor was akin to brain surgery. Piece of cake !
Dec 20, 2011 09:17:33 #
If the pins are only slightly bent and you have a steady hand they can be straightened. I have been working on PC's for 30 years and it is usually not a problem. However if they are bent bad and you do manage to straighten them enough to work they will never be as strong as they once were. In this case, depending on how much you love the camera, the $200 repair may be the best choice as you will get all new pins. Your call!
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Dec 20, 2011 09:37:55 #
the price of the new pins is the same regardless so by all means try. As someone already said, its already not working.
Dec 20, 2011 09:44:03 #
maureenj543 wrote:
I have a Canon Rebel Xti with bent cf pins. I coul... (show quote)
Try to fix it on your own and if unsuccessful then whenever you have the funds, you can then take it in for repair. If you are successful you will not only have immediate use of your camera again but you won't have been out any money!
Dec 20, 2011 10:11:55 #
maureenj543 wrote:
I have a Canon Rebel Xti with bent cf pins. I coul... (show quote)
I had the exact same thing happen to me with my Digital Rebel. I went to a local camera store and they looked up the cost of fixing it, which would have required shipping it back to canon and around 189 bucks plus shipping and any parts. They had a two generation newer one used for 200 bucks that someone had traded in on another camera - I bought the trade camera and my son was able to straighten out the pin on the older one - which now works like a charm again. So now I have two cameras for what the repair cost would have been - I say try to fix it if you are handy at all or have a friend or relative that is good at that sort of stuff try it. Canon's web site will give you an idea of repair costs because they have set fees for various things. Another plus was that all my old lens worked with the newer body. and many of the features were the same so I already knew how to use the newer one.
Dec 20, 2011 10:16:04 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
If you're mechanically inclined, read all of the above and go for it.
I once fixed my favorite coffee maker that quit and wasn't made anymore, turned out to be an open thermal fuse and I cleaned all the hoses and channels and it worked like new.
The only problem is you gain so much confidence you end up fixing everything else that quits. Sort of a fetish I guess.
At one time I fixed the wife's ailing mixer and it made her mad because she didn't like the mixer in the first place.
I once fixed my favorite coffee maker that quit and wasn't made anymore, turned out to be an open thermal fuse and I cleaned all the hoses and channels and it worked like new.
The only problem is you gain so much confidence you end up fixing everything else that quits. Sort of a fetish I guess.
At one time I fixed the wife's ailing mixer and it made her mad because she didn't like the mixer in the first place.
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