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2nd Novenber 2009

From now on I will try to keep  this page up to date.  Honestly speaking I forgot about doing this regularly.  Well people are busy these days!!!

One of the most annoying things about being a photographer, apart from realising you have a flat battery in your camera and have not got your spare with you, is when your camera breaks.

Last week I was out in a village called Acomb, and was about to shoot an Autumnal morning, perfect sunshine, people in  the foreground which was great, perfect light, I thought great.  Not often I strike this lucky.  So I got the camera out, set up the tripod etc, and when I pressed the button all I got was a click.  And the camera locked up.

Odd its never done that before, so I pressed all the buttons, nothing, eventually had  to take the battery out and it reset it. 

I have only had the camera for 18 months, and its been well looked after.  And I have never heard of many Canon cameras going wrong.  They are normally very reliable.

So I get home and rings Canon.  they advised me to do a firmware update.  The operating system for the camera.  I downloaded the software, installed it and hey presto nothing. 

So that was a bit of a blow.  I then rang them back to be told it needed mending.  No surprise there Sherlock I thought.  Great, just when you need it, its knackered.  Luckily enough I have it covered with an insurance policy with my Bank.  And got In touch with the company that they use and sent it away.

So after 4 days or so I got it back.  And after speaking to them I found out it was the shutter motor and part of the assembly or something.

So the moral of the tale is if you have a lot of expensive equipment like me, get it insured.  The cost of repair bills for these things is hideous.  Luckily enough for me I didn't pay a penny.  Phew.

Paul

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