Live View is not my Friend

Racerx7734

Tried "live view" for the first time on my 40D. I didnt like it so I shut it back off.

Camera did 8 frames while at a client shoot and went directly to "error 99"

Yummy.:clap

8 months old..........kinda sucks. I sent it off to Canon for repair, hope to get it back next week sometime.

Great camera though.....I love it.........but I wont use Live View anymore

Stuff happens......it will get fixed.

You guys ever have this happen? so far I have seen two 50D's that went into error 99 after live view. They were sent in and had a firmware update and work great now.........hopefully that same firmware update will work on my 40D.

Anyway....

ziggy53

Racerx7734 wrote:

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You guys ever have this happen? so far I have seen two 50D's that went into error 99 after live view. They were sent in and had a firmware update and work great now.........hopefully that same firmware update will work on my 40D.

Anyway....

Good luck and hoping for a speedy repair.

I've not had any problems with my 40D and I use the Live View fairly frequently to check focus on tripod shots.

kdog

I use live view on my moon shots. No issues. I know Nikolai's a big fan of Live View as well for astro stuff. I've not heard of Live View causing Error99 problems on any Canon body.

Regards,
-joel

Airedrifter

I just gave some lessons and live view was great.
I set the 40d on a tripod and we went to town.

Togleing between live view and info sped up the learning. I think some really "got it" this time. I had everyone shooting manual, and liking it, by the end of the day.

Candid Arts

Had the 40D for about 8 months, used Live View quite frequently, never had any issues with it.

I am using the 50D now, still use Live View a bit, haven't had any problems with it yet either.

But yes, there is a firmware update on Canon's website for both the 40D and 50D. I haven't downloaded it yet, but will be soon. It's a fix for the err99. So Might want to check that out those who haven't downloaded it yet.