Ongoing trouble with my 5D mark II
I haven't taken my camera in yet, because this problem is more of an annoyance than anything, and I'm not positive I can reproduce my problem for a sales associate because it only happens every so often. That said, I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem with their 5DII.
When I am reviewing pictures on the LCD screen sometimes my preview will switch off, back to picture-taking mode, as though I'd pressed the trigger or another button to get out of preview mode. Occasionally I will press the "play" button to review pictures, and it'll flash to my last taken picture for a split second, but then turn back off again. And it will do this several times, until I toggle some settings or rotate one of the dials. Then when I go back to review pictures it works. And when this is going on, I notice dimming and then un-dimming of my viewfinder.
The first few times this happened I thought I'd depressed the trigger by accident or something, but it turns out I had not. It kind of does this at random, and only, I'd say 1 or 2 times out of ten that I preview my pictures.
The only way I can explain what's going on is that my camera preview option seems 'glitchy'. Anyone else come across this?
When I am reviewing pictures on the LCD screen sometimes my preview will switch off, back to picture-taking mode, as though I'd pressed the trigger or another button to get out of preview mode. Occasionally I will press the "play" button to review pictures, and it'll flash to my last taken picture for a split second, but then turn back off again. And it will do this several times, until I toggle some settings or rotate one of the dials. Then when I go back to review pictures it works. And when this is going on, I notice dimming and then un-dimming of my viewfinder.
The first few times this happened I thought I'd depressed the trigger by accident or something, but it turns out I had not. It kind of does this at random, and only, I'd say 1 or 2 times out of ten that I preview my pictures.
The only way I can explain what's going on is that my camera preview option seems 'glitchy'. Anyone else come across this?
CW
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Some folks also add a shim of some sort into the battery compartment between the battery door and the battery to add a little extra pressure to the contacts.
If none of these things work I would consider getting the camera serviced.
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Mine was doing the same thing. However, I found I was inadvertently pressing the depth-of-field preview button with my left hand, which canceled the image replay.
This would also account for the dimming of the viewfinder, unless you have the aperture set wide open.
I hope that is your problem and not some crazy electronic glitch.
Good luck getting it figured out!