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Trapshooter
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I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but hr goes. I took my Canon 40D to the soccer scrimage today to take some pictures and low a behold there was an error message about hte CF card. after making sure that I had the right card in the camera I noticed that I have 2 bent pins in the area that the CF cards goes in. I called the local camera shop about getting it fixed and they said they would have to send it to Canon but recommended a locat electronics shop that might be able to repair the camera. Both place quoted my about $250 for the repair. Camera shop said it would take 6-8 weeks to go through Canon and the local electronic shop said it would take about 10 days.
My questions are - is it worth fixing or am I looking at more problems than it is worth? Is this a common problem?
Unfortunately, I do not know how this happened as I used the camera a few days ago and it was fine.
Thanks in advance for all you help.
My questions are - is it worth fixing or am I looking at more problems than it is worth? Is this a common problem?
Unfortunately, I do not know how this happened as I used the camera a few days ago and it was fine.
Thanks in advance for all you help.
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Yes, this is not terribly uncommon (bent pins) on cameras and other electronics which use CF cards for storage.
Since used Canon 40D bodies at KEH.com currently run from $364.00 for an EX+ condition to $286.00 for BGN condition, it's up to you whether you wish to repair the body or not.
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An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Depends how bent the pins are ... in my case, there's no way a screwdriver would've worked ... I ended up modifying (re-grinding) a dental tool to lift a completely bent over pin, + drilling a hole the clearance diameter of a pin down the centre of a piece of wire (to slide over the pin(s) to de-kink them).
All related to practical skillset too.
Worth a go, tho.
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