Dreaded Error 99

indiegirl

My camera is not working properly and no easy fixes seem to be working. I'm getting the dreaded Error 99 from my Canon

I'm out this round, maybe next round I'll be able to play. Good luck, gang!

Jesse

menebo

I had a friend who had that happen too. My friend had been shooting at a fair when she put her camera down in front of some loud speakers. Canon told her that this is a common problem. She had to send her camera away to get it fixed but she has since gotten it back in fine shape.

Good Luck!


Michelle

DoctorIt

menebo wrote:

I had a friend who had that happen too. My friend had been shooting at a fair when she put her camera down in front of some loud speakers. Canon told her that this is a common problem. She had to send her camera away to get it fixed but she has since gotten it back in fine shape.

big magnets and electronics generally aren't a good idea. glad to hear Canon was able to fix things up.

Nikolai

indiegirl wrote:

My camera is not working properly and no easy fixes seem to be working. I'm getting the dreaded Error 99 from my Canon

I'm out this round, maybe next round I'll be able to play. Good luck, gang!

Jesse

Sorry about this! :cry
Things to try:

• Battery/Card in/out
• Detach/attach lens
• Reset button (pinhole)

Good luck!

indiegirl

I have not tried the reset button! What hope! I'll find it and try it tomorrow. Thanks!

Jesse

Frog Lady

Originally Posted by menebo
I had a friend who had that happen too. My friend had been shooting at a fair when she put her camera down in front of some loud speakers. Canon told her that this is a common problem. She had to send her camera away to get it fixed but she has since gotten it back in fine shape.

DoctorIt wrote:

big magnets and electronics generally aren't a good idea. glad to hear Canon was able to fix things up.

I had that happen a while ago too - only I was just walking in front of some (very large) speakers. Turned out it just fried my CF card; camera was not affected at all (thank goodness!)

C.

PS - good luck w/ the fix IndieGirl

DoctorIt

By the way, Jesse, if you're looking for help with the camera, you'll get a lot more good suggestions from the gear nerds over in the cameras forum.

kp-pix

Eeek. If it's the 40D, I just read on some forum someone else's was loving that 99 number too.

If not or at any rate, hope it all gets fixed soon so you can come kick some serious lps butt!

Bill_M

indiegirl wrote:

My camera is not working properly and no easy fixes seem to be working. I'm getting the dreaded Error 99 from my Canon

I'm out this round, maybe next round I'll be able to play. Good luck, gang!

Jesse

Have you updated the Firmware in the camera? I used to get this error with my 20D, then I updated the Firmware & knock on wood, it's been about a year since my last Err99.

Good luck...
Bill

indiegirl

Nada--zippo--zilch. I've tried everything I've read about online and in my manual. It's not even letting me take a picture now. I've exhausted my resources, so "No Pictures For You!" for awhile (she says in her best Seinfeld voice).

Jesse

BistiArt

Hard Hardware

indiegirl wrote:

My camera is not working properly and no easy fixes seem to be working. I'm getting the dreaded Error 99 from my Canon

Jesse

Jesse,

Sorry to hear about the 99...

Although a Nikon shooter, a campout on the Green River's White Rim Trail put condensation both in the tent near freezing and on the lens splines which go into my Nikon.

An eraser cleaned the lens, the camera recepticals, and made it good as new...
Sorta nice since the D300's are just coming out and are big dollars!