New 7D----BAD COPY

[bob williams]

As luck would have it, got my new 7D yesterday, on its way back to Canon today. As I said, got the 7D two weeks earlier than I had expected. Charged the battery and fired it up for a few test shots. Seemed to work fine, downloaded the pics, was impressed, all is well, right? Wrong!!! Turned the camera off. Took half a day off from work just so I could get used to itbefore a weekend outing and.........The D$%^&**$% thing won't power up. Tried everything. Recharged the battery, checked the memory battery, switched lenses--I know, I was getting desperate at this point. Nothing works. Called Canon, did all of the same things again. Still nothing. Canon is sending me a repair order and a UPS mailing label.I should geta spare battery in the mail today, so I will try that beforeI send the camera back but my hopes are not high at this point.


Sorry for the ranting, But I know you folks understand my pain[:'(]


Bob

[Sean Setters]

Ouch. Not fun.

[btaylor]

I had the same thing with my 40D when I first recieved it. Turned out it was a board in the power assembly that was buggered.


Not fun mate - I feel for you.

[ddt0725]

Wow Bob, sorry to hear you're going through this with your new camera especially after being so excited to get it early! []
I know you posted this a few hours ago, did you get the spare battery and did it help or are you still going to have to mail it back?

Hoping for the best outcome,

Denise

[bob williams]

Yep, Got the battery---still dead, going back to Canon tomorrow. Oh well [:S] ,

[btaylor]

Bugger [N]