Originally Posted by Jordan
Let me see if I'm grasping this correctly:
You have a dead shutter button on your camera. You want to fix it, then sell it, then buy a different camera. You want to shoot weddings with that different camera.
Folks, this is a recipe for disaster. You have to have a backup camera for a wedding, and I'd say that you need a backup walk-around lens as well.
Search for FWIGTEW and read the blog entry.
We're a Canon/Profoto family: five cameras, sixteen lenses, fifteen Profoto lights, too many modifiers.
When I shoot weddings, I ALWAYS have a backup camera, usually I have a lens on it and use it actively. I rent one, though if my primary camera is a better quality, FF camera, then I can rent something like a 50D instead of dropping money on a FF camera at twice the price. Normally, I don
UPDATE:
After worrying I'd have to send it in to Canon of Canada (or USA) for a cost of $219 plus shipping, plus possibly more in parts (though doubtful) I've finally found a guy in Montreal who can repair it for somewhere between $120 and $200 and do it within between a day and a week. This guy is super nice and I had a consultation (free) with him today about it. After about five minutes, the shutter button started working again, magically. We tried to get it to not work again, but it seems to be "cured" - though I think it's obvious there is a problem and may happen again. If so, I know who to take it to! Thanks Zone7Camera!!!!
Glad to hear that it
Hmm. I wonder if you and I had the same shutter button issue after all. Maybe I just lucked out with mine malfunctioning for minutes rather than days. Who knows. Mine is going strong again now though.
Adobe, give us courage to edit what photos must be altered, serenity to delete what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.
Canon EOS 7D - Canon EF-s 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM - Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro - PCB Einsteins & PW Triggers
Hey, another GREAT idea! The previous great idea was to try the shutter release cable, which I happen to have, and it worked!
I do not have a grip, so I couldn
Your shutter release buttons are worn out guys, have them replaced before they go out on you completely. Same thing happened to my 40D. Just imagine how many times we have pressed that thing, sooner or later it's going to wear out.
I found my issue.. it happened again and didn't correct it's self this time. I was shooting a wedding on Halloween and as I was getting a couple last shots in, it happened. I couldn't change shutter speed, ISO, WB, etc.. and the LCD was not functioning. I could change aperture.. and that was it. I called it quits and went home to jump on the phone with canon. The CSR (Very knowledgeable and pleasant) was at a loss. We did a hard reset, removing the little watch battery and all that jazz.. It just wasn't working. Unfortunately I didn't have my battery door with me so I was still using the grip. He suspected that the reset just wasn't happening because all of the power wasn't cycling out of the body without the battery door. Turns out he was wrong, kind of. With the battery door, everything is back to normal. Works great. With the grip, it's automatically in the same situation. If I turn the grip controls off.. viola! Works great and I can still use both batteries.
Looks like I'm sending in the grip. Best case scenario I suppose. At least there's no down time this way.
So Jordan, turns out we had very different issues with our 7Ds. Hopefully your issue doesn't return.
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