7D dead after Firmware 2.0?

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Robert J. Gonzalez
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Re: 7D dead after Firmware 2.0?
In reply to offcamber, 8 months ago

My problem after the update was that the mirror flipped up, the shutter opened and then the 7d just shut off and wouldn't come back on.

It came one later, but when i turned it off, it wouldn't come back on again, or when I took a shot, the whole turning off with the mirror up and the shutter open happened again.

Then about a week later, after I told Canon I was sending it in, it started working normally again.

I haven't used it for any wedding, I went back to my 50d, but I haven't sent it in to Canon yet.

Obviously I shouldn't trust it right now.

I'm going to use it for candids this Saturday and see how it goes.

offcamber wrote:

A few days ago I updated my 7d to Firmware version 2.0. I had no problems with the update. I tested it afterwards and all seemed to work fine. I took the lens off, put the body cap back on and put it in my bag. Tonight I pulled it out to get ready for a trip tomorrow and found it's dead. Tried various batteries, with and without the grip, nothing. Took the CR1616 out of waited a bit, put all back in, nothing. Put a new CR1616 in it. Still nothing. Display shows nothing at all, no leds flash, it's completely unresponsive. The camera hasn't moved since the firmware update. A few searches and I've found other reports of this as well although not exactly common. I guess I'll call Canon tomorrow, but this really sucks.

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