Canon 1d MKll N meltdown

Hope some of your photographic geniuses can tell me what's gone wrong with my Canon 1D MKll N, other than to state the obvious that it's absolutely knackered!!!

What I was told was the camera suffered a drop and the impact was mostly absorbed by the magnesium corner at the shutter button and the lens attached at the time. After the drop, the camera worked and bar the impact marks and the camera's lens mount ring being barely pushed in less than a millimetre at the bottom, all looked well.

All except inside the viewfinder: the bottom readout bar - with focus confirm at the other stuff - had shifted at an angle and only a very small bit can be seen, plus (and I don't know if this is normal of a 1d body as first I've owned) the focus point I've picked - centre - stays red all the time. I've took a shot through as best I can to show this disappearing readout bar:





Now, it gets better...

So, I start using the camera today to test it out with a Canon EF 100-300mm USM lens and all's well for 10 minutes or so, until suddenly I start getting lines on the pictures, much likewhen a graphic's card in a PC starts going wrong or overheating:





I shot against a white background and the picture had a fine "mesh" or moire superimposed on it (maybe the pass filter?):





Then, I took a shot of a luminous sign across the road in bright sunshine and bear in mind, this sign is meant to be neon yellow, white and red!





Then I checked inside with a shot of some books on my bookshelf and yes, the wall is meant to be terracotta, but without the red stripes:





Finally, I did a quick burst of shots and have picked the following 4 travelling from left to right to highlight further the erractic appearance of the lines on the pictures:

















So, there we are!

My limited opinion? It's not a shutter failure - judging by the online pics - so is it the sensor itself? I've actually tried reflashing the camera to the latest firmware again, but it's still doing the same banding.

Opinions and theories most welcome and is it worth fixing?

Oh, the final thing to add is this absolute kicker - I got the camera for the sum total of £75 - yes, £75 - and here's the actual shutter count:

Doubt it. I'm sure the previous owner knows how much it would cost to repair. Definitely a sensor gone, plus all the other stuff that is knocked out of place.

Those bodies go for about $800US over here. Is it worth that much to you if repaired like new? Is Canon even replacing the sensor in the 1DMkIIN anymore? Best send them a note and find out.

Cheers for that - pretty much what I thought it was, the sensor being gone. I don't know if it's worth it though: the camera stands me at £75 and the charger cost another £113, still cheap combined I know but if the sensor can even be done, it's going to cost a couple of hundred pounds, at least. That cheap 1d MKll N suddenly isn't cheap anymore....

What a !

It most probably is the sensor from what you've described but:

You can get pics like this from a corrupt card, might be worth chucking in another card to see just in case???

Had similar image issue after dropping a D30 back in the day.

Returned to Canon for repair - one of the internal PCB connectors had come loos win the impact.

Plugged back in and it worked perfectly after that.

I seriously doubt that a drop would damage a sensor in the way you're seeing BTW

Your call - but I'd get it into CPS for repair.

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Chris Dodkin said:

Had similar image issue after dropping a D30 back in the day.

Returned to Canon for repair - one of the internal PCB connectors had come loos win the impact.

Plugged back in and it worked perfectly after that.

I seriously doubt that a drop would damage a sensor in the way you're seeing BTW

Your call - but I'd get it into CPS for repair.

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Well that would be the stroke of luck I'm hoping for if it was only a loose wire!

Just a quick question then: I'm based in the UK, so should I return to Canon or someone like Fixation (money issues of course)?

Sorry for double post, but got an old 35-135mm f/4-5.6 USM through the door and whizzed off a couple of shots with the camera; again, there's all the interference and polarised colour, but one or two shots are coming out clear - perhaps you've hit the nail on the head regarding the loose wire Chris?





A nice, clear shot...





... next picture had a couple of faint lines across it...





... then it's back to the red Hell!

So, perhaps a loose wire?

Once again, very sorry for adding additional stuff to this thread, but I'm sure someone now or in the future may have a similar problem and I just hope my rambling can help.

An hour on from the above pictures that have shown red banding and some messing about with the camera has resulted in an unbelievable turn of events, as shown below:





No red lines or banding visible against this silver car.





Check the red colour range out by shooting this "fragile" tape, but still okay.





Flowers again show no sign of the banding or moire corruption.

How have I managed this? Well even I'm at a loss to explain but I do know that have have changed metering to spot and adjusted my White Balance before settling on the WB "sunshine" preset. After this and with a good 50 shots taken, all seems fine - it's unbelievable, I know!

Please let me know your opinions on why the camera has adjusted to this new set of parameters and is now happy to shoot, any view will be greatly appreciated.

If this stays working, I've just bagged myself a Canon 1D MKll N with 6,000 shutter actions for £75...

Intermitant problems. I'd take it to either Fixation or Lehmans and see what they say.

As someone else said, probably a board has come loose.

Sorted. Does anyone know of a good place in Manchester?