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Hey dpreview community!




Happy new year, in the first place :)

Second I have a 550d/2ti and it's rubber is peeling off, around the shutter.

My question is: those of you who have sent it back to Canon for the rubber to be replaced... did it solve the problem? Or the second (replaced) set of rubber started peeling also?




It's out of warranty and I did a little bit of math. Buying a kit and replacing it myself would cost about the same as sending it to the authorized Canon service...




Cheers!
 
I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
 
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Pitbullo said:
Pitbullo wrote:

I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
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Well, unfortunately we don't have such a law in Romania :( What is more, I bought it used...

As far as i've seen, a replacement kit on ebay is about 30-35 dollars, and in our country a new pair of rubber grips costs about 40-45. so why bother doing it myself, when (probably and hopefully) the authorized Canon service does it better?
 
Zoltan Rab said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Zoltan Rab said:
Pitbullo wrote:

I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
Click to expand...
Well, unfortunately we don't have such a law in Romania :( What is more, I bought it used...

As far as i've seen, a replacement kit on ebay is about 30-35 dollars, and in our country a new pair of rubber grips costs about 40-45. so why bother doing it myself, when (probably and hopefully) the authorized Canon service does it better?
Click to expand...
Call Canon, they had a major problem with their rubber peeling on many cameras for a period of time, they may fix it without a warranty.
 
Osiris30 said:
Osiris30 wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Pitbullo wrote:

I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
Click to expand...
Well, unfortunately we don't have such a law in Romania :( What is more, I bought it used...

As far as i've seen, a replacement kit on ebay is about 30-35 dollars, and in our country a new pair of rubber grips costs about 40-45. so why bother doing it myself, when (probably and hopefully) the authorized Canon service does it better?
Click to expand...
Call Canon, they had a major problem with their rubber peeling on many cameras for a period of time, they may fix it without a warranty.
Click to expand...
Wow! Great idea! But I do not have the preceipt or any document of it's purchase, since I bought it used from somebody and he didn't include it. I believe Canon may ask for it.
 
Zoltan Rab said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Zoltan Rab said:
Osiris30 wrote:
Zoltan Rab said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Zoltan Rab said:
Pitbullo wrote:

I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
Click to expand...
Well, unfortunately we don't have such a law in Romania :( What is more, I bought it used...

As far as i've seen, a replacement kit on ebay is about 30-35 dollars, and in our country a new pair of rubber grips costs about 40-45. so why bother doing it myself, when (probably and hopefully) the authorized Canon service does it better?
Click to expand...
Call Canon, they had a major problem with their rubber peeling on many cameras for a period of time, they may fix it without a warranty.
Click to expand...
Wow! Great idea! But I do not have the preceipt or any document of it's purchase, since I bought it used from somebody and he didn't include it. I believe Canon may ask for it.
Click to expand...
Worth a phone call to find out... they may just want the serial number and if the camera was never registered likely will not care.
 
Osiris30 said:
Osiris30 wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Osiris30 wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Zoltan Rab wrote:
Osiris30 said:
Pitbullo wrote:

I had this problem with my 550D, and got it replaced under warranty in early december. I dont know where you live and what kind of warranty you have there. I live in Norway, and we have by law a 5 year warranty, so my 1,5 year old camera was repaired free of charge. They replaced the rubber, and used double sided tape to keep it in place. I have taken about 2000 shots since then, and everything seems fine so far :)

If you can get it fixed by a shop, I´d do this, then you will have warranty on the repair itself. It can take some time though, my repair took 3 weeks because the shop had to send it away.
Click to expand...
Well, unfortunately we don't have such a law in Romania :( What is more, I bought it used...

As far as i've seen, a replacement kit on ebay is about 30-35 dollars, and in our country a new pair of rubber grips costs about 40-45. so why bother doing it myself, when (probably and hopefully) the authorized Canon service does it better?
Click to expand...
Call Canon, they had a major problem with their rubber peeling on many cameras for a period of time, they may fix it without a warranty.
Click to expand...
Wow! Great idea! But I do not have the preceipt or any document of it's purchase, since I bought it used from somebody and he didn't include it. I believe Canon may ask for it.
Click to expand...
Worth a phone call to find out... they may just want the serial number and if the camera was never registered likely will not care.
Click to expand...
Yeah, you're right. Thanks a lot!
 
I did all the rubber on my 60D with parts from uscamera, but they don't have much for the 550D. It was easy and took less than half an hour. You don't need to get Canon to do it, unless you're a complete klutz and really want to be without your camera for weeks. We're talking about less than $50 worth of parts.
 
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