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G7X "lens cap" getting stuck?

Started Mar 7, 2015 | Discussions thread
Donthuis
Donthuis Regular Member • Posts: 139
Re: G7X "lens cap" getting stuck?

rth23 wrote:

Hi, anyone else have an issue where their G7X's automatic lens cap is getting stuck mid-way when opening and/ or closing? Mine is now doing so, was not closing fully at first, now it gets stuck both ways and needs to be helped with a finger :/

This makes the camera unusable for me. Weird, there's never been any damage to it but from day one I had a bad feeling about it, the movement was jerky. My S90 seems to have been built much better...

Anyway -- anyone having this and any thoughts on resolving it?

No, but I feel this is a valid reason to return the camera to Canon for repair under guarantee. Do not do anything by yourself, or you invalidate your guarantee arrangement. Years ago, when Canon started the non-APS IXUS series, blocked lens or cap issues were quite common. Unless you dropped  your camera in a sandy environment repair was made under guarantee. Good luck!

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Longterm photographer from way back in the 50's via analog SLR's, three generations of video equipment towards present 2 high end compacts both with (F)HD-video included.

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