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Needing Help Troubleshooting.

Started Aug 20, 2017 | Discussions thread
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FallenLeaf Photography
FallenLeaf Photography Regular Member • Posts: 475
Needing Help Troubleshooting.

So two days before the total eclipse, my M3 is refusing to turn on.  It's still within warranty, but I have no ability to get it fixed before I head down to set up for the totality.  I've tried 3 different fully charged batteries, and the green light turns on for a brief moment, and you hear it started to charge up and it instantly lets the power fade.  It has sustained no impacts of any kind, and it was working yesterday, simply sitting on my desk.  This last week, however, I did notice suddenly that when you let the LCD screen slide out that it shuts down the LCD and at first I could still take pictures but would have to restart it to get the LCD back (and it would remove my most recent settings changes..), then it just started turning it off instantly (also wiping recent settings changes).  So I seem to have some kind of short, but I was hoping that there might be some idea among the community what to do to save my chance at getting some of my own photos of the eclipse while it's in my hemisphere (It's the only camera body I have that's better than my phone).

Thanks!

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Olympus E-M5 II Olympus 12-40mm F2.8 Pro
Canon EOS M3
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