Frozen 20d?

[Makinations]

I had my new 20d out in the cold and snow this weekend. It was cold (maybe 11 degrees F at the time) and very windy. After a while it developed Error 99 everytime the shutter fired.

Nothing seemed to fix this. Popped the battery. Changed the batteyr. Changed lenses. Cleaned lens contacts. Nothing.

However after a 15 minute trip in my (relatively) warm car it started working again.

Took it out in the cold again and it worked fine.

Now the temperature was clearly warmer the second time or at least far less windy. I made an effort to make sure that I didn't exhale anywhere near the camera. (Which I may have been doing before, particularly with the camera on a tripod.)

My friend's D30 worked fine through all this. (I was switching lenses so maybe my camera chilled down faster. Or maybe a chance snowflake made its way inside...)

So, did my camera freeze? (I froze. I thought I was dressed for sub zero but I froze. So maybe the wind was really cold.) Or what the heck happened?

Anyone have similar issues in the cold with their 20D? (Or 10D or whatever.)

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[sadlybrokeboy]

Makinations,

Not appearing to sound unhelpful here - but this is the 300D forum NOT 20D!!

Although that said, I will say this - cold does affect the electronics of most cameras in odd ways - even you smug people with 20d's!

Matt

I had my new 20d out in the cold and snow this weekend. It was
cold (maybe 11 degrees F at the time) and very windy. After a
while it developed Error 99 everytime the shutter fired.

Nothing seemed to fix this. Popped the battery. Changed the
batteyr. Changed lenses. Cleaned lens contacts. Nothing.

However after a 15 minute trip in my (relatively) warm car it
started working again.

Took it out in the cold again and it worked fine.

Now the temperature was clearly warmer the second time or at least
far less windy. I made an effort to make sure that I didn't exhale
anywhere near the camera. (Which I may have been doing before,
particularly with the camera on a tripod.)

My friend's D30 worked fine through all this. (I was switching
lenses so maybe my camera chilled down faster. Or maybe a chance
snowflake made its way inside...)

So, did my camera freeze? (I froze. I thought I was dressed for
sub zero but I froze. So maybe the wind was really cold.) Or what
the heck happened?

Anyone have similar issues in the cold with their 20D? (Or 10D or
whatever.)

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[Makinations]

Habbit. I keep jumping to this forum first. (Plus for photography and photoshop stuff I prefer this forum to the 20d forum.)

The irritating part of this is that I had my 300D out in colder weather and it had no issues. (I may have kept it in my coat more, tho.)

Not appearing to sound unhelpful here - but this is the 300D forum
NOT 20D!!

Although that said, I will say this - cold does affect the
electronics of most cameras in odd ways - even you smug people with
20d's!

Matt

I had my new 20d out in the cold and snow this weekend. It was
cold (maybe 11 degrees F at the time) and very windy. After a
while it developed Error 99 everytime the shutter fired.

Nothing seemed to fix this. Popped the battery. Changed the
batteyr. Changed lenses. Cleaned lens contacts. Nothing.

However after a 15 minute trip in my (relatively) warm car it
started working again.

Took it out in the cold again and it worked fine.

Now the temperature was clearly warmer the second time or at least
far less windy. I made an effort to make sure that I didn't exhale
anywhere near the camera. (Which I may have been doing before,
particularly with the camera on a tripod.)

My friend's D30 worked fine through all this. (I was switching
lenses so maybe my camera chilled down faster. Or maybe a chance
snowflake made its way inside...)

So, did my camera freeze? (I froze. I thought I was dressed for
sub zero but I froze. So maybe the wind was really cold.) Or what
the heck happened?

Anyone have similar issues in the cold with their 20D? (Or 10D or
whatever.)

--
Makinations
http://www.smrlabs.com

--
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too
seriously..

http://www.mattandsarahmorris.co.uk/

--
Makinations
http://www.smrlabs.com

 

[gandalf_42024]

I have both, 20 D and 300 D, I had the 20 D in 16 degree weather and had no problems

The irritating part of this is that I had my 300D out in colder
weather and it had no issues. (I may have kept it in my coat more,
tho.)

Not appearing to sound unhelpful here - but this is the 300D forum
NOT 20D!!

Although that said, I will say this - cold does affect the
electronics of most cameras in odd ways - even you smug people with
20d's!

Matt

I had my new 20d out in the cold and snow this weekend. It was
cold (maybe 11 degrees F at the time) and very windy. After a
while it developed Error 99 everytime the shutter fired.

Nothing seemed to fix this. Popped the battery. Changed the
batteyr. Changed lenses. Cleaned lens contacts. Nothing.

However after a 15 minute trip in my (relatively) warm car it
started working again.

Took it out in the cold again and it worked fine.

Now the temperature was clearly warmer the second time or at least
far less windy. I made an effort to make sure that I didn't exhale
anywhere near the camera. (Which I may have been doing before,
particularly with the camera on a tripod.)

My friend's D30 worked fine through all this. (I was switching
lenses so maybe my camera chilled down faster. Or maybe a chance
snowflake made its way inside...)

So, did my camera freeze? (I froze. I thought I was dressed for
sub zero but I froze. So maybe the wind was really cold.) Or what
the heck happened?

Anyone have similar issues in the cold with their 20D? (Or 10D or
whatever.)

--
Makinations
http://www.smrlabs.com

--
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too
seriously..

http://www.mattandsarahmorris.co.uk/

--
Makinations
http://www.smrlabs.com