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Canon 300D CF port quest.

Started Jan 25, 2013 | Questions
pjohnson1 New Member • Posts: 1
Canon 300D CF port quest.

I have a Canon 300d Digital Rebel.  One of the prongs in the compact flash card port  is bent and can no longer use it.  Does anyone know where I can get this fixed inexpensively?  Or should I not even bother and upgrade?  Don't know what I should do.  I cannot find anywhere to get fixed very cheap.

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Canon EOS 300D (EOS Digital Rebel / EOS Kiss Digital)
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photofanzM Regular Member • Posts: 104
Re: Canon 300D CF port quest.
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Camera repairs are very expensive. The 300D is pretty much outdated now days and it probably would cost more to fix it than it is worth.  It would be worth updating.

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Olga Johnson Forum Pro • Posts: 24,360
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It cost me $215 (with taxes and shipping) to have the CF assembly of my 7D replaced.  Not worth it to get your old Rebel fixed.  You can find a used later model (and it doesn't have to be the latest) for a little more than that.

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RedFox88 Forum Pro • Posts: 30,738
Re: Canon 300D CF port quest.

Olga Johnson wrote:

It cost me $215 (with taxes and shipping) to have the CF assembly of my 7D replaced.

This is why all dSLRs that do below 8 fps or so should immediately start getting SD cards instead of CF.  When I got my 5D many years ago I bent a pin trying to insert a new CF card.  Luckily I was able to bend the pin back into place myself and have had years of no problems.  I then used my Drebel to "break in" the pin slots on my new CF card instead of using the 5D to break it in.

Computer drives moved away from the parelell interface with many pins years ago and so should dSLRs.  SD cards are fast and have high capacity.

captura Forum Pro • Posts: 27,478
Re: Canon 300D CF port quest.

There was a Sony DSLR model that was notorious for bent pins caused by the CF cards.

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giovanarocha New Member • Posts: 1
Re: Canon 300D CF port quest.

You should call to customer care for it.

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