The other day I got a troubling "Error 20" message on my 5D Mark II out of no-where. Nothing happened to cause this, no trauma, no new memory cards/lenses etc. See my
previous post for my conversation with my camera....
So... update.
It's working fine now (of course) but I am worried about this happening again on a job, instead of just taking test shots for a photography workshop I was hosting last weekend. It was a little embarrassing giving lessons to a group without a camera. I need a second body, but I have been holding out for the 1D mark IV.
After calling 2 different numbers for Canon, the third gets me to the right person. My favorite quote regarding the problem:
Canon Guy #3: "Well Mr. Morgan, error 20 could be a few different things. It could be a bad memory card, it could be a mirror problem, a dirty connection between the lens sensors and the camera and it might be the card reader in the camera".Jesse: "Why not give each problem their own error message, perhaps error 20, 21, 22, 23 etc? That way you know for sure what the problem is."Canon Guy #3: "Well, ughhh, I... ughhh, that would be a good idea, yeah."-------------------
The error message has not come back, even thought I am doing test shots using the same lens, card and shooting conditions as before. There is nothing worse than an intermittent problem....
Is it insane to ponder a switch to Nikon at this point? In the handouts to my class, one of the points I make is once you decide to go with a manufacturer, you are then forever married to the system, and that you lose everything in the divorce. I am considering filing papers...