I must have had it 15 years. It must be passed its lifespan for shutter actuations. But this camera is my friend, and I'm upset.
I bought some cheap extension tubes from eBay. I'm no high-falutin' photographer so I can't justify a lot of expense, but I fancied a go at some macro work for fun and thought "what's the worst than can happen, I'll lose £7". Wrong. I started getting error 99; I took the tubes off, prepared to bin them already. Pretty soon it started shuttering by itself, even when off, only stopping when the batteries were out (it has a grip). 00's, no CF, all manner of errors now, the only thing in common they have is that the camera is unresponsive to me.
I know the answer already, but there is not a little sliver of hope is there? It's not the money. I know I could get another 20D for buttons, but it wouldn't be my 20D. I'd probably pay a bit more than it's worth to fix it but even that isn't going to do it, is it?
So DON'T BUY GENERIC EXTENSION TUBES, peeps.
I bought some cheap extension tubes from eBay. I'm no high-falutin' photographer so I can't justify a lot of expense, but I fancied a go at some macro work for fun and thought "what's the worst than can happen, I'll lose £7". Wrong. I started getting error 99; I took the tubes off, prepared to bin them already. Pretty soon it started shuttering by itself, even when off, only stopping when the batteries were out (it has a grip). 00's, no CF, all manner of errors now, the only thing in common they have is that the camera is unresponsive to me.
I know the answer already, but there is not a little sliver of hope is there? It's not the money. I know I could get another 20D for buttons, but it wouldn't be my 20D. I'd probably pay a bit more than it's worth to fix it but even that isn't going to do it, is it?
So DON'T BUY GENERIC EXTENSION TUBES, peeps.
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