Canon EOS 300D my options

[Longreach747]

hi all
just wondering if someone can give me an idea of what i can do when i take the camera back to canon.

do i ask for a new one, let them repair it and give me the loan D60, get my $ back or what? i am taking it back today so any help asap will be grand!

i am thinking of saying, you keep this thing thats well stuffed and give me a wideangle lens and the loan D60 to keep.

[JeffinDEN]

Rrrrriiiiiggggghhhttt!

I am fairly certain they will dictate the next course of action...

You bought a 300d, not a 1Ds. Put it in perspective....

[CPH Aviation]

Well what was there answer??? Did you get your money back? If you want to buy another camera I can only say that the Nikon D100 works!

[Longreach747]

customer is always right! ever heard of that saying?

i will dictate to them what happens, not them to me.

its not an uncommon problem with 10D and 300D

still not open yet, another 40 min

[JeffinDEN]

customer is always right! ever heard of that saying?

What about this one: "seven day return policy.." or... "no money back"..

i will dictate to them what happens, not them to me.

somewhere over the rainbow......

its not an uncommon problem with 10D and 300D

You knew that when you bought it? Yet your complaining about it?

[Longreach747]

actually i didnt know it when i bought, i didnt know it was that common til last night.

how could i know it was a common problem with the 300D when i bought it 6 days after its release on the market.

[ckw]

If you haven't already taken it back - error99 is usually indicative of a card problem. Reformating in a card reader on a PC or unather camera usually does the trick.

Cheers,

Colin

[Longreach747]

i have even shot without cf card, it still not working.

i reformatted and did everything on dpreview, its not working at all.

[JeffinDEN]

May sound silly....but you did check the batteries?

[Leftseat86]

Yeah, that did sound pretty dumb Jeff.

My Olympus has been doing some hilarious things as of late. On both of my SM cards, there are always 3-4 photos that are sliced in half by a green block. Usually only half of the photo is visible, the other half a mass of green. Now, its fine when its an exposure-check shot of a plane far away, but sometimes I'll get smaked by it on a great shot...

The funny thing is, on the LCD it looks fine, just when I read it onto the PC with my card reader, I get crap.

I'll show you what it looks like later.

-Clovis

[Longreach747]

battery was fully charged about 2hrs before i went out and used it.

i didnt insert the battery til i wanted to shoot, got off 28 shots then she clammed up like a nun.

[Leftseat86]

Ok here are some samples of what I get off every card:




And...



-Clovis

[JeffinDEN]

I know the battery question was silly, but guess what? If you call their tech support line.... What do you think one of the first questions out of their mouth will be? It never hurts to cover the basics and get them out of the way before expending brain cells on more difficult things..

I have seen the green stuff on my Olympus only once. I can't remember what I found out about it though. have you checked their web site?

[Longreach747]

what the f&ck happend there?

well its better than having no photo at all

[Leftseat86]

well its better than having no photo at all

I wasn't smiling when that happened to two "would have been stellar" St. Barts shots

Jeff, I've emailed Olympus and they tell me its a card problem, and both my card manufacturers say its a write problem...

-Clovis