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Canon 400D Error 99 message

  • 05-04-2010 12:40pm
    #1
    padowado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Hi there. I have a Canon 400D which keeps showing Error 99 shooting is not possible turn power off or reinstall battery when i do this it takes 1 photo and then Error 99
    comes up again.......any other Canon owners come across
    this problem Thanks pat


Comments

  • #2
    oshead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭oshead


    Error 99 is one of those errors that are ambiguous and can be hard to determine the cause. Try using a different lense and/or cleaning the contacts.


  • #3
    sunny2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭sunny2004


    padowado wrote: »
    and then Error 99

    Buy a Nikon ?


  • #4
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    Two things it could be :

    Old lens or

    Clean the lens + body contacts.


  • #5
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    sunny2004 wrote: »
    Buy a Nikon ?

    Constructive posts are welcome. This is not constructive.


  • #6
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    padowado wrote: »
    Hi there. I have a Canon 400D which keeps showing Error 99 shooting is not possible turn power off or reinstall battery when i do this it takes 1 photo and then Error 99
    comes up again.......any other Canon owners come across
    this problem Thanks pat

    Yes, I have had an Error 99 on a 40D. The normal advice for this is to a) clean the lens contacts or b) try a different lens. Do not do this if the camera is wet because if you get water inside the camera, you can forget about it. Speaking from experience.

    Error99 is the Canon equivalent of the blue screen of death. If you get it, and cleaning the lens contacts does not work, you are looking at having to send it to be serviced or looked at by a camera technician.


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  • #7
    grumpygit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭grumpygit


    Had the same error on my 40D a few weeks back, changed lenses etc and no joy. I rang Canon who asked me a few questions and told me to send it to image supply systems for repair. As far as I can gather they then sent it to canon to be repaired. Got it back about 3 weeks after sending it and according to the invoice they replaced the main PCB, did a full check and test. Bad news was it cost me 245 euro which was not as bad as I thought it might be(considering they changed the main PCB) as they told me their min charge was 185 euro +VAT


  • #8
    LeoB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,256 ✭✭✭LeoB


    I have had this on my 40d but only with 1 lens and as it happens the lens contacts are damaged.


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