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Err 99 on Canon 40D

  • 18-04-2010 6:19pm
    #1
    fermoyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭


    I was shooting today at a drifting tournament and the camera was working fine. I stopped taking pics for a few minutes to chat to someone.

    When I went to take more pics the camera wouldn't work and the screen displayed the message 'Err 99, SHooting not possible. Switch camera off and on again or remove and replace battery'

    I did the above steps numerous times and also switched lenses etc but the same message kept appearing and the camera would not shoot.

    Anyone got any ideas what might be wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    I bought a lens on Ebay & when I received it I got this error intermitently. All my other lenses work fine. Browsing through the web on this it seems that the following may help:

    - remove main battery
    - remove the little battery as well
    - wait 5 mins, then replace them.

    Also you can

    - try a different flash card , or format the one you have.

    and

    - Check that the electric contacts between the body & the lens are clean & that they are springy - ie you can push them in a little & they pop back out.

    Cheers

    -FoxT


  • #3
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    shutter needs to be replaced


    or


    contacts need to be cleaned.

    I'm thinking its more than likely the shutter needs to be replaced.....do you want to borrow a 40D from me to keep ya going ?


  • #4
    ttcomet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭ttcomet


    Try clean the contacts with an eraser if that makes no differance it is more then likely the shutter (or at least it was in my bitter experiance) and will need to be sent off for repair. It should be free if it is still in warrenty.

    It took about 1 week to get fixed in my case and about 3 weeks for the courier to find my house on the way back to me.


  • #5
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Only ever happened to me once with 40D (Sigma 70-200 f2.8 attached) when I was snapping at a match in gale force wind. Turned camera off and on again (typicial IT answer :D) and havent had the problem since.

    Regulary got the problem on a 400D ... but some cnut stole it so hopefully he/she is still having problems with it :pac:


  • #6
    fermoyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭fermoyboy


    Sounds as if the shutter is still working ok so gonna give it a good cleaning later on and see if that works.

    Cheers for the advice!


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  • #7
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    fermoyboy wrote: »
    Sounds as if the shutter is still working ok so gonna give it a good cleaning later on and see if that works.

    Cheers for the advice!

    Don't forget to post the outcome as it will be a help to others.
    Thanks


  • #8
    fermoyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭fermoyboy


    Tried cleaning it and doesn't seem to help.

    Someone on another forum advised that if the camera shoots through the Live View Finder mode that the problem is with the mirror and not the shutter. Mine shoots through that mode so guess I have a problem with the mirror.


  • #9
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    fermoyboy wrote: »
    Tried cleaning it and doesn't seem to help.

    Someone on another forum advised that if the camera shoots through the Live View Finder mode that the problem is with the mirror and not the shutter. Mine shoots through that mode so guess I have a problem with the mirror.

    so...spare camera for you ? you going to the game on Fri ? if I can make it down I'll bring a spare, if only I had known about it sooner my missus was in Cork Sun - could have given her one for ya.....ahem...camera I mean !!!


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