Steve5D
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Well, this afternoon, my 5D decided it wanted to act up on me.
Over the last seven weeks, I've probably had 25,000 shutter actuations. Normally, my photo will look something like this straight out of the camera:
This afternoon, though, I started having a problem. The best way to describe it is to show it. Here's a shot of a wall:
Now, here's a shot of that same wall with the problem that's manifested itself:
And here's another shot, of something completely different, showing the same issue:
And yet another:
Any thoughts on what might cause this? At one point, I thought I'd heard something funny, from inside the camera, while shooting. After reviewing the images, though, it became apparent that I heard that sound (or thought I heard it) long after the problem started.
I checked the internals the best I could and, physically, everything looks fine. Mirror lock-up works like a champ. My initial thought, given that it's happening in the same segment of the frame, was that it's the sensor. The ***** of that, though, is that it can be an intermittent problem. I pulled the batteries and cleared all of the camera settings, and the problem went away, only to reappear after a few frames. It's also far more pronounced in outdoor shots than in indoor shots.
I've got my 40D that I can use, and it just had the big go-thru a few weeks ago and was given a clean bill of health, so I can continue shooting (always have a back-up, kids), but I'd really like to try to figure out what the issue is with the 5D. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get it into a repair facility until the first week of September.
Thoughts, advice and suspicions are welcome...
Over the last seven weeks, I've probably had 25,000 shutter actuations. Normally, my photo will look something like this straight out of the camera:
This afternoon, though, I started having a problem. The best way to describe it is to show it. Here's a shot of a wall:
Now, here's a shot of that same wall with the problem that's manifested itself:
And here's another shot, of something completely different, showing the same issue:
And yet another:
Any thoughts on what might cause this? At one point, I thought I'd heard something funny, from inside the camera, while shooting. After reviewing the images, though, it became apparent that I heard that sound (or thought I heard it) long after the problem started.
I checked the internals the best I could and, physically, everything looks fine. Mirror lock-up works like a champ. My initial thought, given that it's happening in the same segment of the frame, was that it's the sensor. The ***** of that, though, is that it can be an intermittent problem. I pulled the batteries and cleared all of the camera settings, and the problem went away, only to reappear after a few frames. It's also far more pronounced in outdoor shots than in indoor shots.
I've got my 40D that I can use, and it just had the big go-thru a few weeks ago and was given a clean bill of health, so I can continue shooting (always have a back-up, kids), but I'd really like to try to figure out what the issue is with the 5D. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get it into a repair facility until the first week of September.
Thoughts, advice and suspicions are welcome...
