Canon EOS 300D Fail
My Canon EOS 300D had an attack of “Epic Fail” today.
Was taking pics as per normal, got a pic like this:
Next one was like this:
Not happy Jan.
Once I got home and did a closer inspection of the body, I see that the sub mirror (for auto focus) is not lifting when taking a photo. I had a fairly close look and found a spring that was loose and floating near the mirror assembly. I managed to extract it and was fairly hopeful that it was just something that popped out.
However there are a number of posts online that refer to this issue and in all cases it looks like a plastic pin, that the assembly swivels on, just snaps. Apparently a design flaw, and it appears that when repairing this issue Canon have been using a metal replacement part.
I might have bit of a poke around and see what I can see, maybe it is just a spring popped out, however I’m probably going to have to do some ringing around during the week and see if I can get it repaired for a decent price.
In one post someone mentions they were quoted 200Euro in another 200USD, so maybe it’s a standard 200 of whatever your local currency is.
At present my options are:
- Get it fixed for a decent price.
- Glue the sub mirror to the main mirror and lose auto focus capability.
- Take all my pics with the body upside down.
After 4 years and approx 25,000 shots I might even have to say goodbye. Sniff 
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