Mine is older model 045 but I don't have error 80 in error log. It appears it could have been caused by the 40mm pancake lens. See new firmware for the lens
More people on POTN are suggesting that the custom settings along with spot focus linked to AF is the cause, I'm using both these and receiving the err 80 issue.
A lot of people who have cleared the custom settings have not received the err 80 after that.
Did the camera lock up for a long time? or did a power off/on work?
I've got a group on FB 'canon 1dx' and a member from taiwan said the err80 issue has been noteda long time ago, lots of people have had lockups. He suggested that a few people had issues when both card slots were being used.
Were you using both slots?
Had to remove the battery to make the camera operational.
Was only using one slot.
Rav13 wrote:
More people on POTN are suggesting that the custom settings along with spot focus linked to AF is the cause, I'm using both these and receiving the err 80 issue.
A lot of people who have cleared the custom settings have not received the err 80 after that.
I assume you mean spot metering linked to AF. I don't use spot metering, and I get the error.
Twilight Zone! Does anyone remember when there was a rash of similar lookups and Err99 with the 1D2 and particularly the 70-200? There was mad hysteria, and if I remember correctly it turned out to be a slight out of tolerance between lens and camera mounts interrupting camera-lens communication. (Exchanging my lens solved the problem, anyway.) It might help narrow the options if everyone reported as many factors and settings as possible, including lens, cf card, battery used (supplied or older 1D4 type) and charge status.
Deborah Kolt wrote:
It might help narrow the options if everyone reported as many factors and settings as possible, including lens, cf card, battery used (supplied or older 1D4 type) and charge status.
Yes, and if someone with a horse in the race tabulated them all in one place on the web it could be interesting to see what patterns develop.
Deborah Kolt wrote:
Twilight Zone! Does anyone remember when there was a rash of similar lookups and Err99 with the 1D2 and particularly the 70-200? There was mad hysteria, and if I remember correctly it turned out to be a slight out of tolerance between lens and camera mounts interrupting camera-lens communication. (Exchanging my lens solved the problem, anyway.) It might help narrow the options if everyone reported as many factors and settings as possible, including lens, cf card, battery used (supplied or older 1D4 type) and charge status.
Yes!
There was the problem with the 70-200 2.8 IS, which was the alignment problem, but also a sign of IS and AF motor issues IIRC. A couple years after that spate of problems both failed on my lens. IIRC there was also a lock-up problem with certain cards in the 1DII resulting in persistent red write light illumination... I want to say it was Lexar cards, but I'm not 100% sure, and it certainly wouldn't be a direct relation to the 1DX problem if it turns out to be card related. I lost some images to the 1DII card problem and when I read this thread, was reminded of that experience. Definitely not unique to Canon though. I've had a few issues with the Leica M9 locking up with the write light staying on indefinitely, which I narrowed down to a couple specific cards (which of course work fine in other cameras). It seems to be quite finicky about cards and even specific cards even though other cards of the exact same make and model will work fine.
There was the problem with the 70-200 2.8 IS, which was the alignment problem, but also a sign of IS and AF motor issues IIRC. A couple years after that spate of problems both failed on my lens. IIRC there was also a lock-up problem with certain cards in the 1DII resulting in persistent red write light illumination... I want to say it was Lexar cards, but I'm not 100% sure, and it certainly wouldn't be a direct relation to the 1DX problem if it turns out to be card related. I lost some images to the 1DII card problem and when I read this thread, was reminded of that experience. Definitely not unique to Canon though. I've had a few issues with the Leica M9 locking up with the write light staying on indefinitely, which I narrowed down to a couple specific cards (which of course work fine in other cameras). It seems to be quite finicky about cards and even specific cards even though other cards of the exact same make and model will work fine....Show more →
I'm not sure if we are talking about the same issue with the 70-200/2.8 IS, but the one that I recall (somewhere in the area of 2003-2005) was related to the IS printed circuit board. If you had IS turned on, the camera would intermittently lock up and give an error. If you turned off IS, it worked fine. And the issue was not limited to use with the 1D Mark II. I had the issue with both my 1D Mark II and 20D, and I know that others had the problem with other cameras, too. When I sent mine in (long after it was out of warranty), Canon replaced the IS circuit board (at no cost to me), and I never had an issue after that. There were a good number of threads on this board about the issue, and I'd guess that they should still be somewhere in the archives.
uz2work wrote:
I'm not sure if we are talking about the same issue with the 70-200/2.8 IS, but the one that I recall (somewhere in the area of 2003-2005) was related to the IS printed circuit board. If you had IS turned on, the camera would intermittently lock up and give an error. If you turned off IS, it worked fine. And the issue was not limited to use with the 1D Mark II. I had the issue with both my 1D Mark II and 20D, and I know that others had the problem with other cameras, too. When I sent mine in (long after it was out of warranty), Canon replaced the IS circuit board (at no cost to me), and I never had an issue after that. There were a good number of threads on this board about the issue, and I'd guess that they should still be somewhere in the archives.
The problem I had was not dependent on IS activation. Sometimes you could clear it with a disconnect and a quarter turn of the lens off, then on again. Sometimes you had to pull the battery. There was a good thread on Galbraith's old site, which probably is long gone. Basically, the camera did what all electronics do when there is a momentary lapse of communication - or power: it froze. Tolerances on complex electronics are very tight. And the problem is difficult to reproduce unless you can narrow down the parameters.
Sorry to drag this even more OT, but those discussions still exist at the Pro Photo HOME forum (does anyone go there any more?), who bought the old Rob Galbraith forum and then immediately imposed a paid membership requirement and peeved off many RG forum regulars, since we'd contributed all the content and could no longer access it free of charge... Anyway, here is a thread about that lock-up problem that I started: http://www.prophotohome.com/forum/canon-1-series-digital-slr-eos-5d/17870-canon-1d-camera-err-lock-up-w-70-200-2-8-16-35-fyi.html
A difference between that issue and current 1D bodies is that as of the 1DIII, there is no longer a lens-signal pin on the camera's lens mount at the 10 o'clock position to tell the camera a lens is mounted (or whatever it did). I remember accidentally breaking that pin on at least one camera and it locking up all the time, necessitating a trip to Canon.
rscheffler wrote:
Sorry to drag this even more OT, but those discussions still exist at the Pro Photo HOME forum (does anyone go there any more?), who bought the old Rob Galbraith forum and then immediately imposed a paid membership requirement and peeved off many RG forum regulars, since we'd contributed all the content and could no longer access it free of charge... Anyway, here is a thread about that lock-up problem that I started: http://www.prophotohome.com/forum/canon-1-series-digital-slr-eos-5d/17870-canon-1d-camera-err-lock-up-w-70-200-2-8-16-35-fyi.html
A difference between that issue and current 1D bodies is that as of the 1DIII, there is no longer a lens-signal pin on the camera's lens mount at the 10 o'clock position to tell the camera a lens is mounted (or whatever it did). I remember accidentally breaking that pin on at least one camera and it locking up all the time, necessitating a trip to Canon....Show more →
Thanks! I've been torturing my brain trying to remember the name of that site. Aging is so inconvenient.
045 but I don't have error 80 in error log. It appears it could have been caused by the 40mm pancake lens. See new firmware for the lens