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p.2 #14 · p.2 #14 · 1DX shut downs, won't power up, and circuit board failures | |
RobertLynn wrote:
I do not find anything wrong with the OP post at all.
Thanks Robert. I appreciate the fact that you and a few others saw the question at face value for what it was: simply asking if anyone around here has had this particular problem with their 1Dx. Turns out that Deborah Kolt, Surfwx, and Eric C. all needed to have circuit boards replaced in their 1DX's. That was the kind information I wanted to know.
Clearly, more than one person, on more than one forum, has reported needing circuit boards replaced in their 1Dx. In the past 10 continuous years, I've shot with seven different models of the 1D series, and I've never needed a circuit board replaced. So all of these reports were surprising news to me, and I wanted to know more so I could better determine the likelihood that I might encounter a similar problem. Based on my own experience of never once needing a circuit board in a camera, I would not have predicted that circuit boards might be an issue in the new 1Dx.
This is helpful to know when it comes to assessing the value a warranty, because it portends a higher probability of needing that warranty. And for US residents, it highly factors into the risk / savings ratio when comparing a new USA camera with a nationwide Canon USA warranty, versus a grey camera with a warranty administered solely by the non authorized store selling the grey market warranty. Obviously, the more problems reported by other users of the camera, the more weight is added to the risk side of any savings from buying gray. This was the ultimate purpose of my question at the juncture of time when I posted the thread.
Shutterbug2006, I don't understand your attacks of my intent in starting this thread, nor your defense of this camera, nor your minimizing the costs to fix the problem, nor your dismissal of the issue based on it being covered under warranty, nor your comparisons to the reliability of your cars, nor the captain obvious remarks about how "all things break." I think by the time most adults are old enough to have an interest in acquiring a $6K camera, they've already had enough life experience to figure out that anything can fail, for any reason.
Sometimes, people will defend a camera because they own it, and plan to sell it soon, and perhaps don't want to see anything negative posted about the camera until they are out from underneath theirs at the highest value. I can understand that, and obviously have no possible way to know if that is what is at stake in this case. But as for my intent, it is plain and straightforward, with no hidden agenda. I simply needed a better idea of how pervasive an oft reported circuit board and shut down issue is with this camera, so I could choose my warranty risk and service plan accordingly.
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