I have a 1 year old XTi, and i'm currently traveling in India. I went to use the camera at night and I get err 99 only when using the flash. This happens with my 28-135IS and 50mm prime.
Any ideas? will i need to replace the body or does canon cover this under warranty after a year? I can't call them up or go to a canon store for a couple weeks.
I got this on my old Rebel. The little switches inside the flash started sticking so the camera thought something was obstructing the flash. It was solved by cleaning and then lubricating the little switches. Not sure what they look like on the XTi but on the Rebel they were 2 little plastic pegs either side of the popup flash.
For a quick fix you can pop up the flash, turn the camera off and then on again and it should work fine.
Mike Farren wrote:
I got this on my old Rebel. The little switches inside the flash started sticking so the camera thought something was obstructing the flash. It was solved by cleaning and then lubricating the little switches. Not sure what they look like on the XTi but on the Rebel they were 2 little plastic pegs either side of the popup flash.
For a quick fix you can pop up the flash, turn the camera off and then on again and it should work fine.
If its only on the pop up flash then I would get the thing back from canon unrepaired and put the noney it would have cost into a 220 ex or better. The 220 is small enough to fit in your pocket and about twice the power of the built in flash.
Ian.Dobinson wrote:
If its only on the pop up flash then I would get the thing back from canon unrepaired and put the noney it would have cost into a 220 ex or better. The 220 is small enough to fit in your pocket and about twice the power of the built in flash.
Thats what I'm thinking.
Maybe I should do that, but what if its not only the in-built flash?
thats the big question. your choices are:
Pay for the repair or take the gamble that its just the flash thts giving the problem (from what you say it is but only you can know if it ever comes up without the flash). From what you say I would probably get the 220 ex flash, then if down the line the camera fails you will still have the flash to use on its replacement.
You could also send it to another (non Canon) repair center that may come up with a lower quote. You will have to ask some others on here for any recommended repaires.
