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What Price Art?

Journal Entry: Thu Jul 12, 2007, 10:22 AM
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The answer is £882.28 :(


Take a shiny Canon 1D MkII N out to photograph some Goldfinches in the back garden and watch in horror as fine vertical lines appear across in every frame.

Switch CF cards, format them and retry, no change.
Remove main and backup batteries and retry, no change.
Update firmware and retry (at this point I was desperate lol), no change.

Box camera up and ship to authorised repair centre.....£ 21 postage.
Replacement of imager chip.......................................£533
Installation and recalibration of imager and focus.........£200

add VAT...................................................................£128.28

Total £882.28 :(








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=LadyLyonnesse:iconLadyLyonnesse: Jul 12, 2007, 10:25:44 AM
OUCH!

Never mind what price art, what price technology. An SLR wouldn't have hit you for anywhere near that in repair. Still, I must say the digi's are so good, I don't think I'd like to backtrack!

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=LadyLyonnesse:iconLadyLyonnesse: Jul 12, 2007, 10:26:14 AM
OUCH!

Never mind what price art, what price technology. An SLR wouldn't have hit you for anywhere near that in repair. Still, I must say the digi's are so good, I don't think I'd like to backtrack!

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Mood: Sympathy ~mattbart:iconmattbart: Jul 12, 2007, 10:26:59 AM
Ouchy!
Thats gunna hurt your wallet!

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`shell4art:iconshell4art: Jul 12, 2007, 10:27:11 AM
:hug: I am so sorry. Yikes! It is a tragedy when something like that happens to your baby..and then they charge you to save it... :( it's a shame I tell ya!

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¢nyssi:iconnyssi: Jul 12, 2007, 10:30:00 AM
Ouch. Not nice at all :no: I'd die if that ever happened to me. :lol:

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=Dellessanna:iconDellessanna: Jul 12, 2007, 10:31:52 AM
:\ Ouch. That sucks.

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`KevLewis:iconKevLewis: Jul 12, 2007, 10:32:29 AM
I didnt like paying it but I wouldn't swop it for a film camera lol

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~DigitalDreamers:iconDigitalDreamers: Jul 12, 2007, 10:34:09 AM
So it's happening with the 1D as well now huh...?

Had the same thing happen with the 30D, except we had vertical & horizontal banding :(

I feel your pain on this one *nods*

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`hellfirediva:iconhellfirediva: Jul 12, 2007, 10:41:29 AM
ouch that hurts :(

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