Mr Kipling
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So I've dragged you in with the controversial thread title, but has anyone else had such shocking luck with these cameras? It seems the phrases ' built down to a price' and 'planned obsolescence' were coined for the damn things.
Started off with an EOS 30V - Received an offer I couldn't refuse on it, they seem to be worth a surprising amount. LIVES
Replaced with an EOS 30 - Died from 'EOS flashing battery symbol death' RIP
Bought a cheap EOS 50E as a replacement - A sturdy, intuitive and likable camera, would definitely pick up another in the future. LIVES
Then picked up an EOS 5 as I fancied a bigger body with more features - The infamous mode dial issue reared it's ugly head and left the camera stuck in Aperture Priority, despite me being extra careful with it. RIP
Paid way over the odds for another EOS 5, this time a mint boxed, end of line example with the supposedly strengthened mode dial - Died from 'EOS flashing battery symbol death' after three rolls. RIP
Replaced with an EOS 3 - Still in use today as my primary camera. LIVES
Purchased a cheap EOS 500 + 28-80mm zoom as a 'keep in the glove box loaded with Poundland film' throw about camera for social events and for shooting in lively parts of town. Got pinched at a cafe. LIVES (Possibly)
Replaced the 500 with the rare and obscure EF-M. Suffered from 'Sticky Shutter Death' RIP
So I then bought a mint EOS 3000 - Arrived DOA with oil over the shutter blades. RIP
Read about the quirky EOS 700 online so picked one up off that auction site. Yep, sticky shutter claims another victim. RIP
The painted hotshoe on my EOS 3 had got a bit worn, so I got hold of a £5 all in EOS 100 to rob it for parts. Was in such lovely condition I decided to run a roll through it for a final send off. Then sticky shutter reared it's ugly head 5 exposures in. RIP
It seems to be that the both the entire first and second generation of EOS cameras, (620, 650, 750, 10, 100, 1000F etc, with the single exception being the original EOS 1) will ALL eventually end up as paperweights due to 'sticky shutter'. The later cameras seem to be more mechanically reliable, but more prone to random electrical maladies. The EOS 5 in particular seems to sadly be a creaky, badly built time bomb with a mode dial made from cottage cheese.
In contrast, none of the dozen or so AF Nikon bodies I've owned has ever 'failed to proceed', and I never had a single issue with any of the Minolta Vectis S1 SLRs I had, despite them each having more dials, buttons and circuit boards then a nineties VCR.
So has this put me off Canon cameras for life? Well I've just won a T60, a camera infamous for being notoriously unreliable, so it's out of the frying pan and into the fire!
Started off with an EOS 30V - Received an offer I couldn't refuse on it, they seem to be worth a surprising amount. LIVES
Replaced with an EOS 30 - Died from 'EOS flashing battery symbol death' RIP
Bought a cheap EOS 50E as a replacement - A sturdy, intuitive and likable camera, would definitely pick up another in the future. LIVES
Then picked up an EOS 5 as I fancied a bigger body with more features - The infamous mode dial issue reared it's ugly head and left the camera stuck in Aperture Priority, despite me being extra careful with it. RIP
Paid way over the odds for another EOS 5, this time a mint boxed, end of line example with the supposedly strengthened mode dial - Died from 'EOS flashing battery symbol death' after three rolls. RIP
Replaced with an EOS 3 - Still in use today as my primary camera. LIVES
Purchased a cheap EOS 500 + 28-80mm zoom as a 'keep in the glove box loaded with Poundland film' throw about camera for social events and for shooting in lively parts of town. Got pinched at a cafe. LIVES (Possibly)
Replaced the 500 with the rare and obscure EF-M. Suffered from 'Sticky Shutter Death' RIP
So I then bought a mint EOS 3000 - Arrived DOA with oil over the shutter blades. RIP
Read about the quirky EOS 700 online so picked one up off that auction site. Yep, sticky shutter claims another victim. RIP
The painted hotshoe on my EOS 3 had got a bit worn, so I got hold of a £5 all in EOS 100 to rob it for parts. Was in such lovely condition I decided to run a roll through it for a final send off. Then sticky shutter reared it's ugly head 5 exposures in. RIP
It seems to be that the both the entire first and second generation of EOS cameras, (620, 650, 750, 10, 100, 1000F etc, with the single exception being the original EOS 1) will ALL eventually end up as paperweights due to 'sticky shutter'. The later cameras seem to be more mechanically reliable, but more prone to random electrical maladies. The EOS 5 in particular seems to sadly be a creaky, badly built time bomb with a mode dial made from cottage cheese.
In contrast, none of the dozen or so AF Nikon bodies I've owned has ever 'failed to proceed', and I never had a single issue with any of the Minolta Vectis S1 SLRs I had, despite them each having more dials, buttons and circuit boards then a nineties VCR.
So has this put me off Canon cameras for life? Well I've just won a T60, a camera infamous for being notoriously unreliable, so it's out of the frying pan and into the fire!
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