Has my shutter died?

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My Canon 450d displays

Err 99: Shooting is not possible. Turn the power switch to OFF and ON again or re-install the battery.

I have done both and no joy. I have also tapped the bottom of the camera, and taken the battery out for 20 mins before reinstall as advised by a Canon troubleshooting instruction.

I did notice that before the thing died (while I was shooting a graduation ceremony), the final two photographs had a dark black thing on across the images i was taking. That's what makes me think it's the shutter.
I have taken 41,797 shots with this camera so it's pretty close to the 50k shutter life expectancy on the 450d. Just want to be sure before i send it in to Canon if it really is the shutter and if I can do anything about it?
 
Could be the spring for the af mirror, when that fails it gives symptoms like those you describe, although I was under the impression that particular fault was ironed out before the 450d came out.
 
Could well be. I got the error99 message on my 1d mkIII when the shutter called it a day
 
For a Canon Rebel it is approaching the approved 'dying point', so to one of them it is a lot.
 
Error 99 is an undefined error. Could be anything but more commonly lens mounting problems. Either way its a trip to a repairers. You hav'nt by chance accidentally knocked it of the table.......... have you? If so it proberbly will be covered by your contents insurance :thumbs:
 
Brought it to a Canon repair centre and it was indeed the shutter. Got it fixed in 4 hrs (express service) so I'm back in business! Got myself an Olympus E-PL1 dual lens kit the same day so i will never be caught out without a backup camera ever again (Lame excuse i know:D ). Thanks to all who replied!
 
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