Which Pro Canon lobby? The SA one or the international community? AFAIK the international community doesnt have to deal with a Canon that, imo moronically, closes for nearly a month for xmas/new year.
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bb_matt
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Oh, believe me, Canon are slow the world over for repairs!
Estimated time to repair buggered CF slot pins, a week.
Total time to get the camera back - 4 weeks!
BTW, word of warning, altho you've probably heard it already, NEVER buy memory cards from eBay. An estimated 60 percent are (very convincing) knock-off copies.
A knock-off £15 card cost me £150 repairs on my GF's camera.
Scary thing is, it was only when we took the card out of the camera, moved it to another and put it back in again we realised ...
Bent the bloody pins deep inside the CF slot. The holes on the knock-off card were round, instead of square, plus obviously not aligned exactly right.
Even a good look at the card, you'd never know, but if you compare it to the real thing, it becomes totally obvious.
I also bent a pin on my 350D, which, thank God, was obviously not required, otherwise it would've been £300 - pretty much the cost of a new 350D (body only)!
Lesson learnt.
Ouch
There's a pain that lingers.koffiejunkie
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Damn, now you have me worried! I got the whole camera + CF card off eBay
I just had a look at the card - holes are round. But it slides in very smoothly. I guess I'll just leave it in until it's time to replace it. Doesn't look like a great quality card and it's only 2GB, so that will probably be soon. Like next week. Before I go on holiday, anyway.
The holes in all of my CF cards are round too. 
Maybe its me being finicky but I'd replace it before rather than after something goes wrong. 2gb of photos, even RAW, are still a lot to risk on a potentially dodgy card.
The holes in all of my CF cards are round too.
Thanks heavens for that. Thought I was going nuts there and it was time shop for a new supplier.
If the card is dodgy ditch it. They are cheap enough. The last thing you want is to take a winner of a shot and then the card goes down. How does one explain that the perfect shot did not come out because you did not replace a suspect card. Sies man!!
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
I don't expect any winner shots initially That card came with my camera from a reputable dealer, although the card itself isn't a name brand. I'm going to replace it anyway because I need something bigger.
That card came with my camera from a reputable dealer, although the card itself isn't a name brand. I'm going to replace it anyway because I need something bigger.