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Murphy's Law... Error 99
Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 11:08 PM on 05.21.03 |
->> Sigh.... Two things happened to me today; I finally was in place and ready for a home plate collision, and I got my first error 99 message on my 1D... Unfortunately they occured at the exact same time. I got enough of the play up until the runner went upside down and them missed the next 12 frames of sprawling reaction because I had to pull the battery to unlock the camera...
I did a bit of research and turned up nothing. So what the heck is an error 99 anyway, and how can it be avoided? The camera and cards are only 9 months old. |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 12:39 AM on 05.22.03 |
->> I saw those, but they didn't really pinpoint the issue. Seemed like everyone had a different catalyst.
The rest of the posts didn't help either (at least for what I was hoping for). |
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Serafin Martinez, Photographer
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Carolina | PR | | Posted: 1:46 AM on 05.26.03 |
| ->> MY TWO CENTS FOR WHAT ITS WORTH, JUST SPECULATING TO WHAT AN A/P PHOTOGRAPHER MENTION WAS THAT WHEN THE 1D GETS TO 9999 SHOTS THE CAMERA WILL GO OUT ON YOU, THEN YOU HAVE TO RESET IT CNA'T REMEBER IF IT WAS IN THE MENU SECTION OF THE CAMERA. |
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Steve Boyle, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 2:35 AM on 05.26.03 |
->> you see tom has this problem where he has things happen to him that have never happened to anyone else and therefore no one can explain to him whats going on.
serafin - im sure that is not the case. when the camera hits 9999 all you have do is click ok, saying you wish to continue, the camera doesnt "go out" it just won't fire until you hit ok. its just annoying because the shots remaining are the # until it hits 9999 not how many are on your card, sometimes that messes with my head
good luck with your crazy error message, i have no idea |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 8:50 PM on 05.26.03 |
->> "you see tom has this problem where he has things happen to him that have never happened to anyone else and therefore no one can explain to him what's going on."
You're right Steve, I sit around masterminding fabricated stories to waste other people's time. Problems by nature are unique; if they weren't they would be commonplace and thus routine and expected, not an unexplainable surprise.
As said, every forum and post thus far yielded a hypothetical reason for the Error 99 message. If anyone knows a common precursor it would be great to mention in a public forum so that we could all avoid such a writing error from happening in the future. |
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Steve Boyle, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 10:58 PM on 05.26.03 |
->> tom, i wish i knew what your problem was and i pray that it doesnt happen to me.
i wasnt trying to slam you, just observing that you seem to be the first one that a problem occurs to |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 11:36 PM on 05.26.03 |
->> "just observing that you seem to be the first one that a problem occurs to"
That's the story of my life. |
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Jim Everett, Photographer
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Poway | CA | | Posted: 4:36 PM on 05.27.03 |
->> In case you didn't see the info in the Galbraith Forum for the D30/60 &10D cameras, Chuck Westfall explained that an Err 99 code is non-specific and the only way to determine the actual fault is to hook up the camera to the Canon Service Department computer. I would bet that applies to the 1D as well.
http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB8&Number=... |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 5:00 PM on 05.27.03 |
| ->> Thanks Jim. I stuck with the 1D and cards forums for sake of uniformity. After an hour on the phone today talking to folks all over the place, she's all bundled up and ready for the FedEx guy. |
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Ron Scheffler, Photographer
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Toronto area (Hamilton) | Ontario | Canada | Posted: 7:08 PM on 05.27.03 |
->> What do you want to bet that Canon says your camera is operating within normal specs?
It may be that for them to diagnose your Error 99 problem you would have to take it to them with the error code still flashing on the camera. Once you reset the camera, they probably won't be able to recreate the problem.
BTW: I've had it happen to me a few times now as well, always in a different situation with a variety of lenses.
One problem might be the 70-200 IS, which for me is the prime culprit. In speaking to a senior Canon tech here in Canada, he was well aware of the problems people have had with that lens on a variety of cameras. Has something to do with the way the lens mount lines up with a signal pin in the camera... IS will fail and the camera will suddenly lock up. But I've had similar things happen with the 16-35 and my 600 f/4 non IS.. but not nearly as often as with the 70-200. Speculating here, but maybe the 1D lens mount is a bit peculiar, making it more susceptible to the problem?
Anyhow, usually I just get a flashing empty battery warning when this happens, not an error code.
Once I shot about 10-15 frames over about 30 seconds and then the camera locked up... lost all of those frames. That was the first time that ever happened to me. If everything was working fine up to the lock up, the buffer should have been mosty cleared to the card... makes me wonder about all this great technology... when it works, it's wonderful, but when things go wrong, it's usually significant.
I don't think you'll find a definitive cause for the Error 99 problem, partly for the reason stated by Jim.
Good luck!
Let us know if Canon offers any insights to your problem. |
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Jed Jacobsohn, Photographer
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Oakland | CA | USA | Posted: 8:12 PM on 05.27.03 |
| ->> I had an error 99 on a 1d when they first came out and had to get my camera replaced becasue they could not fix it. It could also be your tele-converter. You should always put you tc on your lens first and not your body. |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 12:02 AM on 05.28.03 |
->> Jed- Good point. I have heard that a lot and since I don't know otherwise try to always do so.
Ron- It was in fact with the 70-200 IS. Image 4 on my member page was one of the sequence of photos. I recorded the next 2 frames, (holding the shutter down) but once Austin went upside down and rolled over the camera didn't record from then on.... Very frustrating.
I was actually thinking about it tonight and might just hold on to it until the camera does it again, and fight the urge to not to reboot it myself but send it in. |
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