Canon Digital Rebel: Reliability Question

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About 3 weeks ago, my Digital Rebel--which I had owned barely a month (but
had bought used at Fred Miranda)--it broke. It was the secondary mirror. As
I bought it used, I had to pay to have it fixed. It's still not done, the
local shop fixing it is waiting for the part from Canon to arrive. (They
will charge $135 or so, Canon would've been $200 or so.)

Thing is, this experience has left me upset, and I've heard from a number of
other DR users who've had the exact same thing happen to them also--and
between it all, I'm considering selling the DR when I get it back and
getting a D70. Before I get the flames, let me explain--I'm not being
anti-Canon, and in fact I was very excited when I got the camera. Moving
into D-SLR territory was truly exciting for me, and I was delighted to get
the DR--even though I'd used Nikon for years.

But after this, I don't know. Does this mean I've purchaed a lemon? Or is
this just "one of those things" not necessarily a harbinger of more bad
things to come? What are your guys' experiences?

Thoughts?

LRH

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leo wrote:
>I ordered mine from buydig.com. They called me once to
> confirm the address and it's shipped the same day. The only gripe is
> they shipped FedEx Saver (the freebie option I chose). Even though
it's
> coming from NJ to CT, FedEx is holding the camera for 5 days. If it
were
> UPS, it would have arrived in one day!

I ordered my 300D from BeachCamera (same as buydig). I also chose the
FedEx Saver option and it reached Maryland in two days Some other
stuff I ordered from online stores also got shipped via the store's
free shipping offer and most of them are 5-day shipping schemes. But
none take that long, its usually just 2-3 days.

- Siddhartha

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Larry R Harrison Jr wrote:
> About 3 weeks ago, my Digital Rebel--which I had owned barely a month (but
> had bought used at Fred Miranda)--it broke. It was the secondary mirror. As
> I bought it used, I had to pay to have it fixed. It's still not done, the
> local shop fixing it is waiting for the part from Canon to arrive. (They
> will charge $135 or so, Canon would've been $200 or so.)
>
> Thing is, this experience has left me upset, and I've heard from a number of
> other DR users who've had the exact same thing happen to them also--and
> between it all, I'm considering selling the DR when I get it back and
> getting a D70. Before I get the flames, let me explain--I'm not being
> anti-Canon, and in fact I was very excited when I got the camera. Moving
> into D-SLR territory was truly exciting for me, and I was delighted to get
> the DR--even though I'd used Nikon for years.
>
> But after this, I don't know. Does this mean I've purchaed a lemon? Or is
> this just "one of those things" not necessarily a harbinger of more bad
> things to come? What are your guys' experiences?
>
> Thoughts?

My DR has been going great for almost a year now, no problems.
All products have sample defects; we live in an imperfect world.
Your *used* camera failed; bummer! Really.
But I think you're over-reacting by seriously considering ditching the
DR. Yes, others have had the same thig happen. So whatever you get to
replace it will also have problems; it's the nature of things. *Your*
sample may not exhibit these failures, but the product will have them
nonetheless.
Wait for it to come back, and try again. I think you'll like the
camera.

--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"

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I've had mine since Nov. 2003. Never had any problems. Keep in mind this
camera has far outsold any other DSLR so any problems seemed to be
magnified. If mine broke I'd likely say something about it in this group as
well.

I'd keep it and save for a higher resolution model down the road. Switching
systems can be costly.
John

"Larry R Harrison Jr" <noone@noone.net> wrote in message
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> About 3 weeks ago, my Digital Rebel--which I had owned barely a month (but
> had bought used at Fred Miranda)--it broke. It was the secondary mirror.
> As
> I bought it used, I had to pay to have it fixed. It's still not done, the
> local shop fixing it is waiting for the part from Canon to arrive. (They
> will charge $135 or so, Canon would've been $200 or so.)
>
> Thing is, this experience has left me upset, and I've heard from a number
> of
> other DR users who've had the exact same thing happen to them also--and
> between it all, I'm considering selling the DR when I get it back and
> getting a D70. Before I get the flames, let me explain--I'm not being
> anti-Canon, and in fact I was very excited when I got the camera. Moving
> into D-SLR territory was truly exciting for me, and I was delighted to get
> the DR--even though I'd used Nikon for years.
>
> But after this, I don't know. Does this mean I've purchaed a lemon? Or is
> this just "one of those things" not necessarily a harbinger of more bad
> things to come? What are your guys' experiences?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> LRH
>
>

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Larry R Harrison Jr wrote:

> But after this, I don't know. Does this mean I've purchaed a lemon? Or is
> this just "one of those things" not necessarily a harbinger of more bad
> things to come? What are your guys' experiences?

Mine's doing nicely, nearing 2300 shots in the last 8 months or so. Of
course, once of the problems you run into buying used is that you have
no real knowledge of the history of that camera. For all you know, the
guy could have banged away the secondary mirror with a screwdriver just
before you took possession. It could be a weakness in that particular
camera, or it could be the result of poor handling; there's just no way
to know.