>
> By "freeze up", do you mean the camera doesn't engage autofocus, or
> metering, and the LCD reads an aperture of "00"? If so, it's happened to
> me. Just like it did with Edward Agnew's new 70-200 IS lens.
>
When my camera/lens freezes up, the mirror goes up but does not come down
after the shutter is tripped until I switch off the camera and switch it
back on again, at this time there is usually a very short but noticeable
delay before the mirror comes down. Note I have never ruined a shot as a
result of this "lock up", ie. the freeze up occurs AFTER the shutter has
opened and closed, in fact the photo itself is exposed quite normally, it's
just the mirror doesn't come down, the LCD on top of the EOS-3 body flashes
BC, and the camera refuses to do anything else.
Since this usually happens right in the middle of airshow or race tracks
when actions are fast and furious, I never actually look through the view
finder to see if it displays 00 (I think that is what you and Edward Agnew
are describing, correct me please if I am wrong), but rather concentrating
on turning the camera off and back on as quickly as possible so I can start
shooting again.
I still suspect weak battery being the cause, but it does not explain why a
brand new battery with only 1.5 rolls did the same thing, I purposely
continued using this battery for another 12 rolls of film successfully under
the same usage condition before the freeze up occurred again, and I have
since put 3 more rolls of film through the same battery without incident,
the battery check has shown 3 full bars every time I've checked battery
level.......
BTW, I used this lens with the A2 for three months before trading up to the
EOS-3 camera, never had one single freeze up.
Regards,
Ken
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