topic My 70D will not shut off. in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

My 70D will not shut off.

kellyswanson — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:39:16 GMT

My only recourse is to remove the external battery. Please advise.

Re: My 70D will not shut off.

RobertTheFat — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:24:56 GMT

@kellyswanson wrote:
My only recourse is to remove the external battery. Please advise.

"External battery"? Let me guess: It's in a 3rd-party battery grip?

Re: My 70D will not shut off.

kellyswanson — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:45:17 GMT

No- its a canon brand battery directly in the camera - no grip. I stated external battery as opposed to removing the internal clock battery. Its the only way I can get it to turn off by removing the battery. I have also tried factory reset of all settings. No luck.

Re: My 70D will not shut off.

Peter — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:02:36 GMT

I have only read about a dropped 7D with similar problem. A camera service man needed to fix the camera.

Re: My 70D will not shut off.

lly3988 — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:40:23 GMT

Power on/off switch problem ?? Send it to Canon service center if resetting to factory default won't work.

Check out other discussions regarding similar problem of the othe brand camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/2889465

Good luck.

Re: My 70D will not shut off.

TCampbell — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:41:55 GMT

The switch is a "soft" switch in that it mere tells the camera you want to turn it off, but does not cut power. (Normally the camera will invoke a sensor cleaning cycle it powers off.)

This may be a loose connection inside the camera, but you would need to send the camera in for service. There won't be any reset option to correct it.