topic Dial Fell Off in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Dial Fell Off

ssegee — Sun, 22 May 2016 13:03:00 GMT

The dial on my rebel fell off and I can't reconnect it myself. Canon wants $200 pus shipping just to look at it. Anyone have any exerience with this and any work around?

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ebiggs1 — Sun, 22 May 2016 13:53:07 GMT

Need more info. What exactly?

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ssegee — Sun, 22 May 2016 18:29:09 GMT

The Mode Dial just fell off. I can't snap it back on and can't change the modes. I'm not sure if something snapped or it just came unglued, I doubt it came unglued because it won't move even when I put it in place so it seems as if something isn't catching- maybe a smaller piece went missing when it fell off.

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Waddizzle — Sun, 22 May 2016 18:47:15 GMT

Depending upon the model, it may or may not be worth getting repaired. If it were me, though, I would get my beloved camera fixed, even if it costs the same as buying a used one of the same model. In fact, most especially if it cost about the same as buying a used camera. I'd rather have the devil I know, than the devil I don't.

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ScottyP — Mon, 23 May 2016 00:38:34 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
Depending upon the model, it may or may not be worth getting repaired. If it were me, though, I would get my beloved camera fixed, even if it costs the same as buying a used one of the same model. In fact, most especially if it cost about the same as buying a used camera. I'd rather have the devil I know, than the devil I don't.

Well.... I would not spend the money to repair an old model Rebel. The OP does not say what model it is.

I personally would not invest money in a T3i or older. Probably not a T4i. Maybe a T5i.

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ssegee — Mon, 23 May 2016 00:56:46 GMT

It's a Rebel Xsi.

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ebiggs1 — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:53:45 GMT

Call Canon Support.

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Waddizzle — Mon, 23 May 2016 16:36:50 GMT

Well.... I would not spend the money to repair an old model Rebel. The OP does not say what model it is.

I personally would not invest money in a T3i or older. Probably not a T4i. Maybe a T5i.

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Like I said, if it were my beloved, first DSLR, that I have held and I have cherished, and if I can still get it fixed, then I wouldn't kick it to the curb. Nope. We are camera and photographer, forever. I would take my ailing beloved to the camera hospital, and get it fixed right up, as good as new. But, I wouldn't tell it that I plan to buy a new camera, though.

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ebiggs1 — Mon, 23 May 2016 16:56:43 GMT

Well that explains a lot. Doesn't it?

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RobertTheFat — Mon, 23 May 2016 18:58:50 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
Well that explains a lot. Doesn't it?

Ah, yes. Spoken as one who himself cruelly discards his loyal, faithful superannuated cameras and lenses, letting them go to the highest bidder for a few pieces of silver, to be replaced with younger, faster, more attractive substitutes. His doddering old 8MP 1D's figure to meet their doom as outcasts as visions of a 1DX Mark II dance in his head. Oh, the photography!

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ebiggs1 — Mon, 23 May 2016 20:32:34 GMT

Guilty as charged. My wretched, gilded life as it is.

But my friend from Boston named Bob, I do have my chosen favorites that have found a home. I don't think any of the older ones would get repaired if needed but they have found a home. They become desk ornaments or paper weights. A door stop or two.

My first F1n still lives with me and just got a $200 dollar C&C. It and I went through some pretty tough times. One deadly blizzard in Colorado but that is a story for another time.

I keep the 1D and 1D Mk IIn because they aren't worth the effort to sell them! Missed it. The 1Ds sold. The 1D Mk III sold. And the 1D Mk II given away to a guy that is in hog heaven over it. He loves it.

So it is...........

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Waddizzle — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:29:05 GMT

"My first F1n still lives with me and just got a $200 dollar C&C."

Yup, you've got a "beloved" stowed away on a shelf, too. I think we've all got one.