topic Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

jotaselito — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:21:48 GMT

Hello,

I have a Canon 70D since July 2014 and it's not working for me anymore. Whenever I tried to take a picture or record a video this is what I see as a result:

Also, the live view shows something similar, although sometimes Live View works fine.

I've tried with different SD cards (in fact, the pictures I'm showing you are without SD Card) and upgrading the firmware.

Any ideas of what happens?

Thanks!

Jose

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

RobertTheFat — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:27:45 GMT

@jotaselito wrote:
Hello,

I have a Canon 70D since July 2014 and it's not working for me anymore. Whenever I tried to take a picture or record a video this is what I see as a result:

Also, the live view shows something similar, although sometimes Live View works fine.

I've tried with different SD cards (in fact, the pictures I'm showing you are without SD Card) and upgrading the firmware.

Any ideas of what happens?

Thanks!
Jose

"Without a target (i.e., card?) in the camera", right? Which I believe is what you said for this test. So what, exactly, isn't working?

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

jotaselito — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:36:40 GMT

What you see in the screen of the camera is the picture taken (yes, it's not being saved to a SD, but if it was, the result would be the same). I can't record (image, sound is good) and take pictures. All I get is something similar to what you see in the sample

Cheers, Jose.

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

RobertTheFat — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:57:41 GMT

@jotaselito wrote:
What you see in the screen of the camera is the picture taken (yes, it's not being saved to a SD, but if it was, the result would be the same). I can't record (image, sound is good) and take pictures. All I get is something similar to what you see in the sample

Cheers, Jose.

The foreground object appears to be more or less properly exposed, while the background is dark. Which is what happens when the background illumination is inadequate. Is there more to this that I'm somehow missing?

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

jotaselito — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:33:59 GMT

Sorry, my fault since I thought with the pictures it was going to be clear. Let me attach the result from the camera:

Although I'm new in the forum I'm quite exprienced with the camera, so definitely not a problem with the settings in terms of exposure 🙂

Cheers,

Jose

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

kvbarkley — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:06:48 GMT

Sorry, looks like a dead sensor.

Re: Canon 70D Problem taking pictures and recording

RobertTheFat — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:47:44 GMT

@kvbarkley wrote:
Sorry, looks like a dead sensor.

Or, since the OP reports that the live view image is sometimes displayed correctly, a flaky component on the circuit board. Either way, there's no DIY fix; the camera will have to go in for repair.

We've seen many reports of similar problems with the 70D that have required repair or replacement of the circuit board. I believe the accepted wisdom is that a component on the board overheats when the camera is recording a video.