Dial Fell Off

[ssegee]

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? 

[ebiggs1]

Need more info.  What exactly?

[ssegee]

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. 

[Waddizzle]

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.

[ScottyP]

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@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.

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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. 

[ssegee]

It's a Rebel Xsi. 

[ebiggs1]

Call Canon Support.

[Waddizzle]

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.

[ebiggs1]

Well that explains a lot. Doesn't it?

[RobertTheFat]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

Well that explains a lot. Doesn't it?

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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!