Five month old R6mk2 died then came back to life, what would you do?

[adam461]

I purchased my R6mk2 back in January and photographed my 8th wedding with it today. As guests were arriving I was shooting in servo mode and the camera died, screen went dead, I switched it off and back on again, same problem. I took out the battery and re inserted it and it came on alive, it worked as normal. I took a few more pictures and then then thirty seconds later, the same thing happened again, it just died. Again, I reinserted the battery and this time I disconnected the lens (RF24-105F4) and gave it good few twists with the contacts grinding (known to help back in the day), the camera came back on alive and worked perfectly all day. Now bearing in mind I photograph weddings and it's always nice to have a fully working camera, what should I do? Send it into Canon and have it looked at or ignore it and pray that it never happens again? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. 

[jrhoffman75]

You quoted two separate paragraphs. 
Early on Viltrix was producing autofocus RF mount lenses before Canon authorized third party manufacturers to use the mount design. They were forced to remove the lenses from their product line. 
Not all third party EF lens play well with RF without firmware updates. 

[March411]

Great point jrhoffman75! With many of the EF mount lenses whether it be Sigma or Canon a firmware update (if available) can resolve the focus challenges. When I moved from DSLR to mirrorless most of my Sigma's were racking with the Canon adapter. After talking to both Canon and Sigma and them telling me to update I realized a notable improvement.

[LeeP]

The Sigma I had was an 18-35 f3.5-4.5 and I got plenty use out of it on my Elan IIe, Elan 7e, XSi, and T3i. When I put it on my R100 and R8 via a genuine Canon EF/RF converter it tended to focus hunt a LOT more than was customary. It also vignetted a bit on the R8, so I passed it to a friend that I passed my XSi and T3i to. He wanted to step up from an iPhone to a "real" camera so I gave him my two cameras that were essentially decommissioned to get familiar with a "real" camera without him being out of pocket, in advance of deciding what he wanted to get. I loved the Sigma, but I got my use out of it and I replaced it with an RF 15-30 zoom, so I'm better than better and more pleased than pleased with my decisions.

As for my friend, he may get an R100 passed to him because if the rumored R100 updates are real--grains and grains of salt--I will trade up. 

[ebiggs1]

"Early on Viltrix was producing autofocus RF mount lenses..."

Not likely to find one of these so really not a factor.

[ebiggs1]

"The Sigma I had was an 18-35 f3.5-4.5 ...."

Lee,

I am totally unfamiliar with that lens even though I have had many, many lenses and the unique opportunity to have access to many more lenses. However from what I was able to a gather it was a poor lene even in its day. So, if true the results you saw are expected.

" It also vignetted a bit on the R8, ..."

I am not surprised of that fact at all.

[LeeP]

On the Rebels it was actually quite GOOD with admirable sharpness. The conversation about it is purely academic given that I have long disposed of the lens.