Who will work on a Canon Rebel XSi and a Canon RebelT6i

[longbow5]

My XSi stopped taking pictures. I can fully charge the battery, and it will take one or two pictures then quit. I can remove the battery and put it back it gives me a card error, there is nothing wrong with the card. The Screen on the back of the T6i quit working so you can't adjust anything on the camera. It is set to take multiple photos and since the screen doesn't work it is stuck on that. I bought my first canon in 1982. It was a AE1-Program, and it still works. Both of these digitals are broken, and the 42-year-old 35 mm still works. I ordered a new battery for the XSi just to see if there is something wrong with the original. The easy answer is to just buy a new camera but the Canon EOS Rebel T7 is the only one I could afford, and I really can't afford it right now. If I buy it will they stop servicing, it in a year or two like they have my other two cameras? Should I go with another brand after using canon for 43 years? 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

I'm not sure I would continue investing in DSLRs.  I also wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to repair old cameras.  The xsi can be replaced for $97.  The T6i for $300 or less.  The T7 around $315.  

I'd continue padding my mattress and buy a new mirrorless body with adapter.  An R50 would be a good option.  

[ebiggs1]

"The xsi can be replaced for $97.  The T6i for $300 or less.  The T7 around $315."

And those are "asking" prices who knows for sure what "buying" prices are. Significantly less I am sure. 

[ebiggs1]

"The easy answer is to just buy a new camera but the Canon EOS Rebel T7 ... If I buy it will they stop servicing, it in a year or two like they have my other two cameras?"

The T6i is a bit more than "a year or two" old and the XSi is even older by "a year or two". "The easy answer is to just buy a new camera ..."  It is also the best answer. Look you have used cameras now so why not check out the used market for an R series camera?

[longbow5]

I will have to read up on the mirrorless cameras. From what I have seen they need an adaptor for any of my old lenses, and the mirrorless do not have a pop-up flash. I doubt my flash will work on them I will have to research and see. It is a canon Speedlite 420EX.  Are the used prices for the old cameras y'all are seeing on Ebay.  I need all the help I can get guys. LOL  I will look on B&H photo. Someone said they have free 1 year financing. I am recovering from blood cancer so money is tight these days. 

[jrhoffman75]

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@longbow5 wrote:

My XSi stopped taking pictures. I can fully charge the battery, and it will take one or two pictures then quit. I can remove the battery and put it back it gives me a card error, there is nothing wrong with the card. The Screen on the back of the T6i quit working so you can't adjust anything on the camera. It is set to take multiple photos and since the screen doesn't work it is stuck on that. I bought my first canon in 1982. It was a AE1-Program, and it still works. Both of these digitals are broken, and the 42-year-old 35 mm still works. I ordered a new battery for the XSi just to see if there is something wrong with the original. The easy answer is to just buy a new camera but the Canon EOS Rebel T7 is the only one I could afford, and I really can't afford it right now. If I buy it will they stop servicing, it in a year or two like they have my other two cameras? Should I go with another brand after using canon for 43 years? 

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[ebiggs1]

" I have seen they need an adaptor for any of my old lenses, .."

You are correct but it is a move in the right direction. I don't like adapters or even tel-cons either but the adapter is a simple device and easy to use. It doesn't add its own set of issue to your EF/EF-s lenses like a tel-con does.

" I am recovering from blood cancer so money is tight these days."

I sincerely hope your medical situation is well under control. And, yes, your least expensive and trouble free way forward is a used T6i (around $350 for a good one) or newer Rebel. However, you will be in the same situation once again in the near future. Unfortunately the DSLR's (Rebel T?i)  "medical" future is not as bright.

[longbow5]

I have a Canon Speedlite 420EX flash. Will it fit the new mirrorless models? 

[deebatman316]

Yes it will work just know that the flash CANNOT be controlled from the speedlite Control Menu. Instead most options are grayed out or missing. The camera menu will say the flash is “turned off or incompatible”. The flash is working correctly and the message should be ignored. The flash has some limited functionality with the speedlite control menu to set rear curtain sync and flash exposure compensation. But nothing else can be set or changed from the camera menu. On the EOS R series modeling flash is NOT available. Also the old school IR AF Assist Beam is INCOMPATIBLE with Mirrorless cameras. Instead the speedlite’s AF Assist Beam automatically switches to Intermittent Flash Firing. Depending on the ambient lighting. The only camera that doesn’t allow older flash unit to work natively is the EOS R50. That camera requires an adapter to use older flash units. Some Mirrorless cameras do have a built in flash. All APS-C bodies do except for the EOS R7. All of the other Full Frame bodies don’t have a built in flash. I use my old flashes on new cameras all the time and they work just fine. Canon is still using the E-TTL flash system which was first released in 1995. So all older EX series flash units Canon has released work. Below is an example of what the camera displays when the 420EX is mounted in the hot shoe. Notice how certain functions are grayed out or missing. They can’t be set from the camera menu.

[longbow5]

Thanks for the information on the flash.