05-01-2013 07:10 PM - edited 05-05-2013 10:54 AM
UPDATED May 5:
I apologize to the forum for mixing two different problems. They are unrelated.
Problem #1: User error. I thought I was using a class 6 SD card but I was wrong. The yellow "!" indicates a pathologically slow card. Upgrading to a class 10 resolved this problem.
Problem #2: UNRESOLVED. Red battery indicator comes on prematurely. On a fresh charge, it'll turn red after recording for a couple of minutes. On a partially drained battery, it turns red immediately upon entering movie mode or pressing the record button. Turn the camera off and then right back on in "still" mode and it shows full charge and works fine ... until trying to shoot video. I have not precisely measured recording times but it'll record for at least 20 (maybe 30?) minutes while flashing red.
09-05-2013 01:22 PM
09-07-2013 06:23 PM
Why Canon did not fix this ? Maybe canon need recall the SX280 because of this mistake
is this a problem of the DIGIC 6 ?
I hope new cameras with DIGIC 6 did not have this problems
09-19-2013 09:46 AM
@LSousa wrote:I also bought mine last week on Canon. Because the camera cames with 1.0.1 firmware i have made the update, so i think is a camera built before the May update. So all the 280SX have this problem.....
Did the update work?
09-19-2013 11:06 AM
Really, It is impossible to firmware 1.0.2.0 help ...
09-19-2013 11:37 AM
Lets make this thread always on first page.
so canon and other user can always see this issue
09-19-2013 12:55 PM
There's needless confusion here. Canon DOES monitor this thread - and has given its final answer: The sx280 is fixed to Canon's satisfaction. If you don't like the flashing red light, you're out of luck. Canon gives everyone who complains the same form email, asking you to send the camera back if you believe it isn't working as advertised. They'll return your camera in a week and tell you it's fine. I complained about this back in late April, and Canon told me then what you're hearing now: There is no problem, and if you don't like it, feel free to buy another camera. I bought TWO of these cameras and returned both of them in utter disgust at how Canon treated me as a customer. Canon wants your money, but not your opinions.
09-19-2013 03:52 PM
So the SX260 has a better battery life shooting movies.... I thought they were the same camera apart from the processor, could this not be the clue?
Dave
09-19-2013 04:12 PM
No it doesn't....
03-15-2014 10:32 AM
I managed to get an early SX700. It arrived today (a few weeks before it is generally available I think).
Some photos of the unboxing
Quite a few sample images
After a full charge, I took the camera out for a spin today. Wanting to confirm whether the camera suffered from the same battery problems as the SX280. It was well suited to a family trip we had planned to Dreamworld.
I took around 200 photos and about 8 mins of videos. Battery is still showing as 2/3 full and initially had no red battery warnings when using video / zoom. Later in the day, the flashing red battery symbol started to flash, but I never had a shutdown from lack of battery and as mentioned its still showing as 2/3 full. Zoom at 30x (tiger, Koala,..) shows some usable results.
I also took a few videos - all at FHD 60p :
Apart from a High speed video which bumps the framerate up to 240fps iit drops the resolution to 320x240 :
03-15-2014 12:13 PM
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