EOS 7D Locking Up

[3rdeyevision]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this comment but I have been experiencing lock up issues with my EOS 7D. Bought it 2 weeks ago and lately since i have been using it alot it will randomly totally lock up. That is, nothing function on the camera and it wont even turn off when i use the on off button. I have to physically remove the battery to reset it.

Has anybody else experienced this and could it possibly be related to the CF card?

Any feedback would be helpful

Thanks

[Art Vandelay]

Sounds weird. Particularly that you can't turn it off. Haven't had it happen.

I can't see it being CF card related, but it's worth trying a different one to see. It sounds more a camera issue.

Have you done any firmware updates ?

[Speedway]

I get similar when the battery is nearly flat, fitting a charged battery fixes the problem.
Keith.

[unistudent1962]

Send it back and have it checked while it's under warranty.

[Talentspotter]

Sounds like a problem I experienced with my 7D a while ago - and simply fixed. The battery grip had worked very slightly loose and the contact lost as a result. Took me a while to figure it out, but tightening the knob did the trick.

[Arg]

Has happened once to me and the card was faulty

[3rdeyevision]

Thank you all for the feedback. So far i have changed my auto off feature to 30 mins and have not experienced the problem since. It was set to 1min by default. So it's obviously related to this feature. I can live with this but i will continue to see if i can find a solution. Last resort will be to send camera back under warranty.

I will try reformatting the card and if that doesnt work, i will reinstall firmware if possible.

I will post results in due course