Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Mirror, Mirror, where is my Mirror

Well I saw a while ago that Canon had a service notice on the Canon 5D cameras because of the mirror falling off. About three weeks ago when I took my camera in to get the sensor cleaned I asked about the problem. They said they would fix it for free, but to just wait until it fell off and then bring it in. Just my luck while I was shooting tonight it came off. The mirror managed to get wedged in my 70-200mm lens and while taking it off my camera body the mirror broke. Right now the mirror is still lodged in the lens and is uncomfortably close to the rear lens element. I am hoping (expecting) to have Canon take care of the lens also since I had already come in asking about getting my camera fixed. Now I am out a camera for until I can get it fixed, which should be about a week from tomorrow if everything goes well. I recommend if you have a 5D to maybe insist that Canon fixes the problem before it winds up hurting more then just your camera body.

Broken Mirror

Broken Mirror