Canon admits 20D grip defect

[hacksaw]

Canon officially confirms 20D vertical grip defective. The good part is they are offering a repair. Here is an excerpt.

We have confirmed that the BG-E2 battery grip for the EOS 20D digital SLR camera causes issues such as the number of shots being limited or a low-battery warning being displayed immediately when used with a fully charged battery pack or a fresh set of AA batteries. Canon offers its sincerest apologies to all customers who have been inconvenienced by this issue.

Starting at the end of May, we plan to offer repairs free of charge for all BG-E2 battery grips that are affected by this issue. The starting date and more detailed information will be announced soon. With sincere regret for the inconvenience this represents for our users, we ask for your patience until that announcement can be made.

I wonder if Canon Phils. will offer the repair at the same time.

Link can be found HERE.

~hacksaw

[ncarandang]

let's ask lesley or tiffany. (diba mgd?)

[PowerPee]

hey that's good... but i never had that problem pa... my cam is about 2 months old na... hmmm

[PowerPee]

uh oh... now my cam's battery indicator shows a 1-bar whenever i have 2 fully charged batteries...

[hacksaw]

Well, time to call Canon and remind them of the repair program!

~hacksaw

[manilaman2001]

PowerPee, correct! Never had problems with mine! I read in some thread that it affects only a certain serial series 11 for earlier releases...........now where is that link????:upset::upset::upset:

Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!

[Edited on 5-27-2005 by manilaman2001]