Canon 7D err 30

[mulo]

bought a canon 7d used a few weeks ago, shot about 1000 shots with it and I got err 30 a couple times today. I hit it into my hand in frustration, quite hard, and everything seems to be working again (for now anyway). The images came out black indicating to me that the shutter remained closed rather then opening? The camera has only done 8k shots, and the warranty expires, today..

thoughs?

edit: oh, its in mint condition otherwise.

 

[rebby]

Warranty expires today? Call Canon. At least get this documented with support. Then go from there. They might even be able to help you over the phone.

 

[Designer Dale]

I did a search on this and came up with a lot of hits. Below is one of the links I read:

7d Shutter error 30 Post seven is helpful.

Find out what lens the owner was using at the time. I have the Tokina 12-24 and the aperture will sometimes stick closed on my XSi. Punching the preview button on the camera frees it.

Dale

 

[mulo]

Warranty expires today? Call Canon. At least get this documented with support. Then go from there. They might even be able to help you over the phone.

I figured as much, "sadly" I live in europe so they had already closed when this happened. I hope they will be helpful tomorrow, i'm thinking that if they'll let me, i should get the shutter replaced (for free) just to be sure.

I did a search on this and came up with a lot of hits. Below is one of the links I read:

7d Shutter error 30 Post seven is helpful.

Find out what lens the owner was using at the time. I have the Tokina 12-24 and the aperture will sometimes

the previous owner only used cheapish canon lenses on it, I only use canon lenses as well. I started getting the errors when shooting in portrait mode with focus tracking and burst, with my 24-70mm f/2.8L

I got the error four times, each time I was doing as described above, the first shot would go off fine, then the next shot would cause the error.

 

[chrfr]

I figured as much, "sadly" I live in europe so they had already closed when this happened. I hope they will be helpful tomorrow, i'm thinking that if they'll let me, i should get the shutter replaced (for free) just to be sure.

In the US, the Canon warranty applies only to the original owner of the camera. Hopefully this won't be an issue for you.