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Old February 8th, 2004, 06:33 PM   #1
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Turning OFF and ON by its own!

I am using a Canon XM2, and recently has experience a the camera turning off and on by itself during recording... has any one expereince this?

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Old February 8th, 2004, 07:25 PM   #2
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i did, but it only happend to me once. since then i have shot several hours without a problem. hopefully it was an initial glitch that fixed itself.
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Old February 11th, 2004, 11:16 PM   #3
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I have had the camera for 1 week and already have experienced this twice-both times with the packaged canon battery. Seems related to battery level. Hope this doesn't happen while filming important project.
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Old February 11th, 2004, 11:53 PM   #4
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...the camera turning off and on by itself during recording.
There could have been a bad battery contact connection with the cam, possibly the battery was poorly inserted.
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Old February 13th, 2004, 01:59 AM   #5
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Take to Canon and have it checked, I assume it's still under warranty. The Singapore Canon service department are excellent.
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Old February 23rd, 2004, 05:19 PM   #6
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It happened to me twice. Turning off while shooting but not returning on.

Not long after, the camera told me its heads are dirty...
AND, I was using a new brand of tapes. Maybe there is a relation.

I just hope it won't happen again, the warrant is over.

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