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Wade Hanchey · November 11th, 2006, 05:23 PM

After filming at my model flying club today, I shut off my A1. Tried to turn it back on in any camera mode and it won't come on. Came home and hooked the ac adapter up and still no go. It will come on in vcr mode and play back the tape. Tape eject mech is working also. Is there anything I've missed. I'll hate it if I have to send it in for some long service turn-around.

Holly Rognan · November 11th, 2006, 05:26 PM

Have you tried the standby/lock position on the record button? That sounds like the culprit.

Wade Hanchey · November 11th, 2006, 05:40 PM

Well bless your heart, that is exactly what it was!! It was slightly bumped out of the standby position. That's a huge relief. I'm gonna epoxy that thing in place! Holly, what is meant by Coalville? Is that WV?

Matthew Nayman · November 11th, 2006, 06:28 PM

Hey wade... I wouldn';t do that. It's nice to flick the cam into stand by without turning it off ;)

Wade Hanchey · November 11th, 2006, 07:00 PM

Just pulling your leg :)

Michael Padilla · November 12th, 2006, 01:15 AM

I love the standby feature.. I've used it so much!

Noel Evans · November 12th, 2006, 01:25 AM

I actually did do it. Took me just a moment to realise, but there was a silence. I use it everytime I take the cam out.

Wade Hanchey · November 12th, 2006, 07:16 AM

Honestly, I had forgotten it was even there. But now after reading about it, I can see where I will be using it quite a bit. I found myself going over each setting yesterday after turning it back on and with this switch, I won't have to do that. Of course, the gain switch could still be easily bumped.

Matthew Nayman · November 12th, 2006, 08:29 AM

Yeah

Heaving been an XL2 user for the last 2 years, I am not used to those switches! Standby is just aneat little button on the side.

I am gonna have to remember that whenever the heck my A1 Ships!

Michael Padilla · November 12th, 2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Nayman

Yeah

Heaving been an XL2 user for the last 2 years, I am not used to those switches! Standby is just aneat little button on the side.

I am gonna have to remember that whenever the heck my A1 Ships!

That's me too.. for the past two years with an XL2..

My wife LOVES the A1.. but quite honestly I miss the XL2's features so I'm thinkin about trading in MY A1 for an XLH1.. that or I'll just have to get used to it..

I miss the weight(shoulder mount), the hard buttons, the evf, manual lens.. :)
There are some things on the A1 that simply ROCK.. and others that Canon could have made more like the XL series.. perhaps on a revision.. in two or three years.. hehehe

Chris Harris · November 12th, 2006, 01:24 PM

I had a similar moment yesterday with a GL2, in which someone bumped the lock and I couldn't power it on and assumed the worst. Scary!

Stu Siegal · January 15th, 2007, 08:01 PM

Scarcely two weeks old, been out on one test shoot, worked fine.

Tonight, first paying shoot, I'm 15 minutes in, everything fine so far, I walk away from the camera, come back, and its off.

OK, first I think - did I remember to disable auto power off? Yes, I know I did. Plus, I had just cracked off a shot seconds before. Second, I try a different battery. No difference. Dead. The thing is still in M mode. I shut it off, then on, several times. It flickers on once, then dead as a stone.

What's odd is that it works fine in vcr mode. But it will not power up in any recording mode.

Thank God the shoot was 10 minutes from my house and I haven't sold my dvx. Still, that took a few years off my life. Needless to say, my dealer will be getting a call tomorrow.

Anyone have any guesses?

Matthew Nayman · January 15th, 2007, 08:02 PM

just checking... the switch around the thumb button isn't set to lock, correct?

Stu Siegal · January 15th, 2007, 08:56 PM

Do you mean the one on the handle, near the mic bracket? If so, no it is not. Is there another lock? Boy I sure would love this to be operator error...

Matthew Nayman · January 15th, 2007, 09:01 PM

Okay... right where your thumb goes to hit record when holding the cam corder normally...

There is a circular switch which circles the button. it can be flipped from Standby to Locked.

Locked doesn't allow the camera to power up. Standby is used when shooting. You can switch it to locked to put the camera in power-off mode, and then switch back to standby to shoot again...

Or, if your camera powers itself off, you can turn it back on by switching to locked then back to standby...

Make sure your switch is on standby.

November 11th, 2006, 05:23 PM	#1
Wade Hanchey Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 117	Camera not working! After filming at my model flying club today, I shut off my A1. Tried to turn it back on in any camera mode and it won't come on. Came home and hooked the ac adapter up and still no go. It will come on in vcr mode and play back the tape. Tape eject mech is working also. Is there anything I've missed. I'll hate it if I have to send it in for some long service turn-around.

November 12th, 2006, 01:15 AM	#6
Michael Padilla Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: O.C., CA United States Posts: 337	I love the standby feature.. I've used it so much! __________________ -M www.visualmasterpiece.com

January 15th, 2007, 08:01 PM	#12
Stu Siegal Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 151	My brand new A1 is DEAD...NOT! Scarcely two weeks old, been out on one test shoot, worked fine. Tonight, first paying shoot, I'm 15 minutes in, everything fine so far, I walk away from the camera, come back, and its off. OK, first I think - did I remember to disable auto power off? Yes, I know I did. Plus, I had just cracked off a shot seconds before. Second, I try a different battery. No difference. Dead. The thing is still in M mode. I shut it off, then on, several times. It flickers on once, then dead as a stone. What's odd is that it works fine in vcr mode. But it will not power up in any recording mode. Thank God the shoot was 10 minutes from my house and I haven't sold my dvx. Still, that took a few years off my life. Needless to say, my dealer will be getting a call tomorrow. Anyone have any guesses?

November 11th, 2006, 05:26 PM	#2
Holly Rognan Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Coalville America Posts: 244	Have you tried the standby/lock position on the record button? That sounds like the culprit.

November 11th, 2006, 05:40 PM	#3
Wade Hanchey Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 117	Well bless your heart, that is exactly what it was!! It was slightly bumped out of the standby position. That's a huge relief. I'm gonna epoxy that thing in place! Holly, what is meant by Coalville? Is that WV?

November 11th, 2006, 06:28 PM	#4
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	Hey wade... I wouldn';t do that. It's nice to flick the cam into stand by without turning it off ;)

November 11th, 2006, 07:00 PM	#5
Wade Hanchey Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 117	Just pulling your leg :)

November 12th, 2006, 01:25 AM	#7
Noel Evans Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 157	I actually did do it. Took me just a moment to realise, but there was a silence. I use it everytime I take the cam out.

November 12th, 2006, 07:16 AM	#8
Wade Hanchey Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 117	Honestly, I had forgotten it was even there. But now after reading about it, I can see where I will be using it quite a bit. I found myself going over each setting yesterday after turning it back on and with this switch, I won't have to do that. Of course, the gain switch could still be easily bumped.

November 12th, 2006, 08:29 AM	#9
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	Yeah Heaving been an XL2 user for the last 2 years, I am not used to those switches! Standby is just aneat little button on the side. I am gonna have to remember that whenever the heck my A1 Ships!

November 12th, 2006, 01:24 PM	#11
Chris Harris Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 487	I had a similar moment yesterday with a GL2, in which someone bumped the lock and I couldn't power it on and assumed the worst. Scary!

January 15th, 2007, 08:02 PM	#13
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	just checking... the switch around the thumb button isn't set to lock, correct?

January 15th, 2007, 08:56 PM	#14
Stu Siegal Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 151	Do you mean the one on the handle, near the mic bracket? If so, no it is not. Is there another lock? Boy I sure would love this to be operator error...

January 15th, 2007, 09:01 PM	#15
Matthew Nayman Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 917	Okay... right where your thumb goes to hit record when holding the cam corder normally... There is a circular switch which circles the button. it can be flipped from Standby to Locked. Locked doesn't allow the camera to power up. Standby is used when shooting. You can switch it to locked to put the camera in power-off mode, and then switch back to standby to shoot again... Or, if your camera powers itself off, you can turn it back on by switching to locked then back to standby... Make sure your switch is on standby.