I charged the battery fully but the camera still will not turn on.
I just got off the phone recently with Canon. I explained the problem to them and they stated that it appears it is due to the cold weather. I saw some stuff on these posts about Christmas Time, etc...They said that most of the time the camera will be ok after it thaws out, but some issues can be caused because of this. One of them is total lack of power. They said that the camera I have has a minimum temperature that it can handle of 30 degrees. This can cause the LCD to freeze, can cause short circut problems, etc...Thus leaving your camera totally in-operable.
The technician tried to help me first rule something out. He had me REBOOT the camera....seems odd to do that if there is no power, huh? Here is how I did mine....
Power on the camera....Remove the battery...then the Disk battery....leave the battery door open for one full minute. Now turn the camera off.....put the disk battery in, then the regular battery....close the battery door....power on. If you have power and your LCD monitor goes on it will say something like 00007 or something like that.
Unfortunately.....Mine didnt. So they are sending me info on my email to send in my camera. It will need to be repaired/replace the parts etc...
I hope that your cameras end up working. They guy from Canon suggested that in the cold weather while carrying it, keep it under your shirt close to your body to keep it warm, dont change lenses in the cold air, and if you are photographing an outdoor sporting event and its cold enough for you to be covered up, then do the same for your camera.....he himself wraps a hand towel around his whole camera except the end of the lens and the view finder (the one you put your eye up against, not the LCD) Wrap a rubber band around it to keep it in place on the lens and unit.
So....like i said, please...I hope this helps.
Keep me posted!!! Would love to hear positive things that your camera has started working again.
Julie
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I have the 400D and have the same problem... it was working perfectly only a week ago, and now seems as dead as a doornail.
My camera worked perfectly through the holidays and family visit. I took so many pictures, the battery died. I put it in the charger, as I have hundreds of times before, but when I put it in the camera, it won't turn it on! It is like the camera is completely dead all of the sudden!
I have the Canon Rebel XTI & was using mine just yesterday and today I pull it out to use it.....DEAD as a DOORKNOB...NO POWER AT ALL!!!! Recharged the batteries (I have two), put in a new disk battery (looks like a watch battery (disk)...changed my memory card, STILL NOTHING!!!!!
Same problem here
i have a rebel xti and its not completely dead...but everytime i turn it on and let it sit there idlely it freaks out and turns off and on by itself! at first i thought it was my battery so i charged (overnight even) my extra battery and put it in and the camera was still doing it...i wonder what is causing this!?
My Canon XTI/400D camera was working fine - got back from a business trip and it will not turn on.
I used it last in China and then put the equipment in my case. From what has been said this may be the problem. An aircraft hold goes down to -60 degrees and this may have caused the problem.
However Canon should have clear warnings if the camera cannot be taken in an aircraft hold.
Richard
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