My Canon 50D is finally fixed! (I think)
This past March I sent in my beloved 40D for repair. It was well out of warranty and the repair would cost about $250. Canon has a great loyalty program and if you trade in your broken camera, you can upgrade to a refurb at a greatly reduced price. So, I thought, why not upgrade to a 50D? I would get 5 more megapixels, higher ISO capability and a high rez LCD screen. I was psyched.
My camera arrived and I took it on my first shoot. The images on the LCD looked amazing, I was in love, until I uploaded them to Lightroom. I noticed noise at iso 100. I had never noticed noise on my 40D. I thought maybe I needed to adjust my settings. I went back through the manual and made some adjustments and went on another shoot. The result was the same. The noise was very slight, but it was there. If I had not experienced the great images I had gotten from my 40D, I might not have noticed.
I sent the camera in for evaluation. I was a little surprised to even have an issue. I mean, this was a Canon Certified Refurb. It should have met "new camera" specs when I purchased it. 7 days went by and I received my newly repaired camera. Canon said the focusing mechanism was out of register and they had made some adjustments. Great, I thought, now I can love this camera too!
Wrong! The images were greatly improved, but there was still noise at ISO 100. I thought is it just me? Am I expecting too much or am I crazy? I met a friend for lunch and we swapped 50Ds so I could do a comparison test. My results were pretty much the same as before. I can still see noise!
So, I sent it back to Canon for another evaluation. If they said it met their factory specs, I was going to sell it or trade up to a 7D. I was not too happy to have to send it in for another check. 7 days later my repaired camera arrived and after doing some tests and shoots, I DON'T SEE ANY NOISE at ISO 100! Yeah! Canon said it replaced "defective components." I wish they would say exactly what they did. Anyway, I think my camera is finally fixed. (I hope)
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