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So my camera set on fire.....

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n-o
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canon 30D.. smoke started comin outta the battery door, and lens mount.. i was not stoked.. basically, my gf took a picture with it ( she knows how to work cameras) and then it claimed the battery was dead, then she said it smelled like it was melting, and low and behold it did. so i ripped out my batteries and battery grip and smoke just started coming out. pretty scary. canon is warrantying ( fuckin right they are ) has anyone ever even heard of something like this before?
Apr 16 2008 10:50PM
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Deletedtoday
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something with the metal in the battary touching a different part of metal on the camera? i have no clue honestly i don't even know why im posting . good look
Apr 17 2008 12:11AM
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horner
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was it a third party battery?
Apr 17 2008 12:20AM
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Aenigma
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I bet she just took a really good picture.
Apr 17 2008 12:22AM
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Microcosm
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wow dude, that's crazy. What batteries did you have in there? I just skipped a 3rd party $10 batt. to buy a more expensive Canon one  in fear of that happening.
Apr 17 2008 12:59AM
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jwaveson
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I'm actually not surprised, not that I'm saying that canon isn't a good brand cause they are, but I've seen all kinds of things and heard alot of bad stories about canon cameras. I think the best ones were the shutters sticking to themselves and you end up getting a half an image.
Apr 17 2008 6:09AM
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dave44
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Apr 17 2008 8:30AM
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Pippin
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WOW, never heard on that happening.
Apr 17 2008 9:17AM
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BigM1218
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A batter made by a company other than the one that makes the camera, like Canon or Nikon.
Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Synergy-Digital-EN-EL9-Lithium-Ion-Battery/dp/B000MK5B2K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1208442678&sr=8-2

Its $9 as opposed to a $40 nikon battery
Apr 17 2008 10:32AM
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n-o
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im not a fool.. both battery's are canon, one was purchased in october.. the other in august
Apr 20 2008 10:35PM
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