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Error 20 - "Shooting is not possible due to error"

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Mkvackay
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hey all,

so today was finally a blue bird day, got my glidecam all balanced, did some test shots, and charged the battery. went out to film my buddies in the park for a bit in galena, il. when i got there, i turned on my camera and got this message ERR 20

Haven't had any problems before, didn't do anything with my camera that was out of the ordinary

I was wondering if you guys knew what this was, and more importantly how to deal with it.

I have an extended 3 year warranty that i bought through B&H, and i will be calling them and or canon tomorrow morning.

Thanks
Jan 6 2012 12:21AM
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blatt
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Format the card maybe? Otherwise just google error 20 7d and figure out how to fix it
Jan 6 2012 1:04AM
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Mkvackay
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camera wont turn on at all, memory card is clean

i have googled and have gotten anything from it happened a few times and went away, to the shutter life was bad, to the mirror mechanism broke and took 2 months for a repair
Jan 6 2012 1:15AM
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erikK
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canon.
Jan 6 2012 2:54AM
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Gnarwall
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Try charging your batteries, usually when I get errors it is because of batteries.
Jan 6 2012 5:28AM
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Mkvackay
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called sagemax, they are sending me postage in the next two days, and said i would get my camera back in no longer than 10 days. hopeful
Jan 6 2012 10:05AM
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[J_Gasper]
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did they say what caused it? and what it is?
Jan 6 2012 10:10AM
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Mkvackay
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nope, he seemed like he just worked for the warranty company, not for a camera company
Jan 6 2012 10:19AM
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[J_Gasper]
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hmm. im interested what went wrong.
Jan 6 2012 10:39AM
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Mkvackay
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as i said above, people on forums that i looked into have gotten it for a few different reasons, mainly the end of the shutter life or a mechanical problem with the mirror. so i hope i can ship it out quick and get it back quick
Jan 6 2012 11:49AM
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