Cannon EOS 630 Problem

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Joe B - 23 Nov 2004 06:25 GMT

Hi,
I have an EOS 630 and it has been a great camera for 14 years but it
has stopped "talking" to any of my lenses. No AF or apature control.
Cannot set to AF. It doesn't seem to know there is a lens there.
Wondering if anybody ever heard of this problem and if it's now FUBAR.
Thanks

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J&C - 23 Nov 2004 23:52 GMT

Looking at the front of your camera without the lens on,under the bayonet
mount at about the 10 o'clock position there is plastic lever that closes a
switch (AF interlock). The pivoting pin of this lever is most likely broken.
Any decent camera repair shop can replace it. But, first make sure the gold
contact pins are clean and none of the pins are stuck down. They should be
up and springy.

Joel

> Hi,
> I have an EOS 630 and it has been a great camera for 14 years but it
> has stopped "talking" to any of my lenses. No AF or apature control.
> Cannot set to AF. It doesn't seem to know there is a lens there.
> Wondering if anybody ever heard of this problem and if it's now FUBAR.
> Thanks

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PhotoMan - 24 Nov 2004 01:39 GMT

> Looking at the front of your camera without the lens on,under the
> bayonet mount at about the 10 o'clock position there is plastic lever
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> pins are stuck down. They should be up and springy.
> Joel

There has never been any mechanical interface of ANY kind between Canon EF
lenses and EOS bodies. It is a purely electronic interface.

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J&C - 25 Nov 2004 12:56 GMT

Oh really Troll,
After repairing Canon's for 28 years, and going for factory training for all
that time, I'm so glad you enlightened me.
Lens switch - CB1-0206-000
Lens switch lever-CA1-7780-000
The lens switch lever is usually the problem!
This switch was on all models up to and not including the Canon A2.

>> Looking at the front of your camera without the lens on,under the
>> bayonet mount at about the 10 o'clock position there is plastic lever
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> There has never been any mechanical interface of ANY kind between Canon EF
> lenses and EOS bodies. It is a purely electronic interface.

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Joe B - 29 Nov 2004 05:56 GMT

> Looking at the front of your camera without the lens on,under the bayonet
> mount at about the 10 o'clock position there is plastic lever that closes a
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> > Wondering if anybody ever heard of this problem and if it's now FUBAR.
> > Thanks

Thanks Joel that's what it is. The very top of the lever snapped off
not letting the lens make contact with it. Do you know if they are
still available? Doesn't look too hard to fix. Hopefully it won't
break the bank. Thanks Again.

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Uranium Committee - 24 Nov 2004 02:16 GMT

Surely you're crushed.

I'm not.

Get a Leica and get a life....

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Skip M - 24 Nov 2004 04:29 GMT

>> Hi,
>> I have an EOS 630 and it has been a great camera for 14 years but it
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Get a Leica and get a life....

Too bad you can't take all of your own advice.
1st half: Get a Leica. You've done that, though lord knows why you have to
keep telling us. Oh, yeah...
2nd half: Get a life. That's the part you haven't mastered, yet, isn't it?

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