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Canon Digital Rebel 300D
Canon Digital Rebel 300D
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Mel Pettis (teapotmouse) 5 pts
February 10, 2007 7:50 PM
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I started getting the error message- ERR 02- any ideas that is?

it just started last night while switching the CF cards, now it doesn't matter which one I use, I get the same message.
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bukit97 (bukit97) 12611 pts
February 11, 2007 1:58 AM
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It probably means the camera is unable to write to the memory card.

Someone has reported this on a 300D before and it turns out that when he puts in a new card, it works.

You might like to try putting in a new card. Meanwhile use a picture recovery software to recover the pictures from the existing card and save them to the computer.

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Mel Pettis (teapotmouse) 5 pts
February 11, 2007 2:26 AM
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actually upon review after your email I discoverd one the pins in the camera were bent just a tad bit, so after I adjusted the pin and reinserted my card- the camera is good as new.
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Mel Pettis (teapotmouse) 5 pts
February 11, 2007 2:27 AM
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thank you very much bukit97, you saved me a lot of heartache.
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bukit97 (bukit97) 12611 pts
February 11, 2007 4:13 AM
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That is nice. Spending ten minutes to give people great relieve gives me more satisfaction than what I could expect in a day's work.
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Evanrazberry 1 pts
March 30, 2007 10:01 PM
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I just started having the same ERR 02 with my rebel camera. I am using a Sigma lens, and I heard the ERR 99 issue is related to sigma and other company lenses not formatted to canon camera. i only have gotten the err 99 once or twice, but now my camera just has been doing the ERR 02. would you suggest getting a new memory card then? Any other test trials I should do? Or does anyone know any other reasons for this error?
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David (davea200) 5 pts
April 25, 2007 11:59 AM
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My Canon 300D camera has started coming up with the Err 02 message. It will read a couple of cards one consitantly (Fugifilm Ultrafast 256MB) another after putting in and out a few times (Kingston 256MB). It will not accept a new Sandisk Ultra II 1GB, a Canon 32MB (formated on a Canon G5), or a new Fugifilm 20x 512MB.

All the above cards can be read by the Canon G5 and a card Reader attached to a PC

Reluctant to take it to a dealer, as a repair will probably cost more than the camera is worth

Any ideas?
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aves 1 pts
May 25, 2007 9:29 AM
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I have the same problem with err 02. I tried changing the Compact Flash and the camera worked. But now I do not know if the compact flash is broken, or just this camera needs a new wife :)
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Gemma 1 pts
June 14, 2007 3:47 PM
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Hello, I have the bent pin problem with my camera, any tips on how I should go about straightening it out without doing any further damage? I dont have a warranty as it was bought second hand....
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David (davea200) 5 pts
June 14, 2007 7:27 PM
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In my case the cause of the ERR 02 was a faulty card reader in the camera, caused by broken pins. Cost of repair quoted at £130 plus VAT
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John Wilks Booth 1 pts
February 1, 2008 9:01 AM
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Ogga jaboogaty aku eta zeist me kungoo muka golo jobby wonka nippley pinchey. Err 02.
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Steve 1 pts
March 25, 2008 4:30 PM
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i have a question, Ive been using a Canon D60 for a while now at work and all of a sudden i see the Err 02 message. it might be a corrupted card due to ejecting the card with the file still open on the computer, but is there any way of fixing it without getting a new card (because after this happened on 1 card, the same response came with every other CF card i tried) so now i cant take pictures with my Canon

help me outtttt

-steve
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JB 1 pts
July 7, 2008 10:31 PM
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Had the same problem, and i found i had one of the pins in the CF clot in the camera was bent.
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docdis 2 pts
October 25, 2008 12:53 PM
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I just had this problem.
Canon 350D. Kingston 4GB 133x.

It simply lock-up. Power off, shooting again, image save completely, the err-02 and camera lock. Try 4 times, same result 4 times.

Change to new card solve the problem immediately.

Forensic analysis show (whose?) stupidity. It turns out that the 4GB IS ALMOST FULL (10 MB left). As I shoot in raw ... the file is around 8 MB.

However, that doesn't explain WHY I can shoot 4 raw pictures? And WHY canon doesn't show "full memory"?

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Denisa 0 pts
December 20, 2008 11:49 AM
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hi,I had the same problem -my canon EOS 350 simply stoped taken pictures and was showing error 02,just delete all my pics from the memory card and it seems that camera is working again!but it is strange that it did not say that I have "full memory"!!?
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naga 0 pts
September 17, 2009 9:44 PM
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i have problem with the camera the same way ....Err 02 actually!!! when i am switching on the camera and I am trying to take a pic the err is being shown ...so can u please help me out ..!!!
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