http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/09/25/canon-beat-plusnet/ Economics; Travel; Film; and Technology. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/09/25/canon-beat-plusnet/comment-page-1/#comment-15241 Andrew Ferrier’s Blog » Blog Archive » E18 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:04:24 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/09/25/canon-beat-plusnet/#comment-15241 [...] It appears that my problems with my Powershot may not be the result of mishandling after all; I’m a victim of the dreaded E18 error. This appears to be a design flaw in Canon compact cameras that they refuse to acknowledge the existence of (the fact that there’s an extensive Wikipedia page for the problem says it all). Numerous solutions have been suggested; I’ve tried taking the camera apart a little to clean out around the lens but got nervous and screwed it back together again. My last attempt will be to buy some compressed air in a can and try that. By the sounds of things, if Canon try to charge for repairs, I may just have to pay up. But this, combined with the fact that it appears they won’t honour their warranties worldwide (which means I cannot really buy a 400D here) means that my opinion of Canon has plummeted from their previous record with me. [...] [...] It appears that my problems with my Powershot may not be the result of mishandling after all; I’m a victim of the dreaded E18 error. This appears to be a design flaw in Canon compact cameras that they refuse to acknowledge the existence of (the fact that there’s an extensive Wikipedia page for the problem says it all). Numerous solutions have been suggested; I’ve tried taking the camera apart a little to clean out around the lens but got nervous and screwed it back together again. My last attempt will be to buy some compressed air in a can and try that. By the sounds of things, if Canon try to charge for repairs, I may just have to pay up. But this, combined with the fact that it appears they won’t honour their warranties worldwide (which means I cannot really buy a 400D here) means that my opinion of Canon has plummeted from their previous record with me. [...]

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