I bought my Canon70d in April 2014 from Camera World in Wells Street London
I recently lent it out to a friend and it came back to me with a fault. The rear touchscreen monitor was displaying some hazy pink noise and then suddenly it completely failed and would not power up.
I recently lent it out to a friend and it came back to me with a fault. The rear touchscreen monitor was displaying some hazy pink noise and then suddenly it completely failed and would not power up.
I had taken over 9000 images with the camera and up until this point I had not experienced any problems at all.
I can thoroughly recommend the 70d as a great camera for both stills and video, the 70d has an excellent auto focusing system which makes it great for fast moving video .
Unfortunately the manufacturers 12 month guarantee has now expired and so I will have to pay for the repair. I took the camera into Jessops in Shrewsbury last week and I have now had the news that the repair is going to cost me £228.00 , apparently a circuit needs to be replaced and then the camera also needs a full service.
This sounded rather a lot of money but I feel it was worth it as the camera to buy new is still close to £1000. My moto from now on is Don’t lend your camera out to no-one.
Jessops have a deal where they charge you £25.00 upfront to send the camera off for assessment of what needs doing, they then take the £25.00 off the bill when you agree to the repair being done, which seems a fair system to me.
My last piece of advice when buying these expensive item cameras is try to shop somewhere that will give you a two year guarantee like Jessops.
I have to update you with the news that I have since collected my Canon 70d from Jessops and they have done a wonderful job of the repair and also did me an incredibly good deal on a new 128GB fast card. I had also lost my Manfrotto tripod connecting plate and they very kindly gave me one for free, you cant get better than that.
On the whole Jessops of Shrewsbury have delivered fantastic customer service and I shall always endeavour in future to go there for all my photo goods, I can thoroughly recommend them.
Ten -Out Of Ten
