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Into Recognize your “mistakes” is a very important thing when it comes to photography happen occasionally that some number of some products may have some problems, most of the bugs, usually, is resolved by the firmware , but sometimes this is not enough and the manufacturers are forced to more drastic solutions. In recent years it has happened many times, from the batteries to the optics, the cameras to accessories, sometimes it was necessary to take “emergency measures”.

Into Just this week Canon has drawn attention to a few specimens of two of its flagship products: EOS 1D X and EOS 1D C . These machine s have problems with the system AF focus in practice has been used an incorrect amount of lubricant to the operating mechanism, some series may have the following problems:

1. AF performs the search but it stops at the subject (due to tiny particles produced by wear due to lubrication inconsistent as previously described).
2. The image in the viewfinder is “blurry” or “non-fixed” (occurs with the advancement of wear).

Into To find out if your camera has this problem here is how to do it, here are the signs of Canon:

1. EOS-1D X: If the sixth digit from the left of the serial number is “1″, “2″, “3″, “4″, “5″, “6″ or “7″, you may experience the phenomena described above.
2. EOS-1D C: If the sixth digit from the left of the serial number is “1″, you may experience the phenomena described above.

If in the battery compartment there are the symbol “A” or a black symbol silver on the support, even if the serial number matches, the machine has no problems.

To go Into the repair on the official website and click in your country, in this case Italy, and fill out the form. Within 7 days you will be contacted by a representative of Canon Service Center that will start the procedure for the withdrawal repair .

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