Hello. My 50D is dead. This is how it happened.
I managed to install ML and I was going through info screens on my camera's back display when my 50D suddenly turned itself off after few minutes. Battery sign was blinking on LCD top screen. I'm pretty sure I switched the camera off and then I took out the battery as I was afraid that some program loop might overheat my camera and kill it.
Now 50D doesn't start up anymore. No lights, no response to any button presses. I found out things to do when camera is bricked:
-I took off lens, CF card, battery and small battery and also the lens. Then I put them back and tried to turn on the camera but nothing happened.
-I repeated previous steps and tried to power it up without CF card, but nothing happened
-I formatted the CF card and tried to start up my camera, but nothing happened.
Before I installed ML, I downgraded 50D firmware from 1.0.9 to 1.0.8 because http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified/Install tells that ML works only with 1.0.8. After downgrading I got ERR 06 (sensor) every time I turned on the camera. Then I disabled automatic sensor cleaning. Then I tried installing ML without succes (not 100% sure if I remember this correctly). Then I found out that I CAN use 1.0.9 firmware. I se-install 1.0.9 back to my 50D, but sensor error ERR 06 was still there. I disabled it automatic sensor cleaning, and then I installed ML. Installation was success. I restarted the camera and started reading info screens and after few minutes my camera was dead
I believed the advertisement talk that "hundreds of professionals are usin ML and they have had no problems with it". I am a professional and I had my camera die...
Thank god it was not my 5D II!
Dear people of this forum, I count on your help to fix my 50D.
KAI
I managed to install ML and I was going through info screens on my camera's back display when my 50D suddenly turned itself off after few minutes. Battery sign was blinking on LCD top screen. I'm pretty sure I switched the camera off and then I took out the battery as I was afraid that some program loop might overheat my camera and kill it.
Now 50D doesn't start up anymore. No lights, no response to any button presses. I found out things to do when camera is bricked:
-I took off lens, CF card, battery and small battery and also the lens. Then I put them back and tried to turn on the camera but nothing happened.
-I repeated previous steps and tried to power it up without CF card, but nothing happened
-I formatted the CF card and tried to start up my camera, but nothing happened.
Before I installed ML, I downgraded 50D firmware from 1.0.9 to 1.0.8 because http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified/Install tells that ML works only with 1.0.8. After downgrading I got ERR 06 (sensor) every time I turned on the camera. Then I disabled automatic sensor cleaning. Then I tried installing ML without succes (not 100% sure if I remember this correctly). Then I found out that I CAN use 1.0.9 firmware. I se-install 1.0.9 back to my 50D, but sensor error ERR 06 was still there. I disabled it automatic sensor cleaning, and then I installed ML. Installation was success. I restarted the camera and started reading info screens and after few minutes my camera was dead
I believed the advertisement talk that "hundreds of professionals are usin ML and they have had no problems with it". I am a professional and I had my camera die...
Thank god it was not my 5D II!
Dear people of this forum, I count on your help to fix my 50D.
KAI