Tried the mains dummy but it didn't work. HOWEVER I then tried changing the lens, and guess what, the telephoto worked! then tried the other lens again and it wouldn't switch on..cleaned terminals, no difference, .replaced the telephoto and it worked again, so did a SENSOR CLEAN. then both lenses worked fine and the normality was restored....
Same issue with the newer m50 mrk ii and I am 3 months out of warranty. After Searching through my normal tech forums I found a lot of people with this issue and everyone saying canon would have to service the camera. Thanks to your video I had the camera working again after digging around for the adapter you bought. Very weird fix but hey whatever works! I also had to leave the camera plugged in for a few mins before it would power on at first I thought it wasn’t going to work but after waiting a few mins she came back to life. As soon as the camera receives power from the wall and powers on all issues seem to disappear. Very odd problem and odder fix. Seems like these cameras need a hard reset every once and awhile. Thanks so much for sharing and I’ll give a sub just for the help and maybe I’ll find a craft I like lol!
for anyone whose found this video like me in the wee hours in the morning trying to solve their camera issue the battery mentioned is called a “dummy battery”. you just need one thats the same make as your original camera battery size. great video thank you and my dummy battery arrives tomorrow. hopefully this works
Aw man... I was so excited for this video, because we have a Canon EOS M50 in great condition that just ... doesn't turn on. Unfortunately, the trick with buying a dummy battery doesn't work at all for me because I had already been USING a dummy battery for about months before the camera went dead! Very glad to see yours started working for some reason. Ours won't turn on with brand new batters, with the direct to wall battery, etc.
I'm having this problem and use both batteries and a dummy battery as shown in this video. I've never noticed switching between them did anything, but maybe? However, I have the problem with the dummy battery as much as the proper batteries. The issue for me seems to be the battery's contact inside the camera. With the dummy battery, I sometimes need to push the cable in, which pushes the battery harder against the contacts, and this gets it to turn on, until I let go, then it loses power. With enough wiggling, it eventually settles into a position that keeps it on, until the next time I switch between battery and dummy battery. The proper batteries also require progressively more wiggling, pushing, inserting/popping out, before they land in a position that provides suitable connection to stay on. I don't think it's anything about a hard reset for me here, just that they're not making a proper connection to the contacts. But it's getting worse, so I'm looking for videos like this that may point to a cause.
I have the same problem. Camera (M100) worked fine with batteries. Then I bought a dummy battery (not the same one as shown here) for filming. Everything worked perfectly out of the box. In the evening I pulled out the cable out of the dummy battery and left the dummy battery unplugged in the cam overnight. Next morning cam was dead. I searched the internet for tips and tried everything. cleaned the pins, tried a new card, fresh batteries, detached the lens, card and battery over night…nothing worked. I called Canon but they do not provide service for the EOS M100 anymore. I haven't tried to leave the cam with the dummy battery attached for a while, because I´m not trusting the dummy battery that caused the problem. I purchased the Dummy Battery shown here to give it a try. Hopefully it works.
@@r0b0tni My dummy battery has a visibly different metal in use for the contact (greyish), so that may be silver. My guess is that the battery contact to the camera is causing some chemical reaction such as corrosion that's then preventing power from reaching the camera. My action of pushing the battery in back and forth is likely scraping away that corrosion (or whatever), restoring the connection and allowing it to work again. I may try finding something to better clean the internal contact, and I'll remember your experience here and not leave the dummy battery inserted for long periods of time to reduce impacts on the internal contacts.
Mine has always been operating the way you fixed yours. I've never operated it from a real battery because I'm lazy and want to run it off the outlet instead of a battery and mine won't turn on. So I don't get it. Is your camera STILL not giving you issues? I'd be interested to know. Thanks
Same here. I've always operated the camera (for 2+ months) with the direct-to-wall battery. Not the rechargeable batteries. But my camera won't turn on, no matter what. Still stumped!
will give it a go have ordered the mains dummy batt... extraordinary! not sure what the technical difference is between a mains dummy batt and a charged one... both deliver a similar current and voltage I would imagine... however, if it works... who cares!!
This was so helpful! Thank you! Mine did the same too but had a ticking noise. I purchased the charger you had suggested. Initially it didn’t work and was still clicking. I left it on charge however for a hour and the clicking eventually stopped. Once the clicking stopped, I turned my camera on and it was back to normal. I could use my regular battery again also. Was worried I’d have to buy a new camera but your video saved me!
I also have a ticking noise on mine! Was it linked to the shutter @TheLady2luv ? Because I've noticed that when I look through the lens, the aperture changes with these noises... (I've just sent mine to Canon for repair, but its more than 300$ 💸💸, they just want to replace pcb + shutter 🥲)
I was having a similar problem with my Canon EOS M. It had been sitting (battery out) for about 4 years. I bought 2 new batteries and charged them and it still wouldn't power on even though the lens would move a bit when I closed the battery hatch. I tried connecting to my computer via USB and still nothing. After desperately pressing and holding every button, I started doing combos. After holding the "on" button and the green "playback" icon button simultaneously, it finally powered on. I had to press the off button in rapid succession to get it to power back off. After taking some photos and about an hour of elapsed time+powering on and off (several times), it now powers on if I hold the on button by itself for about 10 seconds (sometimes after a couple cycles of 10 seconds then pressing it a couple times normally) and it powers off normally for the most part, sometimes I have to press and or briefly hold the off button a couple of times. I'm hoping the gremlins will eventually work themselves out, but the camera seems to be functioning normally.
Update: The dummy battery was delivered today. I tried turning on the camera before using the dummy battery and it cut on and off as it should. I feel confident the dummy battery resolve would have worked too. I am holding onto the battery just in case. For anyone who's wondering I used the camera for content vlogging yesterday. I was able to press the play button which allowed the camera to cut on after the battery was removed and reinserted. I turned on the auto off function to save on battery life. The camera was bought to vlog and as a lighter option to my fuji flim cameras. The canon was purchased refurbished from Canon at a great price so I didn't want to return it as anything similar was twice in cost. Great vid and Thank U! I now have a better streaming option using the dummy battery.
I have the exact opposite problem at the moment. I thought it might have been a dodgy cable so I purchased a new one. I have been using the battery pack for some time now. It was connected to the power with a usb extension cable. The dog chewed the extension cable and the camera wouldn't turn on. So the new battery pack arrives and I plug it in. The camera still won't turn on. I put the fully charged battery that came with the camera in and it works fine. So any help on how to get the camera to work with the adapter?
🙏🏻 Thank you! Your video was the very first one to pop up on my search. I am having problems with my that I bought second hand. I will try out the dummmy battery.
Helped me! I just went to use my canon m50 for some photos and it wouldn't turn on. Put in a different battery. Nothing. Connected it to my computer. Still nothing. This lets me know that I just need to find my wall battery that I bought when I first got my camera... i need to find it to see if this works. Hope it works!!
Yesterday, during Birthday party my m50 suddenly stopped working. I is that same reason to change battery pack? I have two full batteries charged, but m50 canon camera doesn't power on..... Yet
If you change the battery and it still doesn’t work. Then get the A/C battery power adapter and follow the instructions given in the video. That’s what worked for me.
Will you please tell me the name of that. What's in that little box? My Canon EOS 50M is having the exact same problem you were having in this video and I think what you did will help me. But I don't know the name of it so I can't find it to buy it. And when I screenshot the video and try to get a bigger picture of that barcode you're showing it's all blurry.
This is on Amazon: ACK-E12 AC Power Supply Adapter DC Coupler DR-E12 Dummy Battery LP-E12 Kit for Canon EOS M50 Mark II, M10 M50 M100 M200, Kiss M, Kiss M2 Cameras ASIN B07PYNF4DS
I had this problem a year a go i tried same things except alcohol, i just pushed the contact with a needle also blow hot air in the battery hole... It's just happened again starting with non genuine batteries then the original battery. i watched many videos and i just fix it. in my cas it was because of the Sigma lens i switched to the standard it's work for the whole batteries then i cleaned the yellow conductor in the sigma lense and it also work again The wire battery just try it once, just for backup that still never used. Cheer's
Hi! I have almost exact same setup as you! I have a Sigma lens and generic batteries. My M50 Mark II is about 2 years old. I was taking photos with it a few weeks ago and then it just stopped! It turned itself off while I was taking photos. I thought it was battery at first and changed battery 3 times since I have 3 other generic batteries all fully charged. Won't turn on still. When I turn to ON position, nothing. But when I turn to OFF position right from ON position, the green light is on for like 2 seconds. And then, when I turn to ON position right after, the green light flashes for like a second. And there is a clicking sound. I tried with the original Canon lens and it's the same thing. So you just cleaned the Sigma lens yellow conductor and it worked? With alcohol and q tip? Thank you so much for your help!
@@OMGParis-fo1yl Hi there! It sounds like you're experiencing some issues with your M50 Mark II. 😅 Mine didn't even get to the stage of turning off yet! I've been troubleshooting and realized it might be mechanical. There were three times before when the camera fell to the ground, which likely caused some mechanical issues. Even switching to the standard lens didn't help so far. I tried using a battery adapter with a power input hole and connected it to a powerful power bank, It actually worked! Seems like something mechanical is jammed and needed that extra power to get it running
I had a vice-versa situation, using my M50 MK II with a dummy battery. Sometimes, my camera did not turn on with the dummy, so I figured I needed to plug in the fully charged original battery to my camera, and after it turned on, I could switch back using the dummy battery. In my case, for whatever reason (I'm using a different dummy adapter, the one with USB type-C), the dummy battery should be plugged into the dummy power adapter, not the laptop. If I plug it into the computer, the camera will not turn on, and I must plug in the original fully charged battery to make it work again. Hope that helps someone. I literally spent hours figuring this out.
I'm glad that worked for you! Thanks for sharing I hope that it helps others too! It sure does take a lot of time to figure these things out, I'm so grateful that you shared yours here!
I have the same "F-ing" issue with Canon SL3, I have tried every thing nothing works, I even took it to camera shop, just to diagnose the problem they want to charge me over $100. I just, said forget it I would try and order one of this on ebay or Amazon to reset my Camera.
I appreciate you to the fullest, thank you, I believe I cried for a month. I did not tell my husband nor my kids , even tho I thought my eldest daughter broke it and I didn’t know how to go about it. (She’s a Taurus N I A Virgo) (attitudes)! This Camera was brand new and I have never really used it, I let my daughter take it home and she brought it back months later and then I Let it sit on the table for a month then I thought my hubby had company and they broke it I didn’t know who to blame, (me: overthinking Virgo🤣) I hid the camera for about 3 -4 more months and now we are here😤 Thank you 🤎🧡🤎🧡💝
🤣🤣🤣 I'm the Libra who does anything and everything to avoid conflict! I bought a used t5 and it's not powering on and I'm already dreading what my husband is going to say!!!
Hi I tried to remove the Sigma 105mm (with and without the EF adapter) but it works without the sigma but when I plug back the sigma, it doesn't work no matter if there's a dummy or a real battery :(
@@craftyartshack thank you. Finally the device turnt on without the sigma mounted on. I heard it's a Sigma/Canon issue. I turned on the M50 without lens then force plugged the sigma. It finally worked. Don't ask me why haha but I had a good sleep knowing my DSLR is working. Thank you!!!!
Hi! I'm desperate and worried about my Canon M50 Mark II which won't turn on. I have a Sigma lens and generic batteries. My M50 Mark II is about 2 years old. I was taking photos with it a few weeks ago and then it just stopped! It turned itself off while I was taking photos. I thought it was battery at first and changed battery 3 times since I have 3 other generic batteries all fully charged. Won't turn on still. When I turn to ON position, nothing. But when I turn to OFF position right from ON position, the green light is on for like 2 seconds. And then, when I turn to ON position right after, the green light flashes for like a second. And there is a clicking sound. I tried with the original Canon lens and it's the same thing. Spent hours looking online and nothing has worked like taking everything out and leaving out for a day. Pressing P for 30 seconds, etc. Thank you so much for your help in advance! HELP PLEASE!!!
@@marqsantos5909 bought another m50 mark ii second hand about 380€ problem solved, sold the old one for 100€ ot felt from 7/8metera on the ground then it felt into water after 2 months... Dead.. 🙊🙊
Here’s the link ACK-E12 AC Power Supply Adapter DC Coupler DR-E12 Dummy Battery LP-E12 Kit for Canon EOS M50 Mark II, M10 M50 M100 M200, Kiss M, Kiss M2 Cameras a.co/d/fIIKHmV
@@craftyartshacki also followed all the steps you did earlier, like i used thinner to clean, i charged, i bought extra battery, then i thought of using your plN and searched in youtube, and saw your video
Mine does this too - it's so frustrating! I've not bought the dummy battery, but I find to get mine working, I have to leave it without a battery or card in it for a couple of hours and then try a fresh battery. Otherwise, I find if I remove the battery and card and blow into the battery compartment, then it usually starts working! No idea why! Thanks for this video.
