"Main Dial" problems on a digital rebel (300D)

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DatHak512

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Okay. I've had my dRebel for almost a year and a half now. Friday i was shooting a volleyball game, and about five minutes into the game i decided that i needed a little bit of an ISO boost. So i push the ISO speed set button and go to rotate the dial right behind the shutter button (what Canon calls the "Main Dial") and nothing happens. As most of you probably know, it should only take one 'click' of the dial to change from ISO 100 to ISO 200. But it took me five clicks to just get to 200. I didn't think much about it just then, but when i tried to go from 200 -> 400, the dial was just unresponsive. Totally. I cannot use it to change my ISO, shutter speed, aperture, or even to look through the photos that i've taken. Nada. I've tried:
-taking out all of the batteries
-resetting the camera's settings
-using the main dial in all modes
-using the dial on my vertical grip

and nothing works. I have not tried re-loading the camera's firmware, so if anyone thinks that might be a good idea, let me know. Basically, i'm just asking if anyone else has had this kind of trouble before. I use my camera every day here at college, and so i really really want to avoid sending it in for repair unless it's the only option i have left. Does anyone know anything that might help?

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Well, I'm not too sure how the 300D works, I have the 350D, but on the 350D you can look through pictures and change the ISO with the arrows on the back, but the dial is still needed for changing aperture, shutter speed, and focus point. I think either reloading the firmware, or upgrading if there's an upgrade couldn't hurt. If you've already tried everything you might as well give it a shot. But it sounds like it has physical problems (at least from your description), not software.
 
Although, if it was a purely physical problem (like the sensor on the dial not working), then I'd think the dial on the grip would still work ok. I'd certainly give the firmware reloading a try before sending it in...
 
True. I'll try the firmware. Hopefully that will fix it. The other thing could be that it's a bad controller chip, and so input from Any main dial won't work. But that's kinda obscure, so who knows. I'll try the firmware, and let you all know. Thanks for the comments...
 
I've just bought a 300d so I'd like to know how this works out. Good luck with the firmware :)
 
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