Yep... my new 30d all of 3 weeks old went belly up two days into a week long vacation to Cancun, MX... Excellent timing.

Oh well... now I sit here camera-less....... sent the brick to Canon today.. unfortunately I missed nearly a whole vacation

One minute I was taking photos ... next thing I knew the camera was black would not power on... battery was fine ... would not turn on.. . took the lens off and the CF card.. still nothing.. then I finally got a error 99 .. then nothing again...

Found a camera shop in Cancun... they let me try a brand new battery that they charged before I arrived... zero... tried cleaning contacts, removing internal battery etc...

Called Canon when I got back... they acted as though they knew it was the camera.. they didnt even have me try anything.. said I need to send it in...

Biggest bummer was carrying around a brick on my vacation I was afraid to leave it in the room (not enough room in the safe in our room)...

thanks for letting me vent ....