Camera Problems again.

[!an!]

So I posted a while ago about a faulty camera I got off ebay, which turned out to be a sticky mirror, and now about a month later, I've received the replacement.

ok.

It didn't come with batteries, so I went out and bought new batteries, put them in, put in film, turned it on, and it's not reading the lens. I can't take pictures, and I can't manipulate the lens at all, minus zooming in and out.

The Camera is a Minolta Maxxum 70, and the lens is a minolta AF 28-100/3.5-5.6.

Can someone please tell me what is going on? I've already spent another chunk of money just trying to get a fuggin camera that works, and I'm pretty ready to break legs.

 

[Big Mike]

Try cleaning the electronic contacts on both the lens & camera.

 

[!an!]

Tried that. No dice.

Thanks though.

 

[duncanp]

noob suggestion.... but just too make sure, have you checked the lens is compatible?

 

[Mitica100]

Take the camera, go to a camera shop and pretend to buy a lens for it, similar to the one you have. Put it on and see if that lens works. If it does, you know it's the lens that's faulty.