Canon SLR lens giving me grief... please help!

[nianmuzik]

Hi, I posted this on the General Forum but got no luck with a possible solution... hope it works here. TIA


Hi,

This is my first post and it looks like I'm going to learn quite a lot in this forum. Thanks in advance to those who will help me solve my problems and improve my skills. :hail:

I would like to start sharing a problem that I have with my Canon SLR... I have the Canon EOS 350 Rebel XT and the EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens that came with the camera is giving me some grief...

If I want to take pictures between the 18mm and 24mm range, the camera gives me an error (error 99). The shutter simply doesn't "fire up". Anything beyond 24mm is fine and the camera takes the picture in any condition.

I have tried my lens on my friend's XTi and the lens works just fine. I have tried his lens on mine and it works just fine as well. This means that it is my lens on my camera that gives me a problem.

I have tried to clean the sensors and all and no luck so far

Anyone have a suggestion or an idea as to what may be going on?

Thanks again!

Giancarlo.

PS: I have tried with different batteries as well as CF cards and the problem persists.

 

[Mystwalker]

Check out below URL - hope that solves your problem.

http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2005/04/29/50mm-lens-contact-points/

 

[Tiberius47]

try resetting your camera back to the defaults.

 

[Early]

I think it's because your lens was made for a digital camera only.

 

[table1349]

I think it's because your lens was made for a digital camera only.

And what would this camera body be?????


Canon EOS 350 Rebel XT
(from the OP's original post

 

[Early]

And what would this camera body be?????


Canon EOS 350 Rebel XT
(from the OP's original post

My bad. I thought it was a film camera.

 

[nianmuzik]

No luck guys... I had already tried cleaning the contacts with the pencil eraser and it didn't work.

What I don't understand is why the camera takes pictures when the zoom is in the 24-55mm range and not in the 18-24mm range... and with another camera body the lens works just fine... and also that another lens works fine on my camera body as well...

Do I have to call Ghostbusters?? I'm starting to freak out about it...

 

[Crosby]

Can you take it to manual mode and shoot at 18mm? Maybe aperture priority?

 

[nianmuzik]

Can you take it to manual mode and shoot at 18mm? Maybe aperture priority?

Well whadayaknow... it did work and it took the picture without trouble. It takes the picture in any mode on manual focus. :hail:

What should I do about it?

Thanks!!

 

[RebelTasha]

If it's in warranty I'd give Canon a call, after all you don't want it going from bad to worse..

 

[WTF?]

you could swap lenses with your friend, if his works on your camera and your works on his...assuming they are the same kind of lens.

 

[STICKMAN]

Why would anyone want to take a chance with taking someone else's problem? To me it makes most sense to contact cannon and send it in for repair. After all this is what we pay for, they should back their product.

 

[nianmuzik]

Problem is I live in Ecuador and not only is the camera out of warranty, but there is no Cannon repair shop around here...

Is there a solution to the problem I have or should I just buy another lens?

 

[nianmuzik]

Anyone?

 

[Dao]

Problem is I live in Ecuador and not only is the camera out of warranty, but there is no Cannon repair shop around here...

Is there a solution to the problem I have or should I just buy another lens?

What about a local camera shop over there? They may have someone over there that knows about the problem. Or at least, you can try a lens over there and see if the problem is in the camera or the lens. Some shops may help you on that because if your lens is bad, they may have a sale. (of course camera too)