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August 25th, 2008 18:51 in Photography by Jon
About 18 months ago I brought my wife a Canon 50mm prime lens for her birthday and a few months later we took it on holiday to Newquay and were getting some great shots with it, when it suddenly fell apart, and I mean fell apart. We were left with the lens in two pieces, so we sent it back to Canon to be replaced.
Now about 12 months later the lens has developed another fault, only this time it’s much more subtle, and we’re getting “Error 99″ displayed on the camera’s LCD screen when trying to take shots, with instructions to turn the camera off, replace the battery, and then try again.
I’ve done this several times and it only fixes the issue in around 50% of cases. I’ve also tried using different memory cards, and a different battery pack (fully charged) and it still has the same error message (intermittently). All of the other lenses are fine, so I’m confident it’s not an issue with the camera body (which is an EOS 400D).
I’ve contacted Canon support and they gave the following response
“Please be advised that “err 99″ usually indicates that there is an incompatibility with a third party accessory (lens, external flash or memory card). If you experience this issue with two Canon lenses and/or with two different memory cards, this may indicate a fault with the camera itself and would require servicing.“
It’s nice to see Canon are being as helpful as ever, and blaming third party accessories, and trying to get me to pay for a full camera service… I guess I’ll have to contact the Canon UK service centre directly and see if they can service the lens and bypass the support.
Tags: 400d, 50mm, canon, ef, error 99, fault, prime lens, support
Tags: 400d, 50mm, canon, ef, error 99, fault, prime lens, support
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG
August 20th, 2008 10:18 in Photography by Jon
I’ve been doing some shopping (and dreaming) recently for photography equipment, and I’ve been looking for a new lens that will be great in low-light and also be a good general purpose lens. Especially for portrait and landscape work.
After some searching I decided to go for the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG lens and started to price it up. After chatting to my brother-in-law about the lens it turned out that his lens had developed a minor fault (which meant it wasn’t good enough for him to use professionally) and he kindly offered it to me for free! Which was excellent! The lens fault is pretty minor, and it struggles to focus on objects that are less then 1 meter away. I’ve contacted Sigma and they’re confident they can repair the lens as part of a service for around £70. I’ve been out and about with the lens recently, and it really is excellent! Especially since it has such a wide aperture (f/2.8) throughout the whole focal range.
I should be posting some more pictures on flickr soon and on the new photoblog
Tags: 24-70mm, equipment, lens, Photography, sigma
Tags: 24-70mm, equipment, lens, Photography, sigma
An expirement in photography
August 20th, 2008 9:49 in Blogging, Photography by JonOver the past month I’ve been out a few times and taken some pictures. Each time I’ve realised how much I love photography and been determined to get out more often. However, me being me, in a few months I’ll be bored and will sit down in front of the TV and waste time, rather than getting out the camera and doing something creative.
So with that in mind I’ve set up a photoblog, as an experiment to see if it can encourage me to take more images, post some regular pictures. You can visit the blog at http://photos.version7.co.uk and subscribe to the RSS feed, comment on images etc. The design will be updated slighlty over the next week or so.
So head over and let me know what you think – http://photos.version7.co.uk
Tags: blog, photoblog, Photography, version7
Tags: blog, photoblog, Photography, version7
Finally…
April 12th, 2007 9:54 in Personal, Photography by JonI’ve finally got my camera back, after my compact flash pin bent but a word of warning, make sure you remove batteries before you send your camera off for repair (with a well known high-street photographic shop). I left my battery in my camera and it came back with out it!
On the up-side it’s reminded me to write something on this blog (which I’ve been neglecting).
Tags: camera, canon-350d
Tags: camera, canon-350d
Norfolk
February 19th, 2007 23:15 in Photography, Travel by JonWhile spending a few days away in Norfolk last week with Church, my trusty Canon EOS 350D broke! I changed over a memory card only to see a message saying “error cf”, when I looked inside the compact-flash unit one of the connector pins had bent over, making the camera unusable!
