lisa_steiner

Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try. I study whales & dolphins, so marine environment is mandatory! :)

Hi,

 

I have a 7D MKii and a 100-400 IS ultrasonic lens (not the II) and have just started getting an intermittent Err 01 message stating that "communications between the camera and the lens is faulty" and to clean the lens contacts.

 

As far as I can tell the contacts are clean, but I wiped them with alcohol yesterday and am still having the problem. They are both 4 years old and have been used exclusively in a maritime environment, without any problem up until yesterday. I was hoping to get another year out of them, before having to replace.

 

Is there anything else that I can try to clean the contacts with? Or is the problem likely to be something internal??

 

Any advice greatly appreciated, because after 2 years without a job, I don't have the money to replace them! I think it is just the lens that has the problem, since my 18-200lens seems to be fine.

 

Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I have looked at the 1d, but the budget has never been able to quite stretch that far and it weighs a lot more. I take as much care as possible regarding the environment, but having worked at sea for many years now, I know how corrosive salt is! My Eos 600 was bought 2nd hand in 94 and served me very well and in fact is still my back up since I went digital in 2004. I will have the 10D looked at, as soon as the replacement arrives - any recommendations? Thanks again.

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately in my case I shoot with the aperature as wide as it will go, to get the fastest shutter speed. I am shooting moving whales and dolphins on a moving boat! so I don't think the aperature on the lens is the problem, unless there is some salt sticking somewhere - but contacts have been cleaned. Any ideas on where to get the shutter repaired (UK or Portugal)?<div></div>

So far I have not had any corruptions on the card. The last image - when the fault occurs just is not written to the card and then I have to sort out the fault, sometimes repeatedly removing lens, battery etc until when I turn it back on the fault is gone! Sorry to hear you are having a similiar problem - but a little glad that I am not imagining things!

Lisa

I have been using a 10D with a Tamaron 28-300mm lens intensively for 2.5 years

now (6 months at a time), in an oceanic environment. Until last week I had no

problems. But have started to get the message error 99 - which means none of

the likely problems. Some times this is resolved by turning the camera off and

twisting lens or removing and replacing the battery. Has anyone else

encountered this problem? If the shutter is beginning to have a problem does

it just stop or could this be the problem? I need to have a reliable camera

and at the moment do not know when this error msg will appear again.

 

Looking forward to any advice. But I will most likely upgrade to the 30D and

keep this one as a backup.

 

Thanks,

 

Lisa

Thanks, that is exactly what I am looking for. Have used 7 day shop before. Cheers.

 

Lisa

I actually want to know the average printing cost per photo (A3 & A4) - I thought I read somewhere that an A4 will cost around ?1.50, but can not find the review I saw this in! I will be selling prints to clients on our holidays so how long they last doesn?t matter - as long as it is longer than a couple of years.

 

Thanks, Lisa

I am considering buying a Canon i9950 as all the reviews I have read

are fantastic. Could anyone tell me roughly how long the ink

cartridges last and what is the average cost of A4 and A3 colour

prints? Thanks