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jgduncan
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 09:29
Hi

i purchased my eos10d yesterday and was quite happy with it till this morning when i finally took my canon 35-135 lens off it to try my sigma 18-35 and 70-210(2.8).
both of them generate an error 99 and will not take a picture.
has anyone else had experience of this and how is the problem rectified, i have read vague reports of having to have lenses rechipped but nothing in detail (i live in united kingdom by the way)

this coupled with the fact that my expensive 540EZ flash only works in manual mode is making me wonder if this was such a wise purchase after all

any help would be appreciated

thanks

james
wcapald
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 10:08
I got my 10D yesterday, and the first pictures I took were on a Sigma 17-35mm ultra wide. Awesome.... no problems.

On the Flash front I have a Metz 54MZ3 and it works fine on ETTL and Auto.

Try resetting the camera on the menu, and try again. Good luck.
jgduncan
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 11:07
nope..
tried resetting in menu
tried taking both batteries (main and clock battery)

nothing works

has anyone else had any problems like mine

thanks
james
HoodedOne
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 11:39
What camera did you have before the 10D.

I ask because, I know that canon from time to time makes changes, in how the camera works with the lens (electronic !). The side effect of this is, that lenses other than those from canon don´t work right annymore.
There is more info, if you follow the link below.

http://www.sigma-photo.com/html/news/News.htm


cheers, HoodedOne
jgduncan
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 15:28
I started with an eos 600 then eos 5 when that came out. this is my first upgrade since then.

thanks for website address

i have sent the British part of the organisation an email asking for advice.


james
Cal Maier
30th of March 2003 (Sun), 16:07
James,

Apparently there are some Sigma lenses that will not work with some of the Digital SLRs without a factory upgrade. Also, any Canon flash units with the "EZ" designation will only work in manual with the digital cameras, you will need an "EX" model in order to use ETTL flash.

BTW the 10D works very well with the 550EX flash.

Cal