Canon 28-135 iS USM f3,5/5,6

Got this lens on Saturday ! (love it )

but some things i don't like about the thing is...

1) It sometimes give me a f00 and then i have to restart the canon 350d.
2) And sometimes Err 01

I checked the books but nothing about the f00 or error 01 ?

oh yea, is it possible that the front end of the lens ( where the glass is), is move-able from left to right and up to down (some like 2-3 mm each way), can do this any harm if i place the camera on my table and it rest on the front-end of the lens.

But why can it move those ways?! if its windy outside, it wouldn't help the iS at all right ?!


thnx!

I get F00 when using my manual lenses.

Perhaps the electric contacts on the lens are not making contact on the body.

i forgot to add i already detached the lens and re-attached it... I don't have a faulty lens right ?!

sounds like some sort of electrical contact on the lens failing... possibly a faulty lens

Bah i bought it new last Saturday so go guaranties!

I used to own this lens on a 350D and never had f00 or Err01. Great lens when it works!

Weird thing is, it is fifty-fifty with the lens either it works or it doesn't. So that because of the electrical contact failing....?! And how about that lens movement what i mention earlier... ?! Should i return it and get it fixed or....... ?

I have never gotten an error on my XTI, but I will say the front element does have some play in it. Doesn't seem to result in bad pictures though.

Ah so im safe to place my cam on the table( w/ w/o sun cap) with the nose of the lens pointing down on the table... /\ (left / is the body right \ is the lens.. )

d1pst1ck wrote in post #4126235
Weird thing is, it is fifty-fifty with the lens either it works or it doesn't. So that because of the electrical contact failing....?! And how about that lens movement what i mention earlier... ?! Should i return it and get it fixed or....... ?

the front element of mine also had some play, but I don't remember oh much. I think it is normal.

I use this lens on an XT and have never seen either of those errors.

I don't know off hand if my lens has any play in it, but either way I most certainly would never but it nose down on anything without a lens cap on.

i do have that and the suncap on it.. But dunno if it's okay to put it down like that.

Checked up on google Error 01 is a iS error, and f00 something with the lens... Gotta return it

Phoned them, Saturday getting new one! Can't go earlier to them, ' cause of my work!

glad it's getting sorted mate, it does sound like a faulty lens... let us know how you get on with your new copy