>Vesa Perala wrote: > > > I think the problem is the switch inside the mount in the > > camera body. You can find it at about 10 o'clock position > > in the mount if you look carefully. > > > > Whenever that switch is activated the camera seems to think > > there MUST be a lens (with electronics) connected and if > > communications to it fails camera decides to stop working. > > > > If you can afford you could let someone remove small piece of > > metal from the TC (so it won't touch the switch) and it > > *should* work. But in that case that same TC *won't* work > > with EF-lenses anymore. > >You should check on that. While that was the case with my (and yours, and >their) EOS50, the EOS30 lacks this switch. I was very surprised when my >modified extension tube, which worked good with the EOS50, prevented the >EOS30 >from firing. I discovered that isolating the contacts (with sticky tape for >example) restored the firing capabilities. That is by far a beter method >than >phisically removing part of one of the 'wings' (or how you call it) on the >mount that enables the manual lens, but disables the electronic >communication. >(For TC's and extension tubes, that's a real compromise) > >Regards, > >Gerard.
Thanks for correcting me! I should have mentioned which camera my information was based on. Vesa _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
