which contacts are you placing the sticky tape over? --- Vesa Perala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 >
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