IME, if a lens has been sitting awhile, the contacts oxidize and the simple act of mounting and unmounting it a couple of times cleans the contacts enough that it works, if it doesn't, a typing eraser usually does! (It works for the flash contacts that subtly corrode and leave you without E-TTL, too!)
The reason I LOVE the D60 is because the firmware is old enough that ANY old third-party (Sigma, Tokina, Tamron) lens will work on them, and the focus is quite a bit faster than the D30's. Also, any NEW lens works on them too! You don't know how happy I was when Sigma and Tokina brought out a bunch of lenses in the "standard" EOS mount, but in digital focal length ranges... wide angle on the D60! I feel rather betrayed by Canon when they brought out a bunch of APS-C lenses that would not mount on the D30/D60/10D, but Tamron, Sigma and Tokina all seem to have stepped up to the plate... I am intrigued by the plummeting prices on 20D's, but I would not be able to use any of my cheap, funky old Sigmas on them... :-( -- Mat Most lens (Canon) contacts are gold plated, so oxidation shouldn't be a problem, although 3rd-party manufacturers aren't always. And there are plenty of old Sigma lenses that don't work on the D60, I know because I had a couple of them. One was a 75-300mm APO and the other was a 180mm f/2.8 macro. AND, Sigma told me they couldn't be re-chipped either, so I ended up selling them. Tom P. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
