On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Bob wrote: > Steve Parrott wrote: > >> I just today received a Tamron 18-250 lens that is "supposed" to work >> with Canon EOS cameras. However, when I mount it on my D60, I have no >> aperture reading, the auto focus will not work, and if I try to take >> a photo I only get Error ...001. >> >> I know in digital terms the D60 is an antique...
> You don't say if it works on the 1Ds. That should help determine > where the problem is..... >>Yea, it works on the 1Ds, and now it is also working on the D60. Don't know why it would not work the first time I put it on?<< 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 Life is what happens to you... While you're busy making other plans! Mat Hayashibara [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
