Alas, my butterfly (and most other insect) posts may be coming to an end. My long lens is acting up:
“Err 01 · Communications between the camera and lens is faulty. Clean the lens contacts.”
Yeaaaah, cleaning the lens contacts does not work. I got nearly ten years from this 55–250mm kit lens. But I’m not sure I’m willing to spend the money for a replacement… :-\
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@dutchothotmailcom Nope. It's dead. But thanks for the hopeful wish.
I have tried it multiple times since this day. Last attempts were yesterday: worked on the first frame and then zero times after that. It was frustrating, so I'm going to get a screwdriver and take it apart so I'm not even tempted to use it. Perhaps there will be a post of a disassembled zoom lens!!
Beautiful capture, Thom! I hope you can get it fixed or will see that you need a replacement. I've been using my LG phone for photos trying to save my camera until I can get battery replacements and not so sure that will fix my problem.
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I have tried it multiple times since this day. Last attempts were yesterday: worked on the first frame and then zero times after that. It was frustrating, so I'm going to get a screwdriver and take it apart so I'm not even tempted to use it. Perhaps there will be a post of a disassembled zoom lens!!