So, this is crazy and driving me nuts. I hope someone has an answer for me.
I'm a wedding photographer.
I have a 5D Mark IV and a 6D Mark II and a range of lenses.
A month ago, mid wedding, I start to get error 1 messages with my 24-70 2.8L lens. This is series 1 lens. Got that message on both camera, so assumed it was the lens.
That lens is my workhorse, so I tried to get it repaired. Was told it would cost me $500 and take over a month, so I'd have to rent a lens for that time, which would have run $300, so $800 all together.
Decided to buy a used lens for $750 instead.
After a week, that lens also started showing error 1 messages on both my cameras.
So, returned that lens and got another used lens and as soon as I put it on the camera, got another error 1.
So now I've gotten error 1 messages with three 24-70 2.8L lenses on both of my cameras. All my other lenses work perfectly on both cameras. Just the 24-70 2.8 L is giving me the error.
So it doesn't seem to be the cameras, it seems to be this series of lens.
Tried updating the firmware on both cameras, all of a sudden the original lens starts working. But then, after 100 pics or so, it goes back to error 1 again.
I have four weddings in December, I need to depend on my equipment, but I'm scared to use this lens, and this is my primary lens. I use it for 80% of my images.
Can't afford $2000 for a new lens. At my wits end here. Is it possible for a series of lenses to become incompatible with all my cameras? That seems improbable?
What's going on?
I don't know what to do. Can anyone help?
