error message on canon 1d III on sigma 500mm F4.5

[paulbrogden10]

Hello guys I have been getting the following error on a second hand sigma 500mm F4.5 I recently got from adorama on ebay and the seller seems to think its the lens which is faulty. I check the contacts they seem clean but the contacts on the lens look different to the 150-600 C and 17-50 2.8 I have. Could some one who owns the sigma 500mm dg hsm  F4.5 post a picture of what your contacts look like so I can compare please. I would like to know if its the lens or the camera.

I am not convinced as I do want to keep the lens. The error I get is this err 01 communications between the camera and lens is faulty clean the lens contacts.

adorama say they have spoken to sigma and they seem to think its the lens which needs repaired what do you think?

The camera is the 1d III its a 10 frame per second body I have never seen this error before on the sigma 150-600 c or 70-200 mk1 lens. Does any one have any ideas ? I tried out the lens on a canon 7d and 600d and dont get the error.

What is happening is after say 20 fast shots the camera some times shows this error up not always it seems to show up randomly 

any thoughts guys I remember some one saying their was issues with the canon 1d mk3 ?

[paulbrogden10]

Hi guys if any one owns the above lens could you post a photo of what your lens contacts looks like I wish to compare yours with mine to see if mine has damage on it thanks.

[kvbarkley]

Chances are it needs to go to Sigma for a firmware update. If the contacts are the same shape as the contacts in the camera you should be fine.

[paulbrogden10]

if i am honest the contacts look not too great on the sigma lense but the rest of the lens looks a1 the contacts on the canon 1d III look good and I do not get the error on the sigma 150-600 c or canon 70-200 II

[paulbrogden10]

 

Here is an example of what the 150-600 c contacts look like above . below is the sigma contacts for the 500mm F4.5 dg hsm prime lens. let me know if what you see has issues

[paulbrogden10]

[Waddizzle]

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@paulbrogden10 wrote:

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That lens looks, terrible.  It is in need of repairs.  Send it back, for a refund.

[RobertTheFat]

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@paulbrogden10 wrote:

Hello guys I have been getting the following error on a second hand sigma 500mm F4.5 I recently got from adorama on ebay and the seller seems to think its the lens which is faulty. I check the contacts they seem clean but the contacts on the lens look different to the 150-600 C and 17-50 2.8 I have. Could some one who owns the sigma 500mm dg hsm  F4.5 post a picture of what your contacts look like so I can compare please. I would like to know if its the lens or the camera.

I am not convinced as I do want to keep the lens. The error I get is this err 01 communications between the camera and lens is faulty clean the lens contacts.

adorama say they have spoken to sigma and they seem to think its the lens which needs repaired what do you think?

The camera is the 1d III its a 10 frame per second body I have never seen this error before on the sigma 150-600 c or 70-200 mk1 lens. Does any one have any ideas ? I tried out the lens on a canon 7d and 600d and dont get the error.

What is happening is after say 20 fast shots the camera some times shows this error up not always it seems to show up randomly 

any thoughts guys I remember some one saying their was issues with the canon 1d mk3 ?

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If both Sigma and Adorama think it needs work, who in his right mind would contradict them? Either send it in for repair or return it and get your money back.

[paulbrogden10]

The one thing your not getting is the lens works fine on my 7d and 600d but has this error only on  the 1d III seems strange to me why the error does not happen on the newer bodies.

[Waddizzle]

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@paulbrogden10 wrote:

The one thing your not getting is the lens works fine on my 7d and 600d but has this error only on  the 1d III seems strange to me why the error does not happen on the newer bodies.

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The 1D3 has a different focusing system, one which can focus at f/8 whereas the other cameras cannot.  Send it back.