On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 12:22:15AM +0100, Konstantinos Bibis wrote: > i'm trying a Canon 50mm f1.8 II on my EOS 50E and the depth of field > preview is not working. When pressing the button it's making a noise > as if its trying to close down the apperture but nothing changes in > the viewfinder. After some hunting, LCD goes blank and empty battery > symbol blinks. Pressing the shutter halfway brings the LCD back with > full battery frame counter etc. > > Is the lens faulty ?
I've seen one 50/1.8 II behave just like that, and it was indeed broken. Mechanical damage, not (economically) repairable. > I assume that picture taking > will be affected as well, i.e. it will only use f1.8 ?? If it is broken similarly to the one I had, that is correct. -- Tapani Tarvainen * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
