Boo Hoo (Sigma 70-200 f2.8 apo dg)

[davec_uk]

I bought this lense yesterday and it was absolutely fantastic. Very sharp I loved it to bits. I even got a little giddy feeling looking at the early shots taken.
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/normal_IMG_5743_hnf.jpg

but that was yesterday....

It's broken:sadcry: Whenever I put the Lense on the 350D I get a loudish motor sound and then err99 comes up. Have tried it on a couple of cameras with the same result. Tried Cleaning the contacts, putting it into Manual focus. I think it's the apperture control as the shot I took at the point it stopped working was seriously over exposed. Oh well, Back to Jessops it goes..... It was really good while it lasted.

Dave

[Joe T]

That loudish motor sound does not sound good at all. :(

[IanC_UK]

No it doesnt, believe me ! i was speaking to Dave (my brother lol) and could hear it even without him holding the lens near the phone ! Sounds liek the aperture blades have stuck and the motor is trying to move them and failing.

[DJW]

It's at times like that your glad you didn't buy from HK.

[IanC_UK]

It's at times like that your glad you didn't buy from HK.

Very true !

[CT]

That's bloody disappointing, but at least you found out early on.

[IanC_UK]

Yes CT ! :)

Waiting to hear back how long its going to be getting it replaced ! lol

[davec_uk]

4 days to get a replacement but I'm in Cambridge all next week. So it'll have to be next Saturday. They said that they "will ask our technical experts about it to see if there are lots of failures with this lens". So expect a couple of postings on here later tonight then.....

[Steve]

Sorry to hear about the fault.

Regarding "lots of failures" there are many people using that model of lens both on Canon and Nikon mounts and I have not read of any other reports of that fault.

I guess you have just been unlucky. :(

[Ross]

Bad luck indeed