Urgent help with 1.4 convertor please

treeman · 9 May 2010

Urgent Help!! please......needed for shoot at 3.30pm!!! Today!!!

I've hired a 1.4 convertor which was working fine when I tested it on arrival, then used it this morning and it was fine, now it just wont focus!
I took it off then put it back on it worked for three frames then stopped again.
I can't really see what there is to go wrong.
Any ideas folks?

FWIW It's on a D3s with 300mm 2.8 AFS EDII

Davec223 · 9 May 2010

Clean the contacts on the camera body, TC and the lens. Sounds like dirty contacts.

treeman · 9 May 2010

Davec223 said:
Clean the contacts on the camera body, TC and the lens. Sounds like dirty contacts.

Don't laugh, what with?

OutLore · 9 May 2010

treeman said:
Don't laugh, what with?

Don't laugh - a pencil eraser. The ones on the top of a pencil are best.

Make sure you blow out any remnants afterwards with a blower though (not your breath!)

Davec223 · 9 May 2010

treeman said:
Don't laugh, what with?

OutLore said:
Don't laugh - a pencil eraser. The ones on the top of a pencil are best.

Make sure you blow out any remnants afterwards with a blower though (not your breath!)

OutLore beat me to the reply, exactly as he saidm

treeman · 9 May 2010

OutLore said:
Don't laugh - a pencil eraser. The ones on the top of a pencil are best.

Make sure you blow out any remnants afterwards with a blower though (not your breath!)

Davec223 said:
OutLore beat me to the reply, exactly as he saidm

OMG! Thank you so much guys, worked a charm

(I must confess I thought you were on a wind up, when you said about the pencil eraser!)

One more thing for the kit bag.

I flippin love this forum!!!