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17-85mm lens error 01 on 550D, works on 450D

Started Sep 19, 2014 | Discussions thread
Lemming51
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Re: 17-85mm lens error 01 on 550D, works on 450D

AlexArl wrote:

Hi,

I have 4.5 years old 550D and even older 17-85. Now this specific combination fails with error 001 - communication between lens and camera.

1. The same body works with my 24-105L and Sigma 18-200 (borrowed from friend for testing).

2. The same lens (17-85) works on another body - ~6 years old 450D (borrowed from friend for testing).

Only the combination 550D + 17-85 doesn't work.

I tried to clean contacts of 17-85 but it didn't help.

Any ideas ?

Have you tried the 17-85 at all zoom positions on the 450D?  It sounds like the common problem of a bad ribbon cable in the 17-85, makes connections and is fine at some zoom positions but loses it at others.

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