why me :( ..70-200vr

Ken,

I am really sorry to hear that the vendor with two initials sent you a lemon. Here's hoping the next one is perfect. My husband purchased my SB800 and 10.5mm fisheye along with two 2 gigabyte compact flash cards.

They are very reputable and like someone said in another thread either here or on DPR, you never know what happens to our lenses after they leave the shop. The little brown truck or white truck may not be so kind to our precious packages. Hope everything is resolved soon.

Crystall

 

Almost sounds like an aperature lever problem. Same issue with other lenses? Any error messages? Sorry to hear you got a lemon =(

 

I agree with Nate, that it sounds like an aperture lever issue or perhaps even an issue with the electrical contacts. I would do the following 2 tests if you have not packed it up yet.

1. Take off both caps so you can see through the lens. Looking from the back with the contacts down you should see a lever that will actuate the aperture blads on the left side. Be sure this works.
2. Clean the contacts on the lens. There have been cases I have heard of where these were dirty enough, perhaps just from storage, that good electrical contact could not be made. The easiest way to do this is to use a pencial eraser on each contact.
3. Yeah, I know I said 2 but I just thought of this one. Be sure that the lens is well seated and that the aperture lever in your camera is not bent either.
4. Oh, and yet one more. Flick the M M/A switch back and forth to be sure it is working as well.

But it does sound more like the aperture lever in one way or another.

Good luck.

 

Re: tried a few things

That is a real bummer, Ken. Figured I'd just state what I would do, glad that the store rep had you go through that stuff as well.

Hopefully they are shipping you one "Toots-Sweet" faster-than-lighing so you don't have to wait for shipping back to them for the turn-around.

Good luck, keep us updated.