Did my lens die?

[mousefan]

Ok, not sure what happened. ; I was taking pics indoor at a church a couple weeks ago and everything was going fine. ; After about an hour or so of shooting, ; the auto-focus stopped working and when I look through the eye piece, everything looks super dark and the shots do too...

Any thoughts or ideas of what may be wrong?

Thanks

 

[Craig]

since looking through the eyepiece is so dark, is it possible that the aperture blades are stuck closed.

I had a smiliar experience this summer, when every shot was totally white, and the camera was shooting at super fast shutter speed, but I turned off the camera, removed and reinstalled the lens, and the problem went away and has never come back.

 

[Roger]

I think Craig called it; the aperture blades are stuck stopped down. ; Which lens manufacturer? ; It could be a simple or expensive fix.

I'd try cleaning the lens contacts and reattaching the lens with the camera off and then turn it on...it may reset the lens.

 

[Tim]

What Craig and roger said. ;